Clayton Bates - Assistant at Wright State - record 9-11
Just lost to Wisc Milwaukee 58-38

Cornell Mann - Assistant at Iowa State - record 13-5
Interesting that Iowa State has transfers from Mich State, Penn State, Marquette and Minnesota on the roster.

Andy Hipsher - Assistant at Univ South Florida -

Robert McCullum - Assistant at Georgia Tech - record 8-9

Mike Murry - Delton High School Head coach - Has taken a downtrodden HS program back to respectability - now 7-1 in his second year

Bacari Alexander - Assistant at UMich

Quote:Ever heard of a guy named Les Wothke?

No? Well don't feel too bad. Wothke is not exactly a household name.

Wothke was the basketball coach at West Point for nearly a decade. He was there most of the 1980s, back before the Black Knights joined the Patriot League.

When people talk about Army's basketball history, they seldom mention Wothke's name. Most of the talk, especially where former coaches are concerned, is about Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski, both of whom started their collegiate head-coaching careers on the banks of the Hudson River before going on to become coaching legends elsewhere.

Zach Spiker might someday rank up there with The General and Coach K in Black Knights basketball lore. For now, though, the Cadets' third-year head coach would be mighty happy just to become the next Les Wothke.

It was Wothke, back in his third season, who last coached Army to a winning season. Since that 16-13 record in 1984-85, Army has gone through a dry stretch that makes the Sahara seem like a watering hole.

Army hasn't had a winning season in the 26 seasons since Wothke's team did it. In 15 of those seasons they haven't even reached double digits in wins. Make that 17 if you toss out wins over non-Division I opponents.

copied from ESPN Team preview: Army

I just leaned of this old news.
Former Bronco round ball assistant and K-College head Coach Joe Haklin named Wabash AD. He moved from AD spot at Marian University.

Good for Joe, who I thought did not get the respect due him while at K-College.

http://www.wabash.edu/news/displaystory....ws_ID=8922

Oh man, Haklin was a great motivator. I was in a lot of his summer camps at The Courthouse, I hated him at the time but look back now and realize he was probably one of the coaches I've had even though they were short programs he ran. He whipped me into shape.

(03-01-2012 12:16 PM)Nacho Wrote:  Oh man, Haklin was a great motivator. I was in a lot of his summer camps at The Courthouse, I hated him at the time but look back now and realize he was probably one of the coaches I've had even though they were short programs he ran. He whipped me into shape.

Want to know how stupid the powers that be at KC were. They hated Haklin when he was there. At one point they were plotting how to get rid of him. I was good friends with Joe during the Payne era and my son attended his camps as well. Great guy, but not quite PC enough for the folks at K College. Never seemed to want to conform to the 60's hippy crowd running the show over there.

Eldon Miller, former head basketball coach at WMU (1970-76):

Now assistant coach at UNC-Pembroke for his son, head coach Dr. Ben Miller.