How about Bob Richey from Furman? to replace Martin
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He hasn’t won his conference in the regular season or made the tourney he’s had a very nice start to his career, but without the accomplishments, 38 seems a little young for a guy who just has a good record.
Bob Richey - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches - Furman University
Bob Richey is in his eighth season as head coach of the Furman men’s basketball team and 14th overall with the program. A finalist for both the 2023 Hugh Durham
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the man is from Florence SC...
Per wiki he was born in New OrleansBob Richey - Head Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches - Furman University
Bob Richey is in his eighth season as head coach of the Furman men’s basketball team and 14th overall with the program. A finalist for both the 2023 Hugh Durham
the man is from Florence SC...
.”The journey to his first head coaching position has been an interesting one but quite a quick ride for the then 32-year-old. He was born in New Orleans while his dad was a medical student at Tulane University. His family moved to South Carolina when he was in the second grade for his father to complete his medical residency.”
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Bob Richey ʼ06 • North Greenville University
Bob Richey '06 is a proud NGU alumnus who has made a name for himself as a successful basketball coach. Learn more about his story here.
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He spent his childhood, teens, college days, early coaching days, coaching days in SOUTH CAROLINA...It's not where you were born...it's where you've spent the majority of you life that matters....he is a South Carolinian, his children and wife were born here...
In his bio with Furman, he told them he was a native...get a clue ding-dong...
He gets my pick as the next coach at The University of South Carolina
19IsTHEman, why are you hung up on from birth to 2nd grade...I bet he barley remembers being in the 1st grade....good grief...
I don't see any hangups. If Wikipedia didn't show a more complete biography and you didn't know any better, of course you would question.
I was born in Savannah simply because there were no practicing ob-gyns in Beaufort at the time. I guess that still makes me a native Beaufortonian.
Seems like he's the guy. He'll certainly not turn the job down and we won't conduct a very thorough search.
I'm not sure about pursuing a guy who hasn't managed to win the SoCon in 6 seasons.
If Richey were at Chattanooga instead of Furman, it's not likely he'd even be on our radar.
I'm not sure about pursuing a guy who hasn't managed to win the SoCon in 6 seasons.
If Richey were at Chattanooga instead of Furman, it's not likely he'd even be on our radar.
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Exactly. He’s a candidate because he doesn’t coach at a school 200 miles to the west. That’s it. The borders of SC shouldn’t be that important when hiring a coach.
And I made a mistake in another thread - 4 different teams have won the conference regular season championship in the five years since he’s been there. He needs a little more time.
Hopefully this is a Chadwell situation where we give a courtesy interview to the young, up-and-coming in-state coach.
So he didn't plan on OT, huh?How do you know? Maybe he had to take his wife to the dentist.
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