afternoon
BREAKING NEWS--
OUT OF KINGSTON--
WHERE U-R-I--
IS SET TO NAME COACH
DAVID COX--
AS THE HEAD MEN'S
BASKETBALL COACH.
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COX CURRENTLY SERVES
AS AN ASSISTANT COACH--
AND WAS BELIEVED TO BE
A FRONTRUNNER FOR THE
JOB--
FOLLOWING THE
DEPARTURE OF DAN
HURLEY TWO WEEKS AGO.
EYEWITNESS SPORTS
DIRECTOR YIANNI
KOURAKIS IS LIVE AT THE
RYAN CENTER NOW--
WITH THE LATEST ON THIS
DECISION--
AND WHAT TEAM
MEMBERS HAD TO SAY.
YIANNI?
WELL ALMOST TWO
WEEKS TO THE DAY SINCE
DAN HURLEY ANNOUCNED
HE WAS LEAVING FOR
UCONN...THE URI RAMS
HAVE FOUND HIS
SUCCESSOR AND THEY
DIDNT HAVE TO LOOK
FAR...URI CONFIRMING
WHAT WE TOLD YOU
EARLIER TODAY -
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH
DAVID COX WILL TAKE
OVER AS THE 20TH HEAD
COACH IN RAMS HISTORY ,
5 YEAR DEAL 700-
THOUSAND A YEAR
COX HAS BEEN THE
FRONT RUNNER
THROUGHOUT THIS
PROCCESS, IN FACT
RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY
ACTIVITIES OF THIS
PROGRAM FOR THE LAST
TWO WEEKS...COX
WORKED UNDER HURLEY
FOR FOUR YEARS, HE HAD
PREVIOUS STINTS AS AN
ASSISAT WITH RUTGERS
AND GEORGETOWN, AND
URI IS MAKING A PLAY FOR
CONTINUITY HERE...THE
CURRENT PLAYERS AND
HIGHLY TOUTED RECRUITS
HAVE ALL SAID THEY
WANTED COX FOR THE
JOB....JEFF DOWTIN TELLS
ME, THEY EXPECT THE
SUCCESS TO CONTINUE
UNDER HI LEADERSHIP
when heard the new coach cox
gettign the job, how excited you
close relationship and recruited
you
yea very excited when heard
news,
coach cox like a father fitgure
for me
on and off the court, exctied
for
opportunity
to keep this going post dan
hurley
continuty, how key is that, very
key,
such a big program built
something
special, no dropoff or letdown,
all in
tact, keep this rolling very
excited"]
IN A STATEMENT, COX
CALLS ITS " A DREAM
COME TRUE" AS FOR
WHAT HURLEY THINKS OF
THE HIRE, I TEXTED WITH
HIM AND HE WROTE ME
"GREATEST DAY
EVER'...CLEARLY HAPPY
FOR HIS FRIEND AND
ASSISTANT AND URI
CONTINUING THE
PROCCESS HE STARTED,
EVEN IF HE'D MISS OUT ON
COX AT UCONN...URI WILL
FORMALLY INTRODUCE
HIM FRIDYA AT 11 AM
INSIDE THE RYAN
CNETER...I'M YIANNI
SATURDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED!
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...FROM U-R-I.
WE NOW KNOW WHO
WILL TAKE OVER AS HEAD
COACH OF THE RHODY
RAMS, FOLLOWING DAN
HURLEY'S DEPARTURE.
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SPORTS DIRECTOR YIANNI
KOURAKIS HAS BEEN ON
TOP OF THE STORY ALL
AFTERNOON ---
HE JOINS US LIVE FROM
THE CAMPUS OF U-R-I IN
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, WITH
THE SOUTH COUNTY
MOBILE NEWSROOM.
After a two week search the
Univerity of Rhode Island kept
it in house for their successor
to Dan Hurley...associate
head coach, Dave Cox,
Hurley's right hand man for
the last four years will be the
schools next head coach, teh
school saying its a 5 year
deal, worth 700-thousand a
year
(YK)
COX WAS THE FRONT
RUNNER FOR THIS JOB ALL
ALONG, RUNNING THE DAY
TO DAY OPERATIONS
SINCE HURLEY LEFT...JOE
DOOLEY OF FLORIDA GULF
COAST AND MICAH
SHREWSBERRY WERE
OTHER
CANDIDATES....NOW IT'S
COX'SS FIRST HEAD
COACHING JOB AT THE D-1
LEVEL BUT ONE HE SAYS
HE'S BEEN PREPARING
FOR...IN A STATEMENT COX
CALLS IT " A DREAM COME
TRUE"...PRIOR TO
KINGSTON, COX WAS A
ASSISTANT COACH AT
RUTGERS AND
GEORGETOWN, KNOWN
AS A GREAT RECRUITER,
HE'S HAD THE BACKING
FROM THE PLAYERS ALL
ALONG, AND THAT
INCLUDES A GUY HE
RECRUITED JEFF DOWTIN
["last two weeks has it been
difficult
waiting for annoucnemtn of faith
cox
all along
had faith cox all along great
decision, great man in charge,
great
town great fans, everything down
for
us and they made the right
decision,
im happy for that
"]
AND DOWTIN SAYS
FELLOW PLAYES AND ALL
FOUR RECRUITS....ARE
COMMITTED TO STAYING
WITH COX AT THE HELM...
AND COX WILL BE
INTRODUCED AT A FRIDAY
MORNING PRESS
CONFERENCE HERE AT
THE RYAN CENTER...
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