becktobigs Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Once upon a time, Lamar basketball had a first round draft choice. Now living in London, I guess won't be back for any player reunions. http://www.hoopdreamsacademy.com/profile.htm
bigred360 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 I know you were probably in a hurry but it's Tommy Sewell.
NorthoftheBorder Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Never will forget a well known local sports broadcaster telling me that Tommy Sewell had only a few changes of clothes to his name while at Lamar and when LU would pull up to the Thomas Center in Ruston to play La Tech there would be Karl Malone's brand new Nissan 300Zx parked in front with "Mailman" on the license plates.
becktobigs Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name="bigred360" post="979611" timestamp="1299621120"]I know you were probably in a hurry but it's Tommy Sewell.[/quote]Yeah, the funny thing was Goggle found him even though I misspelled his name. It has been 27 years.
UNLV Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Hmmmmmmmm, would Tommy make a good Lamar MBB coach?
UNLV Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 1984NO. PLAYER, SCHOOL/COUNTRY TEAM1. Akeem Olajuwon, Houston, Houston2. Sam Bowie, Kentucky, Portland3. Michael Jordan, North Carolina, Chicago4. Sam Perkins, North Carolina, Dallas5. Charles Barkley, Auburn, Philadelphia6. Mel Turpin, Kentucky, Washington (1)7. Alvin Robertson, Arkansas, San Antonio8. Lancaster Gordon, Louisville, L.A. Clippers9. Otis Thorpe, Providence, Kansas City10. Leon Wood, Cal State-Fullerton, Philadelphia11. Kevin Willis, Michigan State, Atlanta12. Tim McCormick, Michigan, Cleveland (1)13. Jay Humphries, Colorado, Phoenix14. Michael Cage, San Diego State, L.A. Clippers15. Terence Stansbury, Temple, Dallas16. John Stockton, Gonzaga, Utah17. Jeff Turner, Vanderbilt, New Jersey18. Vern Fleming, Georgia, Indiana19. Bernard Thompson, Fresno State, Portland20. Tony Campbell, Ohio State, Detroit21. Kenny Fields, UCLA, Milwaukee[b]22. Tom Sewell, Lamar, Philadelphia (2)[/b]23. Earl Jones, District of Columbia, L.A. Lakers24. Michael Young, Houston, Boston
becktobigs Posted March 9, 2011 Author Report Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name="UNLV" post="980081" timestamp="1299689287"]Hmmmmmmmm, would Tommy make a good Lamar MBB coach?[/quote]Don't think he graduated.
JJWooten Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name="becktobigs" post="980102" timestamp="1299693068"][quote author=UNLV link=topic=81427.msg980081#msg980081 date=1299689287]Hmmmmmmmm, would Tommy make a good Lamar MBB coach?[/quote]Don't think he graduated.[/quote]Is that a requirement to coach? I don't think so.
Spanky Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name="JJWooten" post="980106" timestamp="1299693881"][quote author=becktobigs link=topic=81427.msg980102#msg980102 date=1299693068][quote author=UNLV link=topic=81427.msg980081#msg980081 date=1299689287]Hmmmmmmmm, would Tommy make a good Lamar MBB coach?[/quote]Don't think he graduated.[/quote]Is that a requirement to coach? I don't think so.[/quote] I'm pretty sure that in order to be the coach at Lamar a person would have to have earned their bachelor's degree.
JJWooten Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 [quote name="Spanky" post="980194" timestamp="1299704641"][quote author=JJWooten link=topic=81427.msg980106#msg980106 date=1299693881][quote author=becktobigs link=topic=81427.msg980102#msg980102 date=1299693068][quote author=UNLV link=topic=81427.msg980081#msg980081 date=1299689287]Hmmmmmmmm, would Tommy make a good Lamar MBB coach?[/quote]Don't think he graduated.[/quote]Is that a requirement to coach? I don't think so.[/quote] I'm pretty sure that in order to be the coach at Lamar a person would have to have earned their bachelor's degree.[/quote]I think that's usually a preference, not a requirement. There are plenty of professional athletes that don't finish their degrees. If Lebron James decided to coach after his career, do you think Lamar would turn him down because he doesn't have a college degree? Probably not.
bigred360 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 We'll find out once the job is posted what the requirements are. I honestly doubt you can coach at the college level without a bachelor's degree.
JJWooten Posted March 9, 2011 Report Posted March 9, 2011 Found this after a little searching, not really definitive:http://blog.al.com/ray-melick/2010/03/does_a_basketball_coach_really.html[quote]He reportedly doesn't have his college degree, but NCAA compliance representatives say they know of no rule that says a college head coach has to have a college degree to get hired - although they all believe it's a very good idea. After all, how are you going to sell "student-athletes'' on getting an education if the head coach doesn't have his degree?[/quote]
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