After parting methods with head coach Robert McCullum in March, Florida A&M (FAMU) has fashioned a committee to conduct a nationwide seek for the following head coach of the Rattler’s males’s basketball program.
Hoopdirt, a web site devoted to the newest faculty basketball teaching information, rumors, and job postings posted an article with its odds on who they consider would possibly turn out to be the following head coach for FAMU basketball. There are a number of acquainted HBCU teaching names on the record.
HOOP DIRT ODDS FOR FAMU NEXT HC
Get to know the candidates with HBCU teaching expertise who is likely to be the following chief of the FAMU basketball program.
MIKE DAVIS
In his six seasons at Texas Southern, he posted a 115-89 (.564) report, together with an 88-20 mark in convention play. His groups received 4 regular-season titles and 4 convention match championships advancing to 4 NCAA Tournaments. In his closing season on the helm of TSU, the Tigers received their first-ever NCAA Match recreation defeating North Carolina Central within the First 4. Beneath his management, 5 Tigers had been named the SWAC Participant of the Yr, a feat which had by no means occurred within the league and was the fourth-longest streak within the historical past of the NCAA. As well as, 11 earned All-League honors, three had been tabbed the Defensive Gamers of the Yr, two had been chosen the Newcomer of the Yr and one was picked the Freshmen of the Yr.
KEVIN NICKLEBERRY
Kevin Nickelberry, a veteran coach with greater than 30 years of expertise within the ACC, SEC and Large East, is in his first season as an assistant coach at Florida State. Nickelberry has teaching expertise as each a head coach and as an assistant coach on the highest ranges of faculty basketball, with practically 200 profession wins and appearances in each the NCAA and CBI Tournaments as a head coach.
He was the pinnacle coach at Howard College (2010-19), Hampton College (2007-09), and the Columbia Union Ladies’s Crew (1991-94). He has served as an assistant coach at Howard (1997-98), Monmouth College (1999), Charlotte (2002-03), and Clemson (2004-06), earlier than being named as the pinnacle coach at Hampton.
WILL JONES
Throughout his time because the performing head coach throughout the 2019-20 season, Jones led the Aggies to a 14-5 report total and 12-4 mark within the MEAC because the Aggies entered the MEAC match because the No. 2 seed. The match was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however earlier than the cancelation, Jones did lead the Aggies to a first-round win over Howard.
N.C. A&T’s 12 wins within the MEAC marked essentially the most ever by a first-year Aggies head coach. N.C. A&T ended the 2019-20 season by main the convention in scoring offense, 3-point area objective proportion protection, rebounding offense, assists, steals, turnover margin, assist-to-turnover ratio and defensive rebounds.
LONNIE BLOW
Coach Blow, Jr. is the primary head coach in CIAA basketball historical past to win a convention championship at two totally different CIAA establishments and he holds 4 CIAA Coach of the Yr awards, together with three with the Trojans. Coach Blow, Jr. received his first CIAA Match Championship and was awarded his first CIAA Coach of the Yr honor in 2009-10 with St. Augustine’s.
BOBBY COLLINS
Earlier than Collins arrived, the Bears had been 5-23 total. In his first season, the Bears had been 10-11 total which was a five-game enchancment from the earlier season.
Collins involves Shaw after serving as assistant males’s basketball coach at South Carolina State College for 2 seasons. Earlier than South Carolina State, Collins spent 4 years as head coach at Maryland-Japanese Shore in Princess Anne, Md.
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