There's no way in hell they should not be a part of this program and in a grand way, too. A look back at No. There were flashes of success, but nothing sustained. You guys are not even giving me a chance.'. He doesn't understand why all sorts of people in Bloomington were asking if Coach Knight threw him a chair. Coaching is tough. As head coach of the Knicks, Woodson guided his 2012-13 Atlantic Division Champions to their first appearance in the Eastern Conference semifinals since 2000 and finished his tenure as New Yorks coach with a record of 109-79 (.680). - Indiana coach Mike Woodson is expected to return to the sideline on Saturday when the Hoosiers take on Ohio State at 8 p.m. No longer are fans and pundits askingwhy? House was Woodsons tutor at Indiana during his playing days, and with her help he became the first person from his family to earn a college degree. Indiana head coach Mike Woodson during the team's Hoosier Hysteria NCAA basketball season kickoff event in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. He led the Hoosiers to the Big Ten Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2003 and helped three players earn All-Big Ten status including Trayce Jackson-Davis, Race Thompson and Xavier Johnson. So I don't know if it's ever really lost its brand. But from there he lived in New York, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Houston, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Cleveland again, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, New York again, Los Angeles again, and New York a third time. "You've got all these players that went to different universities. The Daily HoosierWhere Indiana fans assemble when theyre not at Assembly, Proudly powered by Tuto WordPress theme from, Baseball Schedule (links to iuhoosiers.com), IU basketball still in contention for a Big Ten Tournament double-bye, The Daily Hoosier Report: The Latest in IU News and Recruiting Notes (3/1), Watch: Q&A with IU football OC Walt Bell, new WR coach Anthony Tucker, Look: IU radio legend Don Fischer featured on BTNs The Journey, IU basketball: Iowa at Indiana The Report Card, Iowa extends winning streak over IU by causing defensive breakdowns, Watch: Woodson and Jackson-Davis discuss loss to Iowa Its just unacceptable. "I took all my NBA money and I brought it back to Bloomington. (AF), Woodson said he met with Indiana's current players players, but he couldn't understand why Trey Galloway had his pants tucked into his socks, why Khristian Lander had a man-bun and not a bald head and goatee like Woody rocks, why Joey Brunk's back was worse than his and why Trayce Jackson-Davis shook hands with him using his left hand. My brothers had a lot to do with my success. He received a technical for the display. And part of what Knight expected from all of his players was academic success. Fran McCaffery is in Bloomington today fresh off perhaps his strangest moment as a head coach and he's set the bar pretty high in that regard. Then there was Tuesday evening, a unique whirlwind of nostalgia and hope. "Again, I didn't get an opportunity to really come back because my schedule didn't permit me to come back. So Woodson went out to Phoenix, Arizona, for his first coaching job. Today she watches him lead a high major college basketball program and deal with the media, but she remembers a much different side of him in 1976. I've had my battles physically over the years, from the back surgery I had many years ago. But to get (Race) Thompson back, to get Khristian Lander and (Jordan) Geronimo back, that was a major start for me, even though we lost Armaan Franklin (to Virginia) and the big fella, Joey (Brunk to Ohio State). (Brad Penner / USA Today file) He has a story to tell, and while he's 63. He was living in New York City - the most famous city in the world - and decided to move to. Anitra House, I know if youre listening, boy, you were very instrumental in me getting through school. With his ninth rebound in Indiana men's basketball's game against Iowa on Tuesday night, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis broke the program record, passing Alan Henderson. That's what I'm about. How Mike Woodson met Anitra House Two things you have to know about Mike Woodson: his humble upbringing, and his rich loyalty. This connection Woodson and IU basketball started to really take shape when he was in sixth grade. "It's just amazing. As their area took on more responsibilities, her role expanded and culminated with experience as a learning specialist, certifying eligibility, and athletic financial aid. Meanwhile, Woodson watched IUs basketball program face an array of struggles from afar. "I can never forget the guys that came before me. I just told him. It hasn't been that way for awhile. "I can never replace Bob Knight and all the things that he's done over the years for Indiana University basketball. Getty Images. A native of southern Indiana who graduated from Silver Creek High School, she earned a bachelors degree in secondary education/social studies and a masters degree in reading. "I was a little down because after I gave my coaching speech to all the guys, I sat them down in the locker room and I asked guys to raise their hands that were going to commit to me and this university and this program and my staff. "That," IU coach Mike Woodson said postgame, mincing zero words, "was a bullshit performance He has worked for ESPN, CBSSports and FOXSports and most recently spent five years at ESPN as a multi-platform basketball insider - on SportsCenter, doing sideline for games, features, 1-on-1 sit-downs and also establishing himself as the pre-eminent news-breaker in college basketball. Today, they're still talked about. "Tamar Bates' parents and I had some things in common based on people I knew while living in Atlanta. "So I'm grateful and honored that this university put this team in my hands. Proudly powered by Tuto WordPress theme from, Baseball Schedule (links to iuhoosiers.com), IU basketball still in contention for a Big Ten Tournament double-bye, The Daily Hoosier Report: The Latest in IU News and Recruiting Notes (3/1), Watch: Q&A with IU football OC Walt Bell, new WR coach Anthony Tucker, Look: IU radio legend Don Fischer featured on BTNs The Journey, IU basketball: Iowa at Indiana The Report Card, Iowa extends winning streak over IU by causing defensive breakdowns, Watch: Woodson and Jackson-Davis discuss loss to Iowa Its just unacceptable. "That's the only reason that I'm back. Mike Woodson is going to be great in Bloomington. "But my loyalty and my feelings toward the basketball program have always been stronger than ever. But it lives on forever now thanks to the efforts of his family . He has an open-door policy with players so they can talk to him at any time. On the surface, he never let his emotions get too high, too low. Me being next to the youngest, most of my older sisters and an older brother, they were out of the home. I really needed a laugh early this morning, and I hope you got one, too. Don't miss out on any of our exclusive football, basketball and recruiting coverage. Because, again, I've never recruited at the college level, but I've recruited at the NBA level. Thats all I needed to hear, Woodson said. There has been struggles and a bit of a malaise. A good tutor figures out what you can do, and what you need to do better, just like a basketball coach, its not that different, and you try to make sure they improve. Unfortunately, the pandemic kept people at home this past season. I don't. BOZICH: When you played at Indiana (from 1976-80), IU was feared as one of the top programs in the country. I just kind of walked away from it.. After starring for Broad Ripple High School, Woodson accepted a scholarship offer to Indiana. Reasonable Rabby vs The Hoosier Hysterics. '' (AF)*(Footnote, quotes courtesy of George Walker, "Hoosiers''), Woodson said he couldn't figure out the media situation here in Indiana, either, when he went out to"get the papers, get the papers.'' I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook." ', "That's kind of how my career (got started). I had a chance to do some things that I hadn't done because I was coaching all those years. But I just didn't like the fact that when I got that call, they wanted to do an interview over the phone. "I wasn't able to come back and actually catch games because of the conflict of me playing my schedule in the NBA just never allowed me to come and catch a game. Woody, why dont you come out and be my assistant in the summer league? Woodson recalls Fitzsimmons asking. Im the coach, I gotta get them ready to play. They set something that you all strive to be, man, as a player, as a student athlete. "Hoosier Nation has always supported Indiana basketball. It might have been the only work House would have come out of retirement for. And when Chester Woodson passed away in 1971, a 13-year-old Michael Dean Woodson followed suit he put his head down and got work. I walked away from that meeting really dejected. "When I lost my dad at the age of 13, I had to grow up, quickly. Ryan Joseph "Archie" Miller (born October 30, 1978) is an American men's college basketball coach for the Rhode Island Rams.. Miller played point guard for North Carolina State from 1998 to 2002 and ended his career among the school's leaders in free-throw percentage, three-point field goal percentage, and total three-pointers. Woodson discussed why, at age 63, he wanted the challenge of the IU job, how he intends to reshape the program's culture, growing up with 11 sisters and brothers and his early success recruiting. And now it has all come full circle for House. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. I said, 'Hey, man, let's do this together. What did you do to convince him to stay and how can you fix his weaknesses? "I was up in Fort Wayne about four or five days ago speaking to about a thousand at a sit-down dinner, and so many people kept saying to me 'welcome home.' Big Ten tournament seeding and tiebreaker scenarios, Big Ten tournament seeding and tiebreaker scenarios, Five takeaways from Indianas loss against Iowa, Indianas defense nonexistent in 90-68 loss to Iowa, Five takeaways from Indianas win over Eastern Michigan. IU also led the Big Ten in field goal percentage defense at 39.6% and finished second in blocked shots at 4.83 a game. Woodson, a great player at Indiana from 1976-1980, played 11 years in the NBA and coached another 25. In fact, it is one of many aspects of Woodsons very public career she revels in. Below is the full transcript. After securing a sweep of in-state rival Purdue for the first time in a decade, No. Pin. He had already endeared himself with the fanbase during his four-year IU playing career in the 1980's, and his return back to where it all started only strengthened that implicit trust and loyalty. ), Woodson also wondered why there was no statue of his coach, Bob Knight, who won three titles in the building. "Scott was on the plane the next day. We've got to try to win a national title because that's what it's all about. Chester Woodson was. We just have to come in tomorrow and work.. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. while Jackson-Davis could have celebrated after finishing the game with 2,081 points 20 more than Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson scored during his college career it was the second-year coach who seemed . Woodson, left, has worked with some top NBA coaches including his time as an assistant for Doc Rivers with the Clippers. Woodson's built-in familiarity with Bloomington and the Hoosiers allowed his transition to go smoother than IU coaches of the past. Indiana will hire former star player and longtime NBA coach Mike Woodson as its new head coach. But then plans changed when Woodson got a call from the late Cotton Fitzsimmons. I really felt good about the interview once Scott left and came back to Bloomington, still not knowing that I would get the shot to coach. You have permission to edit this article. But for all of his success in his first season at the helm of the Hoosiers, there were still plenty of learning curves -- whether in the public eye or not. Everyones upset. Michael Dean Woodson is a head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's team. Dateline BLOOMINGTON, Ind. There was a problem saving your notification. Hes started to bridge the gap, inviting Knight to practice and Isiah Thomas to Hoosier Hysteria. Mike Woodson's house Atlanta, Georgia (GA), US Like Tweet Share Pin The retired American basketball player and current head coach of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks lives here. Aside from quick trips home for doctor's appointments, they don't return until. Woodson never forgot the role House played in his acclimation to college life and helping him to deliver on his promise to earn a degree. The athletic department said Friday in a news release that Woodson . Anitra House first started tutoring IU mens basketball players when Woodson was a freshman in Bloomington. 12-seed Wyoming in the NCAA Tournament, the Hoosiers' first March Madness win in six years. The 64-year-old was born on March 24, 1958 in Indianapolis. 5 University of Arizona on Dec. 10, and thought his team wasn't tough enough in a loss to Rutgers on Dec. 3. So I pretty much got a late start. There was a time when "Siri, call Lindsey's cell'' actually didn't work. WOODSON: "I'm from a family of 12. Im going to play golf.. "I've spent my life here. There's fans everywhere I (went) in my walk of life in the NBA. - Indiana coach Mike Woodson appeared on the weekly radio show 'Inside Indiana Basketball' with Don Fischer on Monday night at Southern Stone Restaurant. It was just a full meltdown of our defensive game plan, Jackson-Davis said. At the age of 63, what compelled you to take on this job? Obviously everybody is upset after the game (against Purdue) and coming back and doing this; its not what we stand for, Jackson-Davis said. But Im here.. "I could have stayed in the NBA, I've lived over half my life in the NBA. I'm just happy that he stayed and knowing that we've got a lot of work on our hands to do to get this turned around.". You would only expect that. "I have those Cook books. Indiana stole three consecutive inbounds passes early in the second half and Jackson-Davis threw down a dunk off one to get IU within single digits. I had a chance to retool and rethink what I really wanted to do the rest of my coaching career. That's not my makeup. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and got egg noodles with ketchup. In Big Ten games, the Hoosiers also led the league in field goal percentage defense at 41.3%. To be able to circle back home and coach Indiana University basketball means a great deal to me, Woodson said. Somebodys got to coach the team.. I'm concerned about what you can't do and how you can get better to help us win basketball games and better yourself for the future. But after leading his Hoosiers to a huge road win over arch-rival Purdue, Woodson was filled with pride. That's how it's always been. Mike Woodson has said he believes his father worked himself to death trying to take care of him and his 11 siblings on the near northeast side of Indianapolis in the '50s and '60s. Late in the second half of a game against Michigan State on Saturday, McCaffery stared down Big Ten official Kelly Pfeifer for at least 20 seconds soon after receiving a technical foul. A relationship that began in 1976 whenMike Woodsonfirst came to the IU campus will be rekindled as Anitra House will assume the role of Assistant to the Head Coach for the mens basketball program. You figure you get an opportunity to go to college and play college basketball and get an education. Jackson-Davis ninth rebound made him the schools career leader in that category ahead of Alan Henderson. KRAVITZ: When you talk to former IU players, they talk about how the culture, the Indiana culture, has been lost the last number of years. He averaged 21.0 points during his junior season and helped lead Indiana to an NIT Championship. "To me, really there is no in between. I've been away from this part of the country, but I've always come back every summer quietly, but people just didn't know that.". Detroit Pistons(Assistant) 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS. IU head coach Mike Woodson speaks to a crowd of IU fans at a Peegs.com golf outing on May 20, 2022, at Pfau Golf Course in Bloomington, Indiana. (AF), Woodson said he hasn't been well-received since he got to Bloomington, because a lot of fans who are Hall of Fame coaches from their mom's basement wanted a young, flashy successful college coach instead instead of an old man who's never once coached a college game. I've got to make this a family atmosphere. New Indiana men's basketball coach Mike Woodson, right, is handed his old IU jersey by Athletic Director Scott Dolson on Monday morning after he was introduced as leader of the program with. I was a part of it. I gave him the biggest hug. "So the interview really wasn't an interview (in 2017) as far as I was concerned. BOZICH: One of the biggest recruiting wins you had was getting Trayce Jackson-Davis back for his junior year. My thing was, 'Golly, I just wish they would have given me an opportunity to coach them.'. Caitlin Clark. Because I know coaching is hard. That was a bulls--- performance tonight. I'm going to try to do the best job that I can possibly do to get us back on top.". It hasn't been perfect. As an assistant, he has worked for greats such as Chris Ford (Bucks), George Karl (Bucks), Larry Brown (76ers and Pistons), Mike DAntoni (Knicks), Doc Rivers (Clippers), and Tom Thibodeau (Knicks). I was so excited. Woodson missed Wednesday night's game at Minnesota because he was recovering from COVID-19. "I started at the top with Davis. "So I had to do some damage control I had to start setting up meetings with the parents and the players. Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. "After watching all three, they kind of fit a need that we had here at Indiana University. Sign up with TheHoosier.com here. I had to tell them what was on my heart and how I felt, about the individual player, as a player and how I thought that player could help us from a team standpoint. So here I am.". Trayce Jackson-Davis scored 26 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and had five assists for the Hoosiers (20-10, 11-8 Big Ten), but Kris Murray scored 26 points for Iowa (19-11, 11-8) and the visitors shot 56% from the field. Indiana coach Mike Woodson gestures during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Iowa, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. DOYEL: Assembly Hall has been redone, so you're not in Bob Knight's former office literally, but you're in there metaphorically. We've just got to get back to our winning ways.". That's how I felt. "It's just, I've been coaching so long it's just what I do, so I feel comfortable being back here. That's what we did over the years. Yes, I had to do my homework and due diligence on the player. That's not my style. When cracks appeared to be forming throughout the season and shades of Indiana's old ways began rearing its ugly head, Woodson was often the mediator and reconciler. I mean that's something I've been doing for such a long time now. Now I get to make people happy, by writing them a nice letter from coach, and showing them the side of him that I know, House said. Mike Woodson's House. "It hasn't changed. Some may disagree, but this is a great hire. IU finished the conference season with six straight victories and won the Big Ten title. "We are following CDC COVID guidelines, and our . "The Knicks called (last fall) and asked me to come back (as an assistant coach). (April 1, 2021, 8 a.m. I've been on the front end of it, when it was good. "The Knicks called. He had the honor of playing for some of the most decorated coaches in league history including Red Holzman (Knicks) Larry Brown (Nets) Cotton Fitzsimmons (Kings); Gene Shue (Clippers), Don Chaney (Clippers and Rockets). (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler), Indiana men's basketball coach Mike Woodson. (AF), Woodson said, "One dude in overalls said, 'I dont know why Cletus drug your tired old bones in here, he must of owed you something fierce. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. How long has being the IU basketball coach been your dream? Four weekends ago, I was back home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to surprise my little sister at her show choir competition. 4 Purdue for the first time in four years. What do you want people to say about the culture that you're going to establish? That's the only reason why I'm here. You've got to find players and people around you that believe in what you do. He also averaged 12.2 points in 13 career Playoff games over five post-seasons. He grew up in inner-city Indianapolis and then spent four years in Bloomington as a great player for Bob Knight. They couldn't understand why Indiana athletic director Scott "Cletus" Dolson hired him in the first place. Indiana men's basketball's effort bothered head coach Mike Woodson in the loss to the No. 15 Indiana will look to keep its roll going at home Tuesday night by . Whether it was leading the Hoosiers to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016, or learning the recruiting ropesso seamlessly thathis first freshmen class includes a pair of five-star signees, Woodson hasn't backed down from the transition to college. He mostly took in the game on the sideline with his hands folded under his chest. (AF) *(Footnote, quotes courtesy of Henry Hill, "Goodfellas''), Woodson is 63 years old. This pairing Woodson leading IU basketball seemed unlikely for more reasons than one. "There's a lot of great college coaches, I mean, there's no cupcakes in the Big Ten, there's just not. Sandfort knocked in his fifth 3-pointer with 1:26 left to extend Iowas margin to 25 and punctuated the play with a demonstrative kiss aimed at the Indiana student section. Tuesday was the worst home loss of the coachs two-year tenure and equaled the largest margin of defeat for the Hoosiers this season (they also lost by 22 to Kansas, 84-62). Indiana was that way. "So you can't forget those guys in terms of what they've done. Iowa had built a double-digit lead less than three minutes into the game and made its first five shots, including three 3-pointers. Iowa defeated Indiana 90-68. I can go to dinner and there's an IU (fan), 'Hey, Woody, how you doing? Other coaches were mentioned, too. Above is the full Q&A. Tweet. I've been able to do that over the years in the NBA. Wayne and I became the best of friends for more than 40 years and never had a hiccup. Woodsons NBA playing career began in 1980-81, when he averaged 4.7 points over 11.7 minutes in 81 contests with the Knicks. "But I like the direction of where we are right now and where we are headed, knowing there is a lot of work that's got to be done.". 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