University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Princess Anne, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". It was established as Delaware Conference Academy. It has also been known as Princess Anne Academy and other names during its evolution.
Craig Elliott "Speedy" Claxton is an American former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the Hofstra University men's basketball team. Claxton won an NBA championship in 2003 as a member of the San Antonio Spurs. In 2013, he was named as a special assistant to the head coach for the Hofstra University men's basketball program, before being hired as head coach in 2021.
Robert William Weiss is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
The Delaware Blue Coats are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Wilmington, Delaware, and are affiliated with the Philadelphia 76ers. The Blue Coats play their home games at Chase Fieldhouse. The team was founded in 2007 as the Utah Flash and served as an affiliate to the Utah Jazz. In April 2013, the 76ers acquired the team and relocated it to Delaware, where it played as the Delaware 87ers until 2018. The team moved to the Chase Fieldhouse in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2018 and were rebranded as the Delaware Blue Coats. As with the Sixers, the Blue Coats are owned by Josh Harris and David Blitzer under Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE). The team won the 2022–23 G League championship.
Bobby Lee Collins is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Maryland Eastern Shore. Prior to Maryland Eastern Shore, Collins had been the head coach at Winston-Salem State University and Hampton University.
The Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team represents Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Saint Joseph's competes as well as part of the Philadelphia Big 5. Their home court is the Hagan Arena. The team is coached by Billy Lange, who was hired on March 28, 2019, after Phil Martelli was fired as head coach on March 19, 2019, after 24 seasons.
Clifford Reed is an American college basketball coach who last served as the interim head coach at Maryland Eastern Shore. He is also the former head coach at Bethune–Cookman.
The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They have never played in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Hawks are led by head coach Jason Crafton.
The 2014–15 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by first year head coach Bobby Collins, played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center and were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament to Hampton. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they lost in the first round to High Point.
Ashley Timothy Parham is an American professional basketball player for Cóndores de Cundinamarca of the Baloncesto Profesional Colombiano. At the college level, he played for Ellsworth Community College and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Since going pro, Parham has played with teams in countries such as Canada, Turkey, Japan, Mexico, the United States, and Taiwan.
Michael Longabardi is an American basketball assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the head coach for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He was previously an assistant coach for the Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards, Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks, winning an NBA Finals championship with both the Celtics and Cavaliers.
The 2016–17 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by third-year head coach Bobby Collins, played their home games at Hytche Athletic Center as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–20, 9–7 in MEAC play to finish in sixth place. They defeated North Carolina A&T and Bethune–Cookman in the MEAC tournament before losing in the semifinals to North Carolina Central.
The 2017–18 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by fourth-year head coach Bobby Collins, played their home games at Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7-25, 3-13 in MEAC play to finish in 12th place. As the No. 12 seed in the MEAC tournament, they lost to Norfolk State in the first round.
The 2018–19 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland, and were led by interim head coach Clifford Reed. The Hawks finished the season 7–25, 5–11 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the MEAC tournament, they lost in the first round to South Carolina State.
The 2019–20 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by first-year head coach Jason Crafton, played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 4–12 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to Delaware State.
Rubin Collins Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks. Collins was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers as the 36th overall pick of the 1974 NBA draft but spent his professional career in the Eastern Basketball Association (EBA).
Chase Robert Buford is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played college basketball at Kansas, where he was a part of their 2008 NCAA Tournament-winning team. Buford was head coach of the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League between 2019 and 2021. Between 2021 and 2023, he coached the Sydney Kings of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL) and won back-to-back championships.
The 2021–22 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by second-year head coach Jason Crafton, played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–16, 6–8 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the MEAC tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to North Carolina Central. The Hawks received an invite to the 2022 The Basketball Classic postseason tournament, formerly known as the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, where they lost in the first round at Coastal Carolina.
The 2022–23 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by third-year head coach Jason Crafton, played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).
The 2023–24 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland Eastern Shore during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hawks, led by fourth-year head coach Jason Crafton, played their home games at the Hytche Athletic Center in Princess Anne, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 9–20, 4–10 in MEAC play, to finish in seventh place. They lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament.
