Arkansas State Red Wolves - Arkansas State Indians Men's Basketball Coaches, Arkansas State Red Wolves Football, John Brady, Dickey Nutt (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Arkansas State Indians Men's Basketball Coaches, Arkansas State Red Wolves Football, John Brady, Dickey Nutt, Tommy Mills, Herbert Schwartz, Ike Tomlinson, Jack Dale, Marvin Speight, Jimmy Dykes, Convocation Center. Excerpt: John Brady (born September 17, 1954 in McComb, Mississippi) is the head men's basketball coach for Arkansas State University. Brady was previously the head men's basketball coach at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On February 8, 2008, LSU dismissed Brady, and named his assistant coach, Butch Pierre, the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On March 21, 2008 Coach John Brady was named the 15th head basketball coach at Arkansas State University Brady had coached the Tigers to an unlikely Final Four run in the 2006 NCAA Tournament, the fourth men's Final Four in LSU history. Brady was born in 1954 in McComb, Mississippi, about 80 miles (130 km) south of Jackson. He earned his BS from Belhaven College in 1976, where he played varsity basketball. He then received his master's in 1977 from Mississippi State University. After a year as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State, Brady began coaching in the high school ranks of Louisiana. In 1981 Brady was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class AAA "Coach of the Year." After returning to MSU to serve eight years as an assistant under Bob Boyd and Richard Williams, Brady was named head coach at Samford University in 1992. In six years, Brady became the winningest coach in Samford history, garnering a 89-77 record. In 1997, Brady replaced the legendary Dale Brown as head coach at LSU. When Brady arrived, the program was under probation and stinging from a recruiting scandal. Brady's first two years were rough. In 2000 the Tigers b... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4845283