"I think what has helped me is I've had relationships with people in my NBA world all these years. 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). That (1976 unbeaten NCAA championship) team was phenomenal. The transcript of what Mike Woodson said after Indiana's 79-71 road win at Purdue. He said the same about his own team after the . "I had a helluva group to follow in the Mays, the (Quinn) Buckners, the (Kent) Bensons, the (Bobby) Wilkersons, the (Tom) Abernethys. (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. Storms arrive late. (AF) (Sorry, TJD, just had to do it. See also: Three keys, highlights, final stats. I said, 'Hey, man, let's do this together. Woodson captained the USAs Pan American Games team to a gold medal during the summer prior to his senior year and was all set to have a perfect season with the Hoosiers who were ranked No. Because Coach Knight took a chance on me as a player. Now we've got to go after the rest of the guys.' He played for a demanding coach in high school in Broad Ripples Bill Smith, but Indianas Bob Knight wrote the book on high expectations. I was the head coach in (Atlanta). 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.. He was 13 when his father died. The former NBA player and current coach owns this property. It just doesn't happen. And we're going to try to make this thing happen together. So Woodson went out to Phoenix, Arizona, for his first coaching job. Its good, Woodson said, To be back home., Postgame Discussion: Indiana vs. Iowa 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. Murray got the Hawkeyes off to a fast start, hitting 3-pointers on their first two possessions. And we sat there for about an hour and it finally registered. Feb 27, 2023 at 3:25 pm ET 2 min read. Caitlin Clark. "This is no knock against Archie (Miller) or Tom Crean, the guys that were here. They're going to be welcome because they deserve that. "That's the only reason that I'm back. We've got to make the playoffs. And you have no idea how much it means to me," Woodson said. 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. "So I've gone through the struggles, too, just like a lot of Indiana University basketball fans. Indiana head coach Mike Woodson speaks with the media after the Hoosiers' midweek matchup with Iowa. All rights reserved. I interviewed for the head job. It might have been the only work House would have come out of retirement for. He said the same about his own team after the 15th-ranked Hoosiers lost to the Hawkeyes 90-68 at Assembly Hall on Tuesday night, a defeat that ended IUs hopes of sharing the Big Ten championship with Purdue. 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. 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. (AP) Kris Murray scored 26 points, Tony Perkins flirted with the first triple-double in Iowa history and the Hawkeyes beat No. 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. ''His voice is so cool,'' the Bluebird guys said, ''that we could probably sell out the place even if he was just reading the phone book.'' Whereas some NBA coaches may perceive college basketball as a step down, Woodson hasn't, especially not in the brutally-honest Big Ten where a team can be humbled on any given night just as easily as it can be praised. "I'm going to do a lot of things to make sure they're involved in what we've doing here at Indiana University and this program.". 3 University of Kansas on Dec. 17. 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. Get the latest news and rumors, customized to your favorite sports and teams. Emailed daily. 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. 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. January 27, 2023. They came in here and kicked our ass, it was just that simple.. Somehow, they did it. "People don't give that enough credit. My brothers had a lot to do with my success. 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Indiana landfill to house waste shipments from toxic Ohio train derailment IU Bloomington issues alert for armed person on campus News / Feb 27, 2023 / 10:08 PM EST Indiana won 87-85 in overtime. "I started at the top with Davis. (The Hawkeyes) had their way, doing everything they wanted to do. I had nine sisters and there were three boys. I was a part of it. There was IU's 66-58 win over No. They cheer their team, and when they come to Bloomington it's totally opposite . He grew up in inner-city Indianapolis and then spent four years in Bloomington as a great player for Bob Knight. Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star. 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. You've got an old Branch McCracken book. "A week later, we'd had some communications within that week. BLOOMINGTON - Trayce Jackson-Davis set Indiana's career rebounds record Tuesday night. Copyright 2023 YB Media, LLC. He often looked back at his assistant coaches or twirled his finger to urge his players on. 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. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. Download this stock image: BLOOMINGTON, IN - JANUARY 14: Indiana Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson coaches on the sidelines against the Wisconsin Badgers on January 14, 2023, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. Despite undergoing back surgery in December and missing seven weeks, he was honored as the Chicago Tribunes Silver Basketball Award Winner following the season. Knight stayed true to his promise. I know there were a lot of names surfacing about the job. Anitra House, I know if youre listening, boy, you were very instrumental in me getting through school. I had (another back surgery) a couple years ago that really got me back. Share. The Knicks selected Woodson with the 12th pick of the 1980 NBA Draft and he enjoyed an 11-year NBA playing career, averaging 14.0 points over 786 games for the Knicks (1980-81), New Jersey (1981-82), Kansas City/Sacramento (1981-82 through 1985-86), the LA Clippers (1986-87 through 1987-88), Houston (1988-89 through 1990-91) and Cleveland (1990-91). He didn't want to see his defense make a habit of allowing 90 points, like it did against the No. At least once a week there is great news about the direction of the program. A story of valor nearly lost to history. 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 . And why make the jump at 63 when potential retirement could've been on the horizon? 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.. At the age of 63, what compelled you to take on this job? That's not my makeup. Fitzsimmons, though, knew exactly how to convince Woodson. Yes, I had to do my homework and due diligence on the player. Just talked basketball. (AP) Trayce Jackson-Davis quickly caught and surpassed his coach on Indiana's career scoring list Saturday. They wanted me to stay on board. "That's all I know. "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.' "Every year I'd come back. 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. He'd come home to Bloomington, he figured, and work alongside his friend Scott May at a real. (AF) (Editor's Note: Sadly, that is not made up. Mike Woodson accomplished a lot playing for Indiana under Bob Knight. The Hoosiers are now 20-10 overall and 11-8 in Big Ten play, with the regular season . Want to thank you, Woodson said in his opening remarks when he was introduced as the new IU head coach in March. He wondered why he didn't have a statue himself. And there's there's this little Southern Indiana place, population 84,000 if all the students weren't denied admission to campus because of COVID. "You've got all these players that went to different universities. He went on to score more than 2,000 career points. And now it has all come full circle for House. Even through the buzzer in Indianas 68-62 win, one that was closer than it shouldve been, Woodson remained calm. 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? Slideshow continues on the next slide "When I first got my coaching gig in Atlanta, I had just won an NBA title (as an assistant) with Larry Brown in Detroit. At Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, he averaged 28.6 points as a senior, scored 1,154 points in his career, and earned All-State honors while being a member of the Indiana All-Stars. ET) The feel-good Coming2Bloomington story of Mike Woodson returning to his alma mater at Indiana as its new basketball coach came to an abrupt ending on Thursday morning when the legendary former Hoosiers star told Sports Illustrated Indiana that he was quitting. Then there was Tuesday evening, a unique whirlwind of nostalgia and hope. He scored a career-high 18.2 ppg with Kansas City in 1982-83. Woodson then earned the head coaching job with the Atlanta Hawks, followed by New York Knicks. 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. Here was a once-thriving basketball program that has slipped further and further away from national relevancy. Copyright 2021 WDRB Media. Wayne and I became the best of friends for more than 40 years and never had a hiccup. 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. Somebodys got to coach the team.. I just wasn't ready to walk away. Registered Address 403 EAST SIXTH ST, BLOOMINGTON, IN 47408 United States Agent Name MIKE WOODSON Agent Address 403 EAST SIXTH ST, BLOOMINGTON, IN, 47408 Directors / Officers MIKE WOODSON, agent, 4 Aug 1980 - MIKE WOODSON, president, 21 Apr 2016 - TERRY WOODSON, secretary, 21 Apr 2016 - Registry Page https://bsd.sos.in.gov/PublicBusiness. Mike Woodson is one of the best players to ever put on an Indiana uniform, and now he's coming home to Bloomington to coach the Hoosiers. The board, the 1,092nd of his career . Indiana head coach Mike Woodson reacts to the action on the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Minnesota, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Bloomington, Ind. House first began her association with IU Athletics in 1974 as a tutor under Buzz Kurpius who was hired as an Assistant Football Coach for Academics in 1974-75. BOZICH: When you played at Indiana (from 1976-80), IU was feared as one of the top programs in the country. "There has really not been any surprises for me, and I don't mean that in a braggadocious way," Woodson said. "I couldn't believe it after all these years. If you do that, you put yourself in a position to win basketball games. Because coaching is hard. A widely-touted "players' coach" dating back to his NBA days, Woodson seemingly knew the right buttons to press at each turn, even if it took longer than some might've hoped. This time, it was IU that didnt show the level of interest Woodson hoped for. We just have to come in tomorrow and work.. Even losing my dad at an early age, I just basically watched him work himself to death, trying to take care of his kids. (AF) (We all concur on that one.). 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. Despite the goings-on during a game or behind the scenes, Woodson continued to appear in control as his even-keeled, laid-back personality gave Indiana fans a reason for optimism. 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 couldn't sell it no other way when I went to Atlanta. Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Indiana University's campus in Bloomington, Ind. The untested Woodson was left to run practice on his own. "Scott was on the plane the next day. He was living in New York City - the most famous city in the world - and decided to move to. "And you've got to get players to perform at a high level. Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. 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. Mike Woodson's Indiana Hoosiers did it. "That's like the oldest, most stale joke in Indiana basketball history,'' Woodson said. I think when you're recruiting players you've got to put them in the best positions to be successful. "Yes, I've got a lot of big shoes to fill and I'm up for the challenge. 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). Hosted by Grammy . Perkins had 23. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. "Tamar Bates' parents and I had some things in common based on people I knew while living in Atlanta. Not because he didnt want it, but because he was tied up in his NBA life. IU finished the conference season with six straight victories and won the Big Ten title. Like. 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.". ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. I apologize to our fans. 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