Dayton vs UMass: The Billy D Classic. : ) Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected]
Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: May 18, 2017 at 8:58:45 AM EDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Former UF assistant McCall settling in at UMass > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hoops Scoop > Former UF assistant McCall settling in at UMass > Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 3:59 > by Kevin Brockway (Gainesville SUN) > > Former UF assistant coach Matt McCall felt the time was right to make a move > his coaching career. > > After going 48-18 in two seasons at Tennessee-Chattanooga, McCall accepted > the head coaching job at UMass on March 29 and is eager to try to get the > program back to national prominence. > > “If you watched the 3o-for-30 for John Calipari, where he had the program > when he coached here in the 1990s, fans are hungry to get back to that > level,” McCall said. > > Calipari, now the head coach at Kentucky, led UMass to a No. 1 ranking in > 1994 and a Final Four appearance in 1996 before leaving to become head coach > of the New Jersey Nets. > > McCall said he feels the pieces are in place to build UMass back into a > successful program in the Atlantic 10. > > “The resources we have, we just built a $30 million practice facility that’s > second to none,” said McCall, who turned 35 last December. “Then you factor > in the high school basketball talent in Massachusetts, the prep basketball > scene in New England, there’s a lot to build from.” > > Certainly, McCall learned the value of program building from his mentor, > former Florida coach Billy Donovan, whom he worked for as a student manager, > grad assistant and later, assistant coach, from 2011-15. McCall has already > been active on the transfer front at UMass, landing guard Jaylen Brantley > from Maryland, guard Curtis Cobb of Fairfield, wing player Jonathan Laurent > from Rutgers and guard Keon Clergeot of Memphis. Brantley and Cobb can play > immediately next season, while Laurent and Clergeot, both Florida natives, > will sit out next year and start play in 2018-19. McCall tried to recruit > Clergeot to Florida before he signed with Memphis. > > “The state of college basketball today, with the number of transfers, you > have a chance to build quickly,” McCall said. “We’ve had some turnover, but > that’s fine, we want people who want to be here. If you look even later in > Billy’s tenure at Florida, we took in transfers and were able to develop > guys, Dorian Finney-Smith, John Egbunu.” > > As for the Gators, McCall said he remains a fan and has developed a good > relationship with Mike White and his staff. He took delight on watching UF’s > Elite Eight run. > > “Those are my guys,” McCall said. “Especially watching Kasey Hill, who I > helped recruit, everything that transpired for him, to begin his career going > to a Final Four and to finish his career with an Elite Eight, I was happy for > him. Kasey went through some struggles as a sophomore and dealt with some > high expectations but if you look at all the records he set at Florida, he > had a great college career.” > > In taking the job at UMass, McCall will coach yearly in the A-10 against > another familiar face. A day after McCall was hired at UMass, former UF > assistant coach Anthony Grant left his assistant coaching job with the > Oklahoma City Thunder to become the head coach at his alma mater, Dayton. > > “Coach Donovan has called and has already set a name for the matchup,” McCall > said. “He’s calling it the Billy D Classic.” > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 > National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 > National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
