Lamar Hires Womens BB Coach

[Cat22]

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[LUSportsFan]

Yesterday's press conference is available on Lamar Cardinals Athletics All Access web page.  You can probably skip the first 7 and 1/2 minutes of the video file.  That part was just music with the spinning LU graphic when I viewed it.

http://www.lamarcardinals.com/allaccess/?media=387291

[Alpha Wolf]

I hope I'm wrong but I don't see this one panning out and the womens basketball program taking a step backwards...

[LUSportsFan]

I guess I am a little more optimistic.

Coach Harmony served as Associate Head Coach at University of Miami for 13 years before moving to St. Thomas to start up the program there.  She is familiar with success as both a player and a coach.  For example, Miami made it to the NCAA Tournament at least 7 times including one second round and one Sweet 16 run during Coach Harmony's stay.  Miami also made it to the NIT at least 3 times during Coach Harmony's time there.  Her St. Thomas team had success at its level also.

A coaching change is always hard especially when a coach with success leaves.  One of Coach Tidwell's strengths was recruiting.  It sounded to me that Coach Harmony has a similar strength.  It will be interesting to see what she is able to do with more than 3 scholarships to offer. 

Coach Tidwell came to Lamar after serving as Associate Head Coach at TCU.  With Coach Harmony's 13 years as Associate Head Coach at Miami, it looks to me like the paths are similar.  The difference is that Coach Tidwell was a High School coach first.  Coach Harmony played pro ball.

I hope the team buys into what Coach Harmony and her staff want to do.  It always makes it better when everyone is onboard and going down the same path.

[BLUEDOVE3]

I was going to say a college team is only as good as it's assistants who are recruiting. But LU Sportsfan hit on it as well.

[hoops2000]

My concern is that she has ZERO ties or connections to the state of Texas. All her contacts are in Florida. Tidwell was ----As he said----a high school coach that was coaching in college. He had great rapport with the states high school coaches. He was also a great promoter.

I am hoping that Lamar AD Jason Henderson made the right call of this job. I am certainly going to pull for her and hope that she can build on what Tidwell and staff did.  She won a lot of games at her previous stop with not many resources. Here is to Coach Harmony  The best of luck