Haha. Ball State. Apparently he's from Indiana.

But still...I would never leave Wilmington to coach Ball Fucking State. UNCW has to feel like shit. They win the conference championship, lose in the first round after building an 18 point lead, their conference foe gets to the final four, and their program is again used a stepping stone (first Richmond and now Ball State).

What's worse is that they are a stepping stone for programs that aren't really that great. It really doesn't make sense to me.

3/28/2006 11:03:57 PM

David Letterman went to Ball State

3/28/2006 11:05:42 PM

a stepping stone to mediocrity -- just like sendek

3/28/2006 11:07:04 PM

3/28/2006 11:07:24 PM

I'D RATHER BALL U THAN OU

or whatever the bumper sticker i always saw said

3/28/2006 11:07:36 PM

Quote :

"David Letterman went to Ball State"

I take back everything bad I ever said about Ball State then.

3/28/2006 11:09:36 PM

Quote :

". Famous alumni include David Letterman, Joyce DeWitt, Garfield creator Jim Davis and the founder of Papa John's, John Schnatter"

3/28/2006 11:11:01 PM

Dang thats pretty good alumni. I love Letterman, Garfield and Papa John's!

Why can't we have cool people like that go here?

3/28/2006 11:15:44 PM

We have John Tesh..............

3/28/2006 11:16:58 PM

We have a professor who has patents used today in the modern "plasma television".

That's tight.

Oh, but David Thompson.

[Edited on March 28, 2006 at 11:26 PM. Reason : .]

3/28/2006 11:25:33 PM

They also have the "boom goes the dynamite" guy

3/28/2006 11:27:46 PM

BTW...this isn't official yet.

3/28/2006 11:32:16 PM

There might be some personal reasons to go there; maybe family or something. Theres probably more to the story.

3/28/2006 11:32:51 PM

we have that chick from the mercury commercial and bill cowher!

3/28/2006 11:35:43 PM

that hot chick from the mercury commercial went to Nc State?? The brunette?

3/28/2006 11:55:09 PM

^^^

Quote :

"Apparently he's from Indiana."

3/29/2006 12:15:10 AM

didn't one of the guys from the "that thing has a hemi right?" commercials go to NCSU?

or did I just invent that fact in my head?

[Edited on March 29, 2006 at 12:21 AM. Reason : fds]

3/29/2006 12:21:15 AM

Quote :

"that hot chick from the mercury commercial went to Nc State?? The brunette?"

you bet!

^ no idea but that's cool if true...and typical of a Moo U graduate

3/29/2006 12:23:20 AM

I've heard rumors here in Wilmington, but that's all....

3/29/2006 12:29:37 PM

ball state paid their coach last year 131,000. UNCW paid brad 250,000. He is an idiot if he leaves even if they pay him more. I know he is from IN but this is the 2nd time this has happened. Jerry Wainwright went from assistant at Wake to head coach at UNCW and got them big time in the tourney four years in a row. Then he left for richmond which he used as a stepping stone to get back to chicago and depaul...now this. If UNCW could keep a coach for more than 10 years like we have at state they'd do some things. Sad thing is UNCW is only one tourney behind the pack since 2000. 5-4. Now I understand where some of the alumni here get pissed.

3/30/2006 1:19:55 AM

if their ad wasnt a douchebag they might keep good coaches

3/31/2006 12:14:18 PM

link?

3/31/2006 12:22:31 PM

As far as NCSU alumni, dont forget Dr. Jerry Punch.

And when you mentioned John Tesh, Bill Leslie called and wanted to remind everyone that John Tesh was his roommate in college .

3/31/2006 1:38:00 PM

MRN Radio pit road reporter Winston Kelley also went to NC State, he also has a piece on Nascar This Morning...he is a good damn man too.

3/31/2006 4:13:30 PM

it's a new AD. they worked together under wainwright when he was still the coach. they haven't gotten along since then. the old ad LOVED to make our program succeed but her and the chancellor didn't get along AT ALL.

3/31/2006 6:05:06 PM

UNCW's old AD was the shit. Depaulo I think???

I think the Chancellor was jealous of her or something. It really made no sense. Most of the men's and athletic teams were doing well on the field and in the classroom. But she got ran the fuck out of town.

3/31/2006 11:31:04 PM

HE's gone. Left for Wright University in Ohio

4/1/2006 12:16:33 AM

depaulo is the chanc. she SUCKS. the old chanc was awesome and loved by all.

4/1/2006 6:23:18 PM

Per CBS:

In the past five hours, we have learned the two names atop the Seahawks' list. The first, and favorite, is Texas assistant Rodney Terry, who worked for Jerry Wainwright at UNCW from 1998-2002. The other is Benny Moss, a Charlotte assistant who has known UNCW athletic director Mike Capaccio since he recruited Capaccio's players at Indiana Hills Junior College a decade ago.

4/3/2006 8:57:30 AM

the hemi guy is from around here somewhere..my roommate had a few beers with him at a bar in hickory not to long ago

4/3/2006 9:00:36 AM

^

I think he's from asheville.

4/3/2006 9:02:52 AM