The development of Trey Galloway BOZICH: Your name was mentioned for the Indiana job in 2017, when IU hired Archie Miller. Man, Woodson responded. That's just the nature of coaching and the nature of sports.". CLASS 4A: Munster: Munster: 61: Merrillville: 55: Lake Central: 70: East Chicago Central: 55: Crown Point: Hobart: 55: Kankakee Valley: 44: Valparaiso: 62: Lowell: 26 . Katy, Texas (TX), US. The board, the 1,092nd of his career . Woodson, a great player at Indiana from 1976-1980, played 11 years in the NBA and coached another 25. "So to be able to get an opportunity to come back and coach, something I had been doing for a number of years at the NBA level, it was just like a dream come true because it just doesn't happen that often that a player gets to play college basketball at the highest level you can play it, go pro, go into in coaching and then circle back. My senior year in college I did an internship at the company. The Boston Celtics head coach reportedly turned down the Hoosiers last month before IU eventually hired Mike Woodson as its head basketball coach. They came in here and kicked our ass, it was just that simple.. Mike Dean Woodson was born on 24 March 1958 in Indianapolis. It hasn't been perfect. I'm going to try to do the best job that I can possibly do to get us back on top.". She began tutoring Woodson in 1976 as he became the first person in his family to earn a college degree. Woodson was the 1980 Big Ten Player of the Year and NABC All-American as a senior in leading the Hoosiers to a conference title and a berth in the NCAA Tournaments Sweet Sixteen. (AF) (Sorry, TJD, just had to do it. Do you mind telling me what any of them are? I had a plan going in when I put the tape together. (AF) (We all concur on that one.). "There's a lot of great college coaches, I mean, there's no cupcakes in the Big Ten, there's just not. I'm trying to win the Big Ten. "Unfortunately we've had our ups and downs over the years but I'm still there rooting. Everybody is bragging about their program. When cracks appeared to be forming throughout the season and shades of Indiana's old ways began rearing its ugly head, Woodson was often the mediator and reconciler. Fact is, mister, you start screwing up this team, Ill personally hide-strap your ass to a pine rail and send you up the Monon Line!' (Radford, a member of IU's 1976 title team, was 64 when he died Jan. 10, 2020.). So I don't need much. "Mentally, I'm pushed to coach basketball. Scott May (former IU All-American) has been down here for many, many years. My. WOODSON: "That we're all going to be back as a family. "It's just, I've been coaching so long it's just what I do, so I feel comfortable being back here. "When I say that he was my mentor, he was my mentor at an early age. People that know me knew that over the years. "I could have stayed in the NBA, I've lived over half my life in the NBA. Now back at his alma mater for the past year, Woodson has seeminglyembraced all the challenges. Mike Woodson's House. "I was like, 'Take me to the court.' "He finally figured it out because I'm not concerned about what you do well. Slideshow continues on the next slide I never dreamt this would ever happen to me, Woodson said earlier this year. This has been my life. Tony Perkins, who might make my All-Indiana Killer team if I bother to do one, then escaped Galloway's attention for another layup to make . 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I'm concerned about what you can't do and how you can get better to help us win basketball games and better yourself for the future. "He walked out of that meeting and he came back and he said, 'Hey, coach, I'm on board.'. Mike Woodson has said he believes his father worked himself to death trying to take care of him and his 11 siblings on the near northeast side of Indianapolis in the '50s and '60s. There has been struggles and a bit of a malaise. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en . "As long as I'm the coach here, they're going to be a part of it. "I'm not selling it any differently here as the head coach at Indiana University. "I took this job for one reason and one reason only: to come back here and win Big Ten titles and national titles," Woodson said at last weekend's Peegs.com golf outing. Woodson played 104 games for the Hoosiers after graduating in 1976 from Broad Ripple High School and is the fifth all-time leading scorer with 2,061 points and his 19.8 points per game average is tied (Calbert Cheaney) for the second highest by a Hoosier who played four seasons in college. ), He met with all his new players out in the lobby at Assembly Hall, out by all the statues. This time, it was IU that didnt show the level of interest Woodson hoped for. Emailed daily. 247Sports Home; . And if we can position ourselves to win a national title, then that's what I'm going to push for. Fitzsimmons, though, knew exactly how to convince Woodson. "So for me, to say that I'm going to bridge the old to the new, I'm bringing (the former players) back. Trey Galloway scored five quick points to help the Hoosiers cut the deficit to 21-18, but Iowa responded with a 13-2 spurt that included a pair of 3s from Payton Sandfort. At the age of 63, what compelled you to take on this job? Finally, sitting in the press room after the game, Woodson let himself crack a smile. He lost his dad when he was 13, and he started working part-time, and going to school, and moving around to different schools, and playing basketball. I get that. Indiana landfill to house waste shipments from toxic Ohio train derailment IU Bloomington issues alert for armed person on campus News / Feb 27, 2023 / 10:08 PM EST I gave him the biggest hug. Like. Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis celebrates after a foul Feb. 18, 2023 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. "And my staff that I rave about and will continue to rave about has put me in position to get on the phone and do Zooms with these parents and players. Feb 27, 2023 at 3:25 pm ET 2 min read. He has worked for ESPN, CBSSports and FOXSports and most recently spent five years at ESPN as a multi-platform basketball insider - on SportsCenter, doing sideline for games, features, 1-on-1 sit-downs and also establishing himself as the pre-eminent news-breaker in college basketball. It was one of the most embarrassing times of my life as a coach I was like shit, I played 11 years in the NBA and I have no idea what Im doing from a coaching standpoint.. Boys & Girls Club T-Shirt (Large) $ 12.00. Detroit Pistons(Assistant) 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS. "This is no knock against Archie (Miller) or Tom Crean, the guys that were here. "Every year I'd come back. Anitra House first started tutoring IU mens basketball players when Woodson was a freshman in Bloomington. He received a technical for the display. I'm new at this. WOODSON: "I don't know if IU has ever lost its brand. Boys & Girls Club T-Shirt (Small) $ 12.00. The folks over at The Bluebird, Bloomington's coolest music place when live music is allowed, asked him to come over and play the sax for a while and just read lyrics. Unfortunately, the pandemic kept people at home this past season. Talked about personal things from both sides. Mike Woodson's House. It's being able to get people are these young men, your dreams and goals of how you want to play and how they fit into the realm of what you're doing or are trying to do here at Indiana University. "I started at the top with Davis. As their area took on more responsibilities, her role expanded and culminated with experience as a learning specialist, certifying eligibility, and athletic financial aid. (AF) *(Footnote, quotes courtesy of Henry Hill, "Goodfellas''), Woodson is 63 years old. "Then, Xavier and coach (Kenya) Hunter had a relationship there. "I have those Cook books. Woodson wanted to attend Bob Knights basketball camp, but given he grew up in a family with 12 siblings in inner-city Indianapolis he didnt have enough money to pay for it. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. He doesn't understand why all sorts of people in Bloomington were asking if Coach Knight threw him a chair. That's not my style. He had the honor of playing for some of the most decorated coaches in league history including Red Holzman (Knicks) Larry Brown (Nets) Cotton Fitzsimmons (Kings); Gene Shue (Clippers), Don Chaney (Clippers and Rockets). Here is a slightly edited transcript of our discussion. IU finished the conference season with six straight victories and won the Big Ten title. That's what we did over the years. A widely-touted "players' coach" dating back to his NBA days, Woodson seemingly knew the right buttons to press at each turn, even if it took longer than some might've hoped. I was a 5-9 point guard in the eighth grade. The untested Woodson was left to run practice on his own. Well, Im going too right? Woodson asked. (AF) (Sadly, that's true, too.) (AF) (Footnote, "Goodfellas", "There's like 40 people on the conference call at my first press conference, so I asked my assistant to go out and pick up all the newspapers around the state so I could read them all. Pin. We just have to come in tomorrow and work.. Thirty minutes into the first day of practice, Fitzsimmons had to leave the gym. Perkins had 23. Former Hoosier and NBA coach Mike Woodson feels right at home back in Bloomington, returning to Indiana as the team's newest head coach. Then we've got to sell it as a unit. I get it. I was the head coach in (Atlanta). Mike and his wife, Terri, have two daughters, Alexis and Mariah, who were volleyball players at Georgia Tech. He taught me how to be a man on and off the floor.. @Knickoson42. That's how I felt. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. I had (another back surgery) a couple years ago that really got me back. Mike Woodson isn't a stranger to Indiana or Bloomington, that much was clear when he took the Hoosiers head coaching gig last spring. I'm not selling anything else. "My thought process was, 'If you were interested in Mike Woodson coming to Indiana University to coach, get on a plane and you come see me or I come see you.' Iowa forward Kris Murray (24) makes contact with Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23), who was bringing the ball up court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. I just told him. They knew people that I knew in Atlanta. In 1996, he got his first assistant coaching job with the Milwaukee Bucks, which eventually led him to become an assistant coach under Larry Brown for the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons. Now I get to make people happy, by writing them a nice letter from coach, and showing them the side of him that I know, House said. But I'd just won an NBA title. With all that, the silky smooth Woodson decided to use those dulcet tones to record audio versions of bedtime stories instead of coaching basketball, hence the announcement today on April 1. And if you're wondering what all these (AF) symbols are after every headline and paragraph, it stands for APRIL FOOLS!!!! "Scott was on the plane the next day. You guys are not even giving me a chance.'. Woodson hit key free throws late in regulation to send. They set something that you all strive to be, man, as a player, as a student athlete. Below is the full transcript. While on the surface Woodson could've just been holding his cards close, in his own mind he said he always felt at ease, no matter the situation. Always free! "So you can't forget those guys in terms of what they've done. 4 Purdue for the first time in four years. "He finally said, 'Well, damn coach, we've been sitting here watching tape and you haven't put anything on there that I've done well.'. (AF) (Yea, youngsters, a music record is oh, never mind. The Hoosiers are now 20-10 overall and 11-8 in Big Ten play, with the regular season . Woodson never forgot the role House played in his acclimation to college life and helping him to deliver on his promise to earn a degree. Knight gave him a shirt reading Indiana University. Later, Knight said, when Woodson was a senior in high school, hed follow up. Its a secretary role, but one that is critical in keeping the mens basketball office functioning. He, Gayle (Cook's wife) and Carl, his son, all these years, about 40 years, I've had a relationship with that family. "That's kind of how we got Davis. '' (AF)*(Footnote, quotes courtesy of George Walker, "Hoosiers''), Woodson said he couldn't figure out the media situation here in Indiana, either, when he went out to"get the papers, get the papers.'' Woodson discussed why, at age 63, he wanted the challenge of the IU job, how he intends to reshape the program's culture, growing up with 11 sisters and brothers and his early success recruiting. I've been away from this part of the country, but I've always come back every summer quietly, but people just didn't know that.". "I'm going to do a lot of things to make sure they're involved in what we've doing here at Indiana University and this program.". Now, Woodson says, it's his turn to repay the fanbase for sticking by his side over 40 years later, even when they didn't have to. To be able to circle back home and coach Indiana University basketball means a great deal to me, Woodson said. 15 Indiana's 90-68 home loss to Iowa. As a senior in the 1979-80 season, he was named the Big Tens most valuable player, despite undergoing mid-season back surgery. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. I was a part of it. A good tutor figures out what you can do, and what you need to do better, just like a basketball coach, its not that different, and you try to make sure they improve. How do you plan to do that? So thats what we did, I helped him find his voice.. Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. 1 in the preseason of the 1979-80 campaign. Got a lot of work that needs to be done to get this team back on top. Obviously everybody is upset after the game (against Purdue) and coming back and doing this; its not what we stand for, Jackson-Davis said. I go to 29 different (arenas) to play NBA basketball, and IU is all over the place. Wayne Radford (another former IU player from Indianapolis), I talk about Wayne, but he was one of the first guys that I met at the age of 14. He said the same about his own team after the . (AF). Knight, is surrounded by former players and staff during a ceremony with the Indiana players of the 1980 Big Ten championship team the halftime of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. The answer, according to Woodson, is actually quite simple. When you were away, what did you think about what was going on, why it was that way and how it could be fixed? "You don't want to lose any player. "At that time I was in the eighth grade. I was so excited. "So the interview really wasn't an interview (in 2017) as far as I was concerned. That's not to say it's going to happen. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en.wikipedia.org By: neotrix Advertisement Celebrity Homes Mailing List Policies Your Name Comment Advertisement Nearby: The demands on Woodsons time outside of school meant that he was in for a major adjustment when he arrived at IU in 1976. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and got egg noodles with ketchup. "I've never been a hater when it come to coaching. IU head coach Mike Woodson speaks to a crowd of IU fans at a Peegs.com golf outing on May 20, 2022, at Pfau Golf Course in Bloomington, Indiana. "I hadn't been away from the game like I had been during the year and a half after I had back surgery. Late in the second half of a game against Michigan State on Saturday, McCaffery stared down Big Ten official Kelly Pfeifer for at least 20 seconds soon after receiving a technical foul. Indiana (20-10, 11-8) concludes the regular season on Sunday at home against Michigan. He was a little different at that point in time than he is now, said House on Monday evening to IU radio voice Don Fischer on Woodsons show. Don't miss out on any of our exclusive football, basketball and recruiting coverage. WOODSON: "Sure it was different, because I spent my whole life here at Indiana. "I had a helluva group to follow in the Mays, the (Quinn) Buckners, the (Kent) Bensons, the (Bobby) Wilkersons, the (Tom) Abernethys. The former NBA player and current coach owns this property. Other coaches were mentioned, too. (Brad Penner / USA Today file) He has a story to tell, and while he's 63. You have permission to edit this article. - Indiana coach Mike Woodson said on his weekly radio show with Don Fischer on Monday night that senior point guard Xavier Johnson will not play on Tuesday against Iowa. Jackson-Davis ninth rebound made him the schools career leader in that category ahead of Alan Henderson. Mike Woodson accomplished a lot playing for Indiana under Bob Knight. "It hasn't changed. "That," IU coach Mike Woodson said postgame, mincing zero words, "was a bullshit performance Pulled out of retirement to assume the role of Assistant to the Head Coach for the mens basketball program, House regularly sees a strong, confident Woodson take charge of a room, with all eyes on him. - Indiana coach Mike Woodson is expected to return to the sideline on Saturday when the Hoosiers take on Ohio State at 8 p.m. Murray, with Galloway's hand in his face, pulled up and drained the 3-pointer over his defender. Indiana basketball's Mike Woodson talks family, Hoosiers' struggles, Bob Knight, apartment living, BOZICH | How Mike Woodson kept Trayce Jackson-Davis at IU, BOZICH | Fife will help Woodson put the Indiana back in Indiana basketball, BOZICH | Larry Brown explains why Mike Woodson is right coach for Indiana -- and their future, BOZICH | With Jackson-Davis returning, Woodson won his first week at Indiana, BOZICH | Rewards outweigh risks as Mike Woodson takes over Indiana basketball, BOZICH | Former Hoosiers star Mike Woodson named Indiana basketball coach, WDRB FCC Applications & Related Materials. Thirty to 40 of Woodsons friends and family attended Tuesdays game, including longtime writer Bob Hammel, whom Woodson exchanged pleasantries with in the press room, bringing back memories from the programs past.
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