Ed Cooley -- Good Guys Sometime Finish First!
by BCEagle74 on Jan 10, 2012 8:43 PM EST
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PrintJan. 10, 2012 PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A documentary portraying the story of the rise of Providence College head men's basketball coach Ed Cooley will air on Monday, January 16, at 8:00 p.m. The show will be on Cox Sports ch. 3 or HD ch. 1003. The documentary will give a first hand account of how Cooley came from the playgrounds of the South Side of Providence to a head coach in the BIG EAST Conference. Watch as Cooley, and those who have been there along the way, recount how it happened.
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Congratulations!
Prior to coming to Providence, Cooley guided Fairfield to a school-record 25 wins and a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season title in 2010-11. He was named the 2011 MAAC Coach of the Year. He also earned United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) District I Coach of the Year honors. His 2011 squad finished the season with a 25-8 mark (15-3 MAAC) and advanced to the second round of the NIT.
In five seasons at Fairfield, Cooley’s teams posted a 92-69 mark, including a 58-32 record in MAAC action. Cooley became the first Fairfield head coach to guide the team to a .500 or better mark in MAAC action in each of his first five seasons. In 2009-10, he led the Stags to a 23-11 mark and the team’s first post-season berth since 2003. In that win, Fairfield set a NCAA Division I post-season record as the team overcame a 27-point, second-half deficit to defeat George Mason in overtime. For his efforts in 2010, Cooley was the first recipient of the Ben Jobe Award, presented annually to the top minority men’s basketball coach in the nation.
Prior to taking the Fairfield position, Cooley spent 10 seasons as an assistant coach for Al Skinner. He coached for one season at Rhode Island under Skinner (1996-97) and nine seasons as an assistant at Boston College (1997-06), where the Eagles posted a 175-108 mark and advanced to five NCAA Tournaments and one NIT.
Cooley also helped lead the Eagles to the 2001 BIG EAST Tournament title and three BIG EAST regular season titles (2001, 2003 and 2005). In 2004-05, Boston College started the season with a school-record 20 consecutive wins. In 2005-06, the Eagles advanced to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game against Duke.
At BC, Cooley was instrumental in the recruitment of Troy Bell, a two-time BIG EAST Player of the Year. Bell also went on to play professional basketball after leaving Boston College, which included a stint in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Many other recruits too! Cooley did a lot of heavy lifting at the Heights!
Good Man!!
I don’t get it. Providence has a first year head coach, loses their best player in years and can still win games against good opponents?
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Urban Meyer and Mike Coach K. always said it best for YEARS!
You win with talent.
Urban Meyer said it in his hiring press conference?
Recruiting….That is my number one job…you win with talent!"
Urban also siad, if your program is not making progress, you need to change.
BC needs a complete nuclear enema from GDF and every coach, like Bill Parcells said is necessary to change the culture.
Talent reigns supreme.
While America’s best and brightest Head Coaches are scouring the hotbeds of speed and high school football talent in Florida, Texas, California, etc…. and some teams even have big private leased jet contracts….
BC’s little Spazoo is driving the big white van, the BC Veals on Wheels, and delivering nice big subs to maintenance workers and scooping up that “talent rich” New England Colonial Conference third tier class…. if…. of course…. we can beat out UCONN, ND, and the next planning to go FBS level….UMASS!
THE WORST IS YET TO COME.
Providence routs No. 14 Louisville 90-59
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It was a trip down memory lane for first-year Providence coach Ed Cooley and the Friars’ fans, and the current team provided a fitting result.
Bryce Cotton and Kadeem Batts each scored 27 points and Providence made Lousiville coach Rick Pitino’s night miserable on a day the school honored his 1987 squad, beating the No. 14 Cardinals 90-59 on Tuesday night.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/basketball/view.bg?articleid=1394911
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