Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Biographical details | |
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | April 8, 1950
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1975–1982 | Jesuit HS (asst.) |
1982–1989 | De La Salle HS |
1989–1990 | Mississippi State (asst.) |
1990–1991 | Tulane (asst.) |
1991–1997 | Samford (asst.) |
1997–2012 | Samford |
2013–2019 | Isidore Newman School |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 TAAC tournament (1999, 2000) TAAC regular season (1999) | |
Awards | |
TAAC Coach of the Year (1999) | |
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