New Assistant Coaches

[coachacola]

 

Looks like Bobby Kummer will be one of the new assistants:

 

 

Bobby Kummer ‏@BobbyKummer Apr 14

 

Headed to Lamar University today. Can't wait to join Coach Price's staff and be a part of the Lamar Basketball Family! Go Cards!!!

 

 

He comes from Appalachian State which just fired their head coach last month.

 

 

http://www.appstatesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=21500&ATCLID=204945014

[LUSportsFan]

Here's the release about the assistant coaches.

 

from lamarcardinals.com

 

http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041614aaa.html

 

Since having the interim tag removed from his title Lamar head basketball coach Tic Price has been busy getting his team ready for the 2014-15 season. That work has consisted of recruiting and putting together a coaching staff. Part of that work was completed Wednesday when Price announced the hiring of Anthony Anderson, Robert Kummer and Antonio Madlock as assistant coaches...

 

...The new staff brings with them nearly 60 years of coaching experience from several conferences across the nation. Between the three of them, they have worked in the Atlantic Coast, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Conference USA, Mountain West, Southeastern, Southern, Southland and Sun Belt Conferences.

[Lamar Pride]

It looks like Tic has put together an incredibly experienced staff with the recruiting network necessary to rebuild our program. Think about the first staff that Coach Knight put together. Coach Paulino had no college coaching experience, Coach Carroll had only a few years of JUCO coaching experience with no DI experience. Joseph Price was the only experienced assistant on the staff. They were all fine coaches given their experience level, but the recruiting with that staff proved to be disastrous.

 

Price has his work cut out for him, but the signing of Bosha and assembling a staff that knows the business will go a long way to getting this program where we want it.

 

I saw an interview with Bosha last night where he talked about the strong relationship he has built with Coach Price in the last couple of weeks. That speaks highly of Tic's ability to win over a recruit very late in the recruiting season. I'm hopeful our new staff is on to at least a couple more difference makers to add to the program.

[Card Nation]

I'm very impressed with the staff. Looking forward to seeing what they can put together

[eagle eye]

+1

[coachacola]

http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/inthecards/2014/04/17/a-closer-look-at-lamars-new-assistants/

[NorthoftheBorder]

Maybe Lazeek can help clear up the "odd discrepancy" on Anderson's resume. I also don't see, with the information that we were given, the logic of Madlock given "south Texas" as a recruiting territory. Like the Zen Master said "we will see"!!!!

[Lamar Pride]

I think this is a case of a young reporter trying to create a story out of nothing. I believe Anderson was the head of Louisiana Blue Chips AAU program and an assistant at the high school. The bio information on the LU site is probably a small mistake in typing. I also doubt that Tony Madlock will be designated as a south Texas recruiter. These guys have connections all over the country. They will utilize all of them. Every coach on this staff, including Tic have recruited the Houston area during their careers. I don't think there is a gap there. I think the young reporter is also misguided about these coaches supposedly falling from grace of bigger programs. Coaches need to work. If their head coach is fired they are immediately looking for their next job. We should consider ourselves fortunate that Tic Price was able to lure these three experienced guys to LU.

 

Pat knight left this program in shambles. The APR issue has cost us our best player. Tic Price and this staff are starting with the remnants of a team that had a terrible record, APR issues and currently only one available scholarship. This is worse than starting from scratch. I look forward to seeing what they can do with our program. The signing of Bosha and the assembling of this staff are steps in the right direction.

[LUSportsFan]

Coach Kummer was an assistant coach with Melvin Watkins at UNC-Charlotte and then Texas A&M. That accounts for 1996-2004. Watkins recruited well and had some success at UNC-Charlotte advancing to the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament both years. Watkins's teams didn't have the same success at A&M, but his staff brought in some excellent players like Acie Law IV, an NBA 1st round pick in 2007 (11th pick overall). Kummer's run at A&M ended when Watkins was fired in 2004. Billy Gillispie brought in his own staff. Same thing happened here with Knight's staff and happens quite often with head coaching changes.

 

Overall, it sounds like a good staff.

 

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[baller]

Not seeing experience in Houston tells me the young reporter did not reach Price or an area expert on the subject.Tic Price and his McNeese assistants recruited the Houston area .Anthony Anderson was also the head coach at Dillard University for two years which may have caused incomplete or inaccurate reporting by various parties but is woth noting.Anderson's son,who is also named Anthony ,was an assistant at Lamar State College-Port Arthur where he made a positive impression on Larry Tidwell .With Tic Price's recommendation Tidwell hired him as an assistant last year and speaks very highly of him.Steve Roccaforte ,who lost jobs here and at South Florida,gets a significant pay raise to be an assistant at Virginia Tech where Tic Price played.Why,can not be solely determined by using google.It takes reliable knowledgeable sources developed over time.Steve had a great long -time relationship with the coach,the coach greatly respected Steve's talents,there was a position open and his family was supportive.

[NorthoftheBorder]

What constitutes an "local expert"!! Again we will see how this plays out.

[baller]

That's your takeaway ? Ok ,area prominent High School coaches,award winning sports writers and especially the entities and individuals being disrespected without a call to them.Google boy needs to call those he is challenging for a quote.By the way Card Nation got it right when he or she pointed out that coaches who worked for other Texas Universities certainly recruited Houston and they did.But then that requires a reporter calling those he is reporting on for a quote.Having followed numerous basketball reporters in many cities most are supportive and positive about local university teams and not trying to stir things up especially with poorly thought out hypotheticals.

[baller]

My correction it was Lamar Pride with the analysis and Cardinal Pride providing support.

[Knightman]

I like the staff that Coach Price has assembled, and I think that with their help, and the fans that can attend the games doing their part, we will see Lamar climbing up the basketball ladder!!!!

 

Go Lamar!!!!!!!!!

 

Knightman

[lamar1]

Hoop Dirt reports Tony Madlock will be taking job at Mississippi

[baller]

This reflects well on Price's picks and based on published assistant salaries of Lamar and Mississippi he will get a very substantial pay raise.I wish any coach the best for him and his family when presented with such an opportunity .

[baller]

It is now announced in the local media that Lamar assistant coach Tony Madlock is leaving Lamar and will join head basketball coach Andy Kennedy's staff at the University of Mississippi.He will get a substantial pay increase I am told and based on the published salaries of the leaving assistants there.Tic Price is quoted saying that he appreciated the impact Tony had in the short time he was here and wishes him well.

[Knightman]

I am interested in who has or is going to replace Tony on the staff!!!!! But I like the job that Coach Price and the staff did to bring a solid group of recruits in here in the late signing period!!! Can't wait for Oct!!!

 

Go Lamar!!!!!!

 

Knightman

[coachacola]

Brian Burton is the new assistant coach. He appears to be lite on experience:

 

http://www.utahutes.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/burton_brian00.html

[coachacola]

Looks like Coach Burton spent some time at ACU as an assistant:

 

Wildcat Reign ‏@ACUWildcatReign 12h

Congrats to former ACU men's basketball coach @CoachBurton13 on his new position at fellow Southland member Lamar Univ. God bless ya coach!

[LUSportsFan]

Here's an "In the Cards" blog (Beaumont Enterprise) post about Coach Burton.

 

http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/inthecards/2014/06/23/burton-unofficially-hired-as-last-assistant/

[LUSportsFan]

In reference to Coach Burton, it's now official...

 

The linked article from lamarcardinals.com also announces Coach Matt Pace's return to Lamar. Coach Pace wiil serve as director of operations.

 

http://www.lamarcardinals.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/062714aaa.html

 

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[Big T]

Congrats to CoachPace and welcome back into the fold. There is a lot of experience on this new coaching staff and I believe that Burton is going to bring a youthful balance to the staff that was needed. Plus, he has a pretty respectable track record when it comes to recruiting Texas players. And so far, Coach Price has shown that he is interested in bringing in players from Texas. I think he will be perfect.