And that House was telling the story of Woodson finding his voice on a radio show named after him wasnt lost on her. "My thought process was, 'If you were interested in Mike Woodson coming to Indiana University to coach, get on a plane and you come see me or I come see you.' Man, Woodson responded. Talked about personal things from both sides. 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 (another back surgery) a couple years ago that really got me back. This connection Woodson and IU basketball started to really take shape when he was in sixth grade. Senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis celebrates after a foul Feb. 18, 2023 at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en . She created and maintained an athletics database to facilitate eligibility, financial aid, and NCAA/Big Ten federal reporting including graduation rates. "I can never forget the guys that came before me. Wayne was a sophomore at Arlington (High) and he was the leading scorer in the city. "We just travel. That's the only thing that I'm selling here as a head coach. (Brad Penner / USA Today file) He has a story to tell, and while he's 63. The development of Trey Galloway When you were away, what did you think about what was going on, why it was that way and how it could be fixed? "I feel like I've been around the world, and I've come back (to IU after) 40 years. CLASS 4A: Munster: Munster: 61: Merrillville: 55: Lake Central: 70: East Chicago Central: 55: Crown Point: Hobart: 55: Kankakee Valley: 44: Valparaiso: 62: Lowell: 26 . I don't need much. Woodson accepted. And we sat there for about an hour and it finally registered. DOYEL: You've got four books over your shoulder (in his office). But I just didn't like the fact that when I got that call, they wanted to do an interview over the phone. To be able to circle back home and coach Indiana University basketball means a great deal to me, Woodson said. Never once. Indiana head coach Mike Woodson during the team's Hoosier Hysteria NCAA basketball season kickoff event in Bloomington, Ind., Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. January 27, 2023. (AP Photo), FILE - In this Wednesday, April 16, 2014, file photo, then-New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson watches his team play during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, in New York. I was just waiting and waiting and waiting. I just wasn't ready to walk away. "The Knicks called. There was IU's 66-58 win over No. Why leave a 25-year NBA coaching career for college basketball? "It's just amazing. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. "I was able to do that along with my staff to get these three to commit to us. 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. WOODSON: "I'm from a family of 12. Iowa forward Kris Murray (24) makes contact with Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23), who was bringing the ball up court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Bloomington, Ind. "I hadn't been away from the game like I had been during the year and a half after I had back surgery. Prior to his six years at the helm of the Hawks, Woodson logged eight seasons as an assistant coach with Milwaukee (1996-97 through 1998-99), Cleveland (1999-2000 through 2000-01), Philadelphia (2001-02 through 2002-03) and Detroit (2003-04). Alexis also played one season at IU. It might have been the only work House would have come out of retirement for. 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. "It hasn't changed. 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. (Photo: Peegs.com) Woodson's built-in. 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. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. He taught me how to be a man on and off the floor.. - Indiana suffered a 90-68 blowout loss on its home court on Tuesday night against Iowa. Mike Dean Woodson was born on 24 March 1958 in Indianapolis. "I didn't get them all. (Photo by Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) - 2NHDRKD from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. (AF) (Editor's Note: Sadly, that is not made up. (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 don't care what level you coach at or what sport you coach. You asked me about at 63, why am I still in this?". But I've had my ups and downs, too. I was the head coach in (Atlanta). "I started playing basketball very late. I had a plan going in when I put the tape together. "I took all my NBA money and I brought it back to Bloomington. Woodson joined the Knicks staff following six seasons as head coach of the Hawks, where he guided the Hawks to the NBA Playoffs in each of his last three seasons (including 2007-08, ending Atlantas eight-year Playoff drought), and into the Eastern Conference Semifinals in his last two seasons. Dylan Sinn is a College Sportswriter, covering mainly Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame, as well local colleges in northeast Indiana and Fort Wayne TinCaps baseball. Anitra House, I know if youre listening, boy, you were very instrumental in me getting through school. Want to thank you, Woodson said in his opening remarks when he was introduced as the new IU head coach in March. All rights reserved. But I'm not looking at anything else differently.". "But I blossomed as a player. "But it didn't work out that way and I wish them nothing but the best as they move forward and move on with their careers. The Hawkeyes led 47-36 at halftime after shooting 61%. "Tamar Bates' parents and I had some things in common based on people I knew while living in Atlanta. The demands on Woodsons time outside of school meant that he was in for a major adjustment when he arrived at IU in 1976. "That's all I needed to hear. But I'd just won an NBA title. - Indiana coach Mike Woodson appeared on the weekly radio show 'Inside Indiana Basketball' with Don Fischer on Monday night at Southern Stone Restaurant. I was just being real. 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. Despite undergoing back surgery in December and missing seven weeks, he was honored as the Chicago Tribunes Silver Basketball Award Winner following the season. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Why give up the glitz and the glamor of the sports' highest league to instead recruit and coach a bunch of 18 to 22-year-olds? Detroit Pistons(Assistant) 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS. Here was Woodson, a 63-year-old with no collegiate coaching experience, walking the sidelines on the court that he last played on 41 years ago. NCAA Tournament appears to be up for grabs, Sister Jean makes her pick for NCAA Tournament winner, Top NFL Draft prospect wanted on charges stemming from fatal crash, Morant allegedly went after teen, mall cop in incidents, Insider gives latest on Lamar Jackson, Ravens situation, Red Wings, Larkin agree to eight-year, $69.6M extension, Chargers GM responds to Keenan Allen speculation, MLB backs movement to exempt MiLB players from Florida wage law, Report: Giants have 'sweet spot' for Jones deal, line in sand with Barkley, Ex-welterweight title challenger released from UFC contract. "If I was going to stay, that would be the first thing I'd fix,'' Woodson said. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. I walked away from that meeting really dejected. "It's a lot of work in college, it is," Woodson said. It's being able to get people are these young men, your dreams and goals of how you want to play and how they fit into the realm of what you're doing or are trying to do here at Indiana University. "When I'm recruiting kids, it's all about family to me, man. "Scott was on the plane the next day. Click To Watch Free 'NAACP Image Awards 2023' Live Stream. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AF) (Yea, youngsters, a music record is oh, never mind. 1 in the preseason of the 1979-80 campaign. Mike Woodson is the answer to IU fans' dreams. The former NBA player and current coach owns this property. Year 1 in your coaching tenure is not supposed to be your best one, but what do you expect to see, based on your roster and your own goals? BLOOMINGTON, Ind. "This is no knock against Archie (Miller) or Tom Crean, the guys that were here. '' (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.'' You would only expect that. After its regular week-long, non-televised celebrations, the annual awards ceremony concluded with its main ceremony on Saturday night. "It's just, I've been coaching so long it's just what I do, so I feel comfortable being back here. I go to 29 different (arenas) to play NBA basketball, and IU is all over the place. After five games, Woodson suffered a herniated disc in his back and had to undergo surgery. A person with knowledge of the decision confirmed the hiring to The Associated Press on Sunday, March 28, 2021. "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.' We've just lost our winning ways. Other coaches were mentioned, too. Dateline BLOOMINGTON, Ind. We left our game in West Lafayette, Woodson said. "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. 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. Stays mild with some sun. Tony Perkins, who might make my All-Indiana Killer team if I bother to do one, then escaped Galloway's attention for another layup to make . "So I've gone through the struggles, too, just like a lot of Indiana University basketball fans. He was working himself to death, with no time for eloquence. Michael Dean Woodson is a head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's team. I went in there selling playoffs. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. That component hasn't and won't be overlooked by Woodson. But there was also All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis throwing down dunks, providing optimism that the program is starting an upward trend. 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). He wondered why he didn't have a statue himself. He and I became close friends. So I pretty much got a late start. She began tutoring Woodson in 1976 as he became the first person in his family to earn a college degree. In 1996, he got his first assistant coaching job with the Milwaukee Bucks, which eventually led him to become an assistant coach under Larry Brown for the 2004 NBA champion Detroit Pistons. I apologize to our fans. Woodson returned to the Bloomington campus in the spring of 2021 with a vast experiences and knowledge after playing in the NBA for 11 seasons beginning in 1980 and serving as a coach in the league beginning in 1996 for seven NBA franchises, including nine years combined as a head coach with the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks. "So I'm grateful and honored that this university put this team in my hands. I'm trying to win the Big Ten. After Archie Miller was fired, Woodson made it clear he was interested. BOZICH: In addition to Trayce, you were also able to recruit Xavier Johnson (from Pittsburgh), Miller Kopp (from Northwestern) and Tamar Bates (a top-50 high school recruit). WOODSON:"Again, I didn't come back just to come back and be the coach at Indiana. Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. We've got to try to win a national title because that's what it's all about. Indiana (20-10, 11-8) concludes the regular season on Sunday at home against Michigan. "I'm really back now, and that means a great deal to me," Woodson said. Upon losing Woodson, the Hoosiers went 7-5 in the Big Ten until he returned to spark Indiana back into action. So Woodson went out to Phoenix, Arizona, for his first coaching job. Indiana was that way. Andrew Jackson Smith's remarkable story of valor was almost lost to history. (AF) For you young people, a phone book is a large printed object that has names and phone numbers in it of everyone who lives in your town. Mike Woodson accomplished a lot playing for Indiana under Bob Knight. He continued on with his coaching cliches, telling his players to take it one game at a time. All he wanted to do, he said, was beat Eastern Michigan. Again, a lot of it had to do with timing, but this was the perfect timing. In New York, "anything I wanted was a phone call away. "People don't give that enough credit. WOODSON: "The timing was always kind of off or against me, even when Tom Crean received the job (in 2008). "That," IU coach Mike Woodson said postgame, mincing zero words, "was a bullshit performance He was living in New York City the most famous city in the world and decided to move to little ol' Bloomington on Monday when he was offered the job by current athletic director and former IU towel boy Scott Dolson. It's all good.". 9 min read. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. No longer are fans and pundits askingwhy? Chester Woodson was. 15 Indiana men's basketball had some momentum for perhaps the first time all night, junior guard Trey Galloway found himself guarding junior forward Kris Murray on the perimeter. Yes, I had to do my homework and due diligence on the player. I was down because I was like, 'Wow, how can this be? He needed to spend all that time on basketball, because look at what basketball has brought to him. Products. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler). The former NBA player and current coach owns this property. Four weekends ago, I was back home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to surprise my little sister at her show choir competition. WOODSON: "Sure it was different, because I spent my whole life here at Indiana. Hosted by Grammy . On the surface, he never let his emotions get too high, too low. "When I lost my dad at the age of 13, I had to grow up, quickly. A look back at No. And you've got two books by my mentor (Bloomington businessman) Bill Cook, who's no longer with us that owned Cook Incorporated. That (1976 unbeaten NCAA championship) team was phenomenal. "When I say that he was my mentor, he was my mentor at an early age. 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. My thing was, 'Golly, I just wish they would have given me an opportunity to coach them.'. That's what I'm about. Below is the full transcript. It spurred a carousel of coaches: Mike Davis, then Kelvin Sampson, Dan Dakich and Tom Crean. You figure you get an opportunity to go to college and play college basketball and get an education. DOYEL: Assembly Hall has been redone, so you're not in Bob Knight's former office literally, but you're in there metaphorically. You have permission to edit this article. Woodson responded immediately, scoring 27 points in an upset win against Kentucky the weekend after Knight's punishments were announced. This pairing Woodson leading IU basketball seemed unlikely for more reasons than one. The Scott Mays, (George) McGinnis, (Steve) Downing, the Van Arsdale twins, the guys who came before Mike Woodson, set the table. People that know me knew that over the years. I played 11 years in the NBA. "To answer your question, I'm looking to push this team and put a competitive team on the floor that's going to make our fan base so happy. But after leading his Hoosiers to a huge road win over arch-rival Purdue, Woodson was filled with pride. Obviously everybody is upset after the game (against Purdue) and coming back and doing this; its not what we stand for, Jackson-Davis said. He pushed me and he put me in the best position to be successful. Pulled out of retirement to assume the role of Assistant to the Head Coach for the mens basketball program, House regularly sees a strong, confident Woodson take charge of a room, with all eyes on him. The game ball, he said, hes going to keep. Reasonable Rabby vs The Hoosier Hysterics. In Big Ten games, the Hoosiers also led the league in field goal percentage defense at 41.3%. 247Sports . Woodson missed Wednesday night's game at Minnesota because he was recovering from COVID-19. BOZICH: There's been a lot of discussion about the re-branding of Indiana basketball. Well, Im going too right? Woodson asked. I had a chance to retool and rethink what I really wanted to do the rest of my coaching career. 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. I knew nothing about coaching, Woodson said. I was a 5-9 point guard in the eighth grade. Caitlin Clark. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. After an up and down two weeks where Indiana suffered two losses and recorded two wins including one over Purdue at Mackey Arena Mike Woodson joined Don Fischer for his radio show Monday . The answer, according to Woodson, is actually quite simple. On Tuesday morning, Woodson talked with Bob Kravitz of The Athletic; Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star and me for more than 30 minutes. Hed come home to Bloomington, he figured, and work alongside his friend Scott May at a real estate company. A lot of the fans who have rooted all these years for these great players, hey, they all they know. That's the only reason why I'm here. It hasn't been that way for awhile. Well, I've always bragged about Indiana University, regardless of how they were doing. Indiana men's basketball's effort bothered head coach Mike Woodson in the loss to the No. "That's kind of how we got Davis. Here was a once-thriving basketball program that has slipped further and further away from national relevancy. This article first appeared on FanNation Hoosiers Now and was syndicated with permission. Then there was Tuesday evening, a unique whirlwind of nostalgia and hope. I'm living in an apartment. ), Woodson said that he drove over to Bob Knight's house and sat down for a visit. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Its nice.. Indiana will hire former star player and longtime NBA coach Mike Woodson as its new head coach. I've been able to do that over the years in the NBA. Today, they're still talked about. "But my loyalty and my feelings toward the basketball program have always been stronger than ever. "That's the only reason that I'm back. His teacher, though, covered the cost and Woodson proceeded to win a three-on-three tournament. While on the surface Woodson could've just been holding his cards close, in his own mind he said he always felt at ease, no matter the situation. "Because if you don't push that and sell it, then it becomes second nature to these guys. "We had our struggles early with that young team. Woodson had promised his mother and siblings that he would go to IU and get a degree, and he had the intellect to get that done. It was one of the most embarrassing times of my life as a coach I was like shit, I played 11 years in the NBA and I have no idea what Im doing from a coaching standpoint.. I can go to dinner and there's an IU (fan), 'Hey, Woody, how you doing? At the age of 63, what compelled you to take on this job? Now we've got to go after the rest of the guys.' They just competed, man. The only way I can do my homework is to watch these guys play on tape and assess them that way. Wayne and I became the best of friends for more than 40 years and never had a hiccup. Because coaching is hard. That doesnt leave a whole lot of time to go home and do your homework. I don't. Before joining the Hawks, Woodson served for one season (2003-04) as an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons, where he earned an NBA Championship ring as one of the chief architects behind Detroits suffocating defense that helped lift the Pistons to the 2004 NBA title. Thirty to 40 of Woodsons friends and family attended Tuesdays game, including longtime writer Bob Hammel, whom Woodson exchanged pleasantries with in the press room, bringing back memories from the programs past. I just started going down the list of guys that didn't raise their hand in the meeting. Now we know just how much IU coveted Stevens.. He is an Indiana player coming back to Indiana to coach Indiana Basketball fans are living in a dream world where everything is just the way it should be, and none of us wants to wake up. Boys & Girls Club Beverage Tumbler $ 13.00. Indiana blown out by Iowa in worst home loss under Woodson, Northwest Allen County Schools faces backlash following decision to cancel school play, Nixed Carroll High School play to be replaced, superintendent says officials didn't cave to pressure, Indiana at Purdue Wrap-Up: The rivalry belongs to the Hoosiers, Purdue continues scuffling, Stalled Lofts at Headwaters Park project faces cost and contaminants, Board's stubborn focus preventing Philharmonic accord. Boys & Girls Club T-Shirt (Small) $ 12.00. WOODSON:"I've never felt that I was 63. And we're going to try to make this thing happen together. 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.". His team also ended nine-game losing streaks to Purdue and Michigan and his staff landed the fifth-best recruiting class in the country according to 247Sports. . "You guys never saw me come back, but every summer I was back here, visiting friends and family. "As long as I'm the coach here, they're going to be a part of it. Emailed daily. My. How does it fit? Fact is, mister, you start screwing up this team, Ill personally hide-strap your ass to a pine rail and send you up the Monon Line!' While the crowd roared to life after his name was introduced, Woodson remained focused in the huddle with his players. "And with Archie, before he became the head coach, I got a call about the job. Hey Woody, we can play golf every day, Fitzsimmons said. Some may disagree, but this is a great hire. I didn't want that. I kind of walked away from that thinking it's just not going to happen for Mike Woodson, which I was fine with that. 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