BOZICH: One of the biggest recruiting wins you had was getting Trayce Jackson-Davis back for his junior year. "I can never replace Bob Knight and all the things that he's done over the years for Indiana University basketball. (AF), "I kept thinking every morning and every night that I was moving from New York City to Bloomington, and that just started to blow my mind,'' Woodson said. I said, 'Hey, man, let's do this together. Everybody who watched him knows he needs to become less reliant on his left hand and prove he can make outside shots. Woodson wanted to attend Bob Knights basketball camp, but given he grew up in a family with 12 siblings in inner-city Indianapolis he didnt have enough money to pay for it. 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. Again, a lot of it had to do with timing, but this was the perfect timing. During his coaching career, Woodson would quietly come back to Bloomington whenever he could. Murray got the Hawkeyes off to a fast start, hitting 3-pointers on their first two possessions. "Tamar Bates' parents and I had some things in common based on people I knew while living in Atlanta. But after that day, Woodson was hooked on coaching, wanting to provide the same mentorship as Knight did for him. I'm trying to win the national title. Because coaching is hard. Asked if his emotions were any different heading into Tuesday than when he coached for a new team in the NBA, Woodson said: I dont know.. Scott's been here all these years grinding, looking out over everything that we've done from a real estate standpoint. In the following days, Woodson read his name in news stories about IUs opening. - Indiana coach Mike Woodson appeared on the weekly radio show 'Inside Indiana Basketball' with Don Fischer on Monday night at Southern Stone Restaurant. But then came 2021, when the timing finally seemed right. A lot of the fans who have rooted all these years for these great players, hey, they all they know. (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. Now, Woodson says, it's his turn to repay the fanbase for sticking by his side over 40 years later, even when they didn't have to. I've been on the front end of it, when it was good. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. Mike Woodsons voice? He played for a demanding coach in high school in Broad Ripples Bill Smith, but Indianas Bob Knight wrote the book on high expectations. 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. Woodson was the MVP after playing in only six league games that season. And that House was telling the story of Woodson finding his voice on a radio show named after him wasnt lost on her. We've just got to get back to our winning ways.". WOODSON: "I don't know if IU has ever lost its brand. ), Woodson also wondered why there was no statue of his coach, Bob Knight, who won three titles in the building. He was inducted into the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2010. Just talked basketball. Indiana will hire former star player and longtime NBA coach Mike Woodson as its new head coach. I've said it time and time again: Indiana University basketball is Bob Knight. IU finished the conference season with six straight victories and won the Big Ten title. It spurred a carousel of coaches: Mike Davis, then Kelvin Sampson, Dan Dakich and Tom Crean. The board, the 1,092nd of his career . Stays mild with some sun. 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. Mike and his wife, Terri, have two daughters, Alexis and Mariah, who were volleyball players at Georgia Tech. Everyones upset. That's how I felt. That (1976 unbeaten NCAA championship) team was phenomenal. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Mike Woodson has been the Indiana University men's basketball coach for less than two months but has already reshaped the roster, completed his staff and set goals. DOYEL: Assembly Hall has been redone, so you're not in Bob Knight's former office literally, but you're in there metaphorically. I had nine sisters and there were three boys. 9 min read. I had a plan going in when I put the tape together. Then somebody sent me this book: 'Prepare to Win: A Lesson Learned at Knight School.'". Mike Woodson's House. 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. 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. Against crazy odds, they have all but assuredly secured themselves a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016.. I interviewed for the head job. Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star. I didn't want that. You have permission to edit this article. WOODSON:"Again, I didn't come back just to come back and be the coach at Indiana. Woodson played 104 games for the Hoosiers after graduating in 1976 from Broad Ripple High School and is the fifth all-time leading scorer with 2,061 points and his 19.8 points per game average is tied (Calbert Cheaney) for the second highest by a Hoosier who played four seasons in college. "I scored 2,000 damn points and won Big Ten Player of the Year when I only played six games!!!!'' "I think what has helped me is I've had relationships with people in my NBA world all these years. You've got to be dedicated to what you're doing. Woodson accepted. Friday's invite-only (and non-televised) awards dinner will go on as scheduled from L.A. Live Event Deck, a popular event venue located . The 54th NAACP Image Awards did the thing! "To me, really there is no in between. Hey Woody, we can play golf every day, Fitzsimmons said. Reasonable Rabby vs The Hoosier Hysterics. Dateline BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AF) (Footnote, "Goodfellas", "There's like 40 people on the conference call at my first press conference, so I asked my assistant to go out and pick up all the newspapers around the state so I could read them all. And you've got two books by my mentor (Bloomington businessman) Bill Cook, who's no longer with us that owned Cook Incorporated. (Radford, a member of IU's 1976 title team, was 64 when he died Jan. 10, 2020.). And maybe I was nave and foolish to even go into Atlanta, knowing that we had gutted the whole team and started over with 18-, 19- and 20-year-old kids. All rights reserved. That was huge for me, because it gave me a chance to retool. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. WOODSON: "Again, after watching him on tape after I got the job, as a coach, I think you've got to find buttons to push when you're dealing with players. I'm trying to win the Big Ten. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en . Coaching is tough. He was a little different at that point in time than he is now, said House on Monday evening to IU radio voice Don Fischer on Woodsons show. I've said that for many, many years. I was so excited. Whether lingering in the shadows of Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall for the past four decades, or front and center for 17,000 fans to cheer,the initial questions surrounding Woodson's abrupt jump to college basketball are becoming clearer by the day. BLOOMINGTON - After Indiana's road loss to Iowa on Jan. 5, Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson called the performance of the referees "bulls---.". Watch as Indiana coach Mike Woodson met with the media following a 90-68 loss to Iowa on Tuesday in Bloomington. 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. Thats all I needed to hear, Woodson said. 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 . "That's kind of how we got Davis. I know there were a lot of names surfacing about the job. "At that time I was in the eighth grade. They just competed, man. DOYEL: Have you found a place yet in Bloomington or have you owned a place all this this time? Alexis also played one season at IU. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. (AF) (We all concur on that one.). So here I am.". But hed need another coach to help him learn how to navigate life as a college student. And I've been on the back end of it, when it was bad. That's how it's always been. 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. Staff Writer. Upon losing Woodson, the Hoosiers went 7-5 in the Big Ten until he returned to spark Indiana back into action. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. . "It's a lot of work in college, it is," Woodson said. Woodson then earned the head coaching job with the Atlanta Hawks, followed by New York Knicks. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File), Former Indiana basketball head coach Bobby Knight, center, makes his first appearance at Indiana University since his dismissal in September of 2000. They set something that you all strive to be, man, as a player, as a student athlete. (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. The Hawkeyes went 3 for 28 from long distance in their previous road game, at Wisconsin, but were 13 for 23 on Tuesday. They came in here and kicked our ass, it was just that simple.. "So to be able to get an opportunity to come back and coach, something I had been doing for a number of years at the NBA level, it was just like a dream come true because it just doesn't happen that often that a player gets to play college basketball at the highest level you can play it, go pro, go into in coaching and then circle back. It hasn't been perfect. Woodson did not . Knight gave him a shirt reading Indiana University. Later, Knight said, when Woodson was a senior in high school, hed follow up. Katy, Texas (TX), US. You figure you get an opportunity to go to college and play college basketball and get an education. WOODSON:"First of all, to think about all the accomplishments that coach Knight has had in his career as a coach and even as a player at Ohio State it's hard to imagine for me, the guy who played for him, the guy who was given a scholarship to come from Indianapolis to play for him at Indiana, for me, it's like a dream come true. I just didnt like how the process was going when they wanted to talk with me, Woodson said. 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!' 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.". DOYEL: You've got four books over your shoulder (in his office). 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. Pin. WOODSON: "I've got to give my staff a lot of credit. What did you do to convince him to stay and how can you fix his weaknesses? When all looked to be lost for Indiana at various points, there was an aura of assurance that surrounded Woodson. In the Playoffs, he piloted the Hawks to back-to-back Game 7 wins in the first round over Miami in 2009 and Milwaukee in 2010. 15 Indiana will look to keep its roll going at home Tuesday night by . I just wasn't ready to walk away. Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) shoots during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Penn State, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en.wikipedia.org By: neotrix Advertisement Celebrity Homes Mailing List Policies Your Name Comment Advertisement Nearby: Its just unacceptable the way we played tonight, Woodson said. After starring for Broad Ripple High School, Woodson accepted a scholarship offer to Indiana. "That," IU coach Mike Woodson said postgame, mincing zero words, "was a bullshit performance "And my staff that I rave about and will continue to rave about has put me in position to get on the phone and do Zooms with these parents and players. "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. Wayne Radford (another former IU player from Indianapolis), I talk about Wayne, but he was one of the first guys that I met at the age of 14. 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. And if you're wondering what all these (AF) symbols are after every headline and paragraph, it stands for APRIL FOOLS!!!! When I watch him do his (radio) show or press conference, Im very proud to think about how far hes come in articulating what he wants to say, House said. "He finally figured it out because I'm not concerned about what you do well. He'd come home to Bloomington, he figured, and work alongside his friend Scott May at a real. 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I kind of walked away from that thinking it's just not going to happen for Mike Woodson, which I was fine with that. Photo by Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics. The Scott Mays, (George) McGinnis, (Steve) Downing, the Van Arsdale twins, the guys who came before Mike Woodson, set the table. Woodson was the 1980 Big Ten Player of the Year and NABC All-American as a senior in leading the Hoosiers to a conference title and a berth in the NCAA Tournaments Sweet Sixteen. I had a chance to retool and rethink what I really wanted to do the rest of my coaching career. "After watching all three, they kind of fit a need that we had here at Indiana University. A story of valor nearly lost to history. If you do that, you put yourself in a position to win basketball games. Now back at his alma mater for the past year, Woodson has seeminglyembraced all the challenges. And you have no idea how much it means to me," Woodson said. 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