Husband/Dad&🏀HC
@SGSC
,former HC at TMC(JuCo),former ast coach&former pg at ClaytonSt D2,&Co-Host Hoops:Off The Beaten Path -25th yr of coaching college
Had a NAIA head coach in a workout to watch a player one time and he was a former d1 associate HC and liked another kid and called his former boss and that kid got a d1 scholarship - so don’t turn your nose up on any coach from any level because coach of all levels interact!
Want to be a college coach?
Assistant coaching position open for us here at SGSC,tied in w/ another job on campus
Honestly a bad job,but a great way to break into college coaching-last 7 assistants who left have moved onto d1,d2,naia ast spots or hs, JuCo, naia HC spots
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My job as a JuCo coach
-Get guys ready for the next level
-Promote guys for the next level
-Get guys to the next level
All about papers(degree & scholarship to 4yr)
Do NOT have a Sports Information Director so friends that follow me sorry that 95% of my posts are 🏀players
When you are a JuCo head coach and your team just won the region/district and got a 21 seed this weekend do you know what you do Monday morning ?
Teach class !
#jucotough
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Don’t ask an accountant how to do heart surgery and don’t ask a heart surgeon how to do your taxes
Yet everyday we listen to people not in athletics tell us how to do athletics
(Playing, coaching, and etc).
Sad
Got 6 guys committed of the 8
Once they sign whenever that will be allowed that would take the total to 85 guys signed and moved onto 4yr in 11 years - 2 more coming...EIGHTY-FIVE
#hawkseverywhere
HS senior
JuCo Sophomore
Transfer portal player
Post grad player
If yesterday wasn’t the hardest workout you’ve done this year then you are not preparing for the next spot
Control what you control
Get better!
The worst part of a loosing streak as a coach you find new coaching advise or criticism with every conversation and less players, fans, freinds, and family !
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37/38 graduates in last 5 seasons! 97% graduation rate in last 5 seasons & over a 10 seasons it is 68/73 for a 93% graduation rate! 🎓🏀🎓
79 guys have moved onto play 4yr hoops - to me that’s WINNING! ! ! ❗️ ‼️ ❗️‼️❗️
Use🏀don’t let🏀 use you
Georgia high school start basketball officially today ! Good luck to all the kids, parents, managers, assistant coaches, head coaches, and administration involve... high school basketball leads to so much more for many more than just the ones we read about or recruit.
Every high school basketball team has a leading scorer
Every high school basketball team has a best player
Every basketball region has a player of the year
Every basketball region has a leading scorer
Not everyone of those has a college basketball player
It’s a NUMBERs GAME
Move-in weekend !
Starting my 24th season in college coaching !!!
14th here !!!
17th as a head coach !!!
28th year in college basketball, if you count the four I played - ok I’m old !
Let’s goooooooo!
SGSC 76
GHC 72
Your SGSC Hawks are The GCAA champs !!!
And are headed back to NJCAA National Tournament aka HUTCH !
Player of the Game: Carlos Hart 23pts 9rebs 2ast 2blks
Some say “coach you use social media too much” my answer back is I don’t use it ENOUGH! I want to talk about and promote my guys nonstop because they work hard for me!
100 coaches watching and it only takes one to want you and offer
100 coaching opinions that are not offering mean zero
The 1 coach who coaches you means everything
Sometimes I think even the coaches get this confused as much as players, parents, and fans.
12 juco head coach seasons behind me&over 100 guys who have played for me&moved onto play four year hoops& I’ve been lucky enough to coach 5 NJCAA All-Americans (4 here in Waycross) but this 13th season has me more hunger than ever for success - pushing this group hard!!!
Tracy Hector's 13 assists Saturday tied Daniel peace's record (which he did twice) for most assists in a game since college hoops came to Waycross. both Jonesboro HS guys
JuCo is such a different world
You recruit high school kids / prep school kids / transfers
But have your kids get recruited by 4 years
Need to know rules for all levels
Play other jucos and prep schools
Have many different dealings / relationships with many different levels
I have PASSION! Passion for my job, my school, my sport, but more importantly MY GUYS! Current and former players and assistant coaches
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21st season as a college basketball coach 👀 I’m old!
14th as a head coach!
11th in Waycross(formerly Waycross College now South Georgia State College)Let’s go!
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Thankful 2all who have helped me stay n it this long&still love it-love what u do/ do what u love!
Made a run late ... down 76-81 with 3:01 left and the ball ... so close
Lost
SGSC 80
South Plains 91
Finish 23-4 record and made it all the way to the sweet16
ok. just sent an email to 2000+ 4yr-coaches about my team&guys.I'm not bragging nor am I apologizing for sending it, but I am sorry to the coaches it bothers, cause some 4-year coaches that receive the e-mail I do know r extremely busy& 1/20 doesn't read it,BUT it only takes 1
Last two seasons
Winningest Men’s College Basketball Team in the State of Georgia ALL LEVELS
You may have heard of them : SOUTH GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE HAWKS
RV: SGSC 70
#8
USC-Salk 68
BIG WIN for the Hawks..Great crowd Noise all night!
Leaders
Will Ferguson 20pts 6rebs
Antonio Vendola 15pts 7ast 3st
Collins Joseph 9pts
Jayce Moore 9pts
Bryce Brown 6pts 8rebs
Marquise Jackson 4pts 4st
Jalen King 4pts
Only Stat that matters SGSC 7-0
Starting season 22 n college coaching&12th season has head coach n Waycross (Waycross College&South Georgia State College)&this will have different challenges due to COVID-19 but it will still be fun because I’ll b doing what I love:helping young men use🏀 to reach their dreams
Luke Lawson signs w/ Young Harris College
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Makes the 70th guy since JuCo Hoops came to Waycross to move onto 4yr college for basketball to get his DEGREE 🎓🏀🎓 !
use 🏀don’t let 🏀use you
Tracy Hector,Jr. 6'5 220
3rd yr Soph:
Fr KSaw started 1st 14gms
at SGSC
15ppg 9.4rpg 7apg 3.1spg 1bspg-2 triple/doubles this season-schools 1st 2 EVER!
Conference Defensive Player of the Year/ Won back2back state championships in hs&23-9 this yr-GRAD this SPRING W/ABOVE 2.5GPA
Unless you have coached basketball you just don’t understand it ... so unhealthy ... and people who haven’t done it have or understand EFFECT your profession so much SMH
Hope he is ok🙏
A coach told me this past preseason our program was not ELITE&did not have elite players.
Not the 1st or last guy 2criticize our program,me,or my players.
But this one stuck with me because ELITE is such a snobby term that I really don’t understand it.
With Will Ferguson commiting to Presbyterian that makes 80th SwampFox/ Hawk to to go to 4 yr to play hoops and 14th D1 guy...more to come this class!
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best part of being juco seeing guys grow into what they say they want to be. Proud of you Will
Welcome Daniel Parrish to SGSC Hawks Family
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Daniel Parrish is a 6’4 PG from Aquinas HS in Augusta where he won a State Championship and went on to Red-Shirt at Newberry University (NCAA II program)
Advise to parents
Let the coaches coach your kid AND you as parents handle the motivation w/ grades.... usually things will workout great with this formula no matter the level
Remember the 1st 6 weeks as a freshman in athletics are a complete adjustment-don’t run away from it: face it! You got there because of your play in high school or prep school but that got you there it has nothing to do with there so you must re-earn, re-learn, & own it!
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28/29 graduates in last 4 seasons! 97% graduation rate in last 4 seasons and over a 9 seasons it is 58/64 for a 90% graduation rate! 🎓🏀🎓
10yrs=79 guys have moved onto 4 yr programs for basketball. No NBA players yet,But have had 7guys play overseas.Any all-league guys u ask?Yes.Any starters?Yes! &hardly no guys transfer after signing ONLY 6/79! & 76/79 either graduated or pursuing a degree=the stat that matters!
In 11 seasons of college basketball in Waycross
4 as Waycross College and 7 as South Georgia State College
232 wins for an average 21 wins a season
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#wingsupsgsc
Sunday best day for film for coaches .... or after wife and kids are asleep .....
A lot part time folks in athletics just don’t understand the commitment. Some really believe a couple of game time decisions and no big deal with a loss here or there 🤦🏻♂️
15 years as a JuCo head coach
6 NJCAA All-Americans
Robert Murray TMC
Reco Lewis WC
Javonte’ Spivey SGSC
Tyrone Sam SGSC
Qua Smith SGSC
Jalen King SGSC
If you go prep/post grad/ juco because you were slept on then you must evaluate how to change that ... to do the same stuff and not grow as a person / player means you will be slept on again - I have been lucky as a juco coach cause I have coached guys who are want to grow!!!
6 of the Heisman Trophy winners since 2010 red shirted .... all nfl players now .... but some college players and parents think they are too good to red shirt SMH
SGSC starts off with a win 1-0
Wins 93-64 over ABI
Skyler Baggs 22pts 7rebs 4ast 2st 1blk
Keyshaun Street 20pts 4ast 4st
Charles Botchway 8pts 5ast 3st
Kamron Walters 8pts 9rebs 1blk
Luke Lawson 7pts 5ast
Will Ferguson 7pts 6rebs
Riley Meloncon 6pts
At FSCJ Saturday 4p
but my players and their accomplishments are pretty darn special. I know I am on twitter promoting them constantly and to the point of being annoying... but I do not have a SID at this level and to me moving players on is
#1
job of a JuCo Head Coach!
Super excited to welcome Jayce Moore Coffee County HS to the SGSC Hawks’ family
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Jayce is over a 1000 point scorer in hs,named to numerous all-state teams, South Georgia High School Player of the Year,& a HOPE scholar!Please Hawk Nation make Jayce feel welcomed
W: What is JuCo for?
A:
At Waycross College / South Georgia State College
94 guys have moved on to 4 years in 12 seasons and looking at 6 more to go this year
At Truett-McConnell College when JuCo
24 guys moved onto 4yr in 3seasons
Total 118 in 15seasons 7.9 a season
Who’s the winningest men’s college hoops team in the state of Georgia over the last 3 season?
D1s UGA,GT,GA St? Nope
D2 runner up Augusta? Or Emmanuel or Morehouse?Nope
NAIA powers Dalton or ReinhardtU?Nope
NJCAA- South Georgia State College-YES! 71wins in the last 3seasons!
Defensive is All-out
1-keep-out (keep ball out of the lane)
2-close-out (on every catch)
3-box-out (all 5 guys)
4-call-out (talk! Every guy communicate what’s going on.)
Black Monday for NFL head coaches. Prayers w/those head coaches, assistant coaches, players, staff members, families, and etc effected by these decisions. No matter the salary being fired in coaching effects so many people. 🙏
SGSC Hawks goes to 3-1 with a 109-41 WIN
Keyshaun Street 33pts 7steals
Will Ferguson 16pts 8/8 fgs
Skyler Baggs 11pts 9rebs 5ast 2steals 1blk
Tafari Thomas 9pts
Rilery Meloncon 8pts
Jay Shropshire 8pts
Charles Botchway 7pts 6ast 2steals
Luke Lawson 6pts
Deshawn Bostick 4rebs
My fav part of final4 is hearing a first year GA at a NAIA telling multiple head coaches with 10 -20 plus years experience at all levels how to move up to the top
SMH
Learn more when u listen than when you talk LOL
That’s why I always run and hang with the old heads and listen