WELL THE COLLEGE
BASKETBALL SEASON IS
STILL MONTHS AWAY, THE
DAVID COX ERA
OFFICIALLY BEGINS
NOVEMBER 6TH WHEN
HTE DEFENDING A-10
REGULAR SEAOSN
CHAMPS HOST
BRYANT.....BUT EVEN IN
MID JULY THERE IS PLENTY
TO DO FOR THE RAMS
NEW HEAD COACH.....I
RECENTLY SPENT AN
ENTIRE DAY WITH COX,
TAKING YOU BEHIND THE
SCENES WITH RHODY'S
LEADING MAN.
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'ALRIGHT COACH ON YOUR WAY
INTO WORK WHAT IS MIND SET
WELL FIRST OF ALL IT'S ,
BEAITUFL HERE IN W ESTERLY,
MILE AWAY FROM BEACH, SO I
HAVE A 25 MINUTE DRIVE IN
NOT A BAD PLACE TO COME TO
WORK, NO NAT BAD AT ALL,
EVEN HAVE MY OWN PARKING
THE MORNING BEGINS WITH
DAY TWO OF COX'S URI
BASKETBALL CAMP FOR KIDS
THIS IS SUMMER TIME, BEST
TIME TO GET BETTER IN GAME
OF BASKETBALL...1-2- 3 RAMS ,
DESPITE BEING ON THE JOB,
FOR JUST A FEW MONTHS...COX
EXUDES CONFIDENCE...SELF
ASSURED, BUT NOT COCKEY,
HES COMFORTABLE IN HIS
FIRST HEAD COACHING JOB,
TAKING OVER FOR DAN
HURLEY AFTER FOUR SEASONS
AS TOP ASSISTANT
BIG A10 GAME LIKE WIN OVER
DAYTON, THIS PLACE IS
ROCKING,
ABSOLUTLEY ROCKING, THE
ENBERY THE BUZZ, IT HELPS SO
MUCH I
THE URI BASKETALL OFFICES
SIT ON THE CONCOURSE LEVEL
OF THE RYAN CENTER
what better place to put the
trophy
than the lobby
this is the fish bowl, we spend
an
idornamnet amounof time
familiar faces of past years,
this is where microwave and
refrigerator are, snacker,
coffe, not
non coffe, not a coffe guy (NATS
BEING ENERGETIC)
champiosnhp rignt, big occasion,
only 3 times, wore it to a
coaches
show, staff pciture and wore it
one
recruit, haha, did it work, I
dont
know yet
ASK ANY COLLEGE
BASKETBALL COACH - ITS ALL
ABOUT THE PLAYERS, WHICH
MEANS, ITS ALL ABOUT
RECRUITING
ITS NERVE WRACKING AT END
OF DAY, SAME FEELING AS A
HUGE WIN
AT LUNCH AT THE KINGSTON
EMPORIUM COX STILL REMAINS
MOSTLY ANONYMOUS
I GO WITH STEAK AND CHeeSE,
TODAY SIMPLE with SOME
CHICKEN FINGERS
BY MID AFTERNOON COX
FINALLY GETS ON TO THE
COURT,
COX IS CALM AND POISED, YET
ENERGETIC...THE PRACTICE
HAS GOOD PACE....AND PLENTY
OF ACCOUNTABILITY
"LOW LOW, HANDLE, DONT
TURN IVT OVER, 2 , 2 2 BALLS,
NATS
AND NOW IN HIS 5TH YEAR IN
KINGSTON, COX UNDERSTANDS
THE NEW STANDARD THAT HAS
BEEN SET
ALL THE BOXES NEXT, JUST
SUSTAING IT ALL TAKING IT AS
FAR AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GO ...
(MUSIC FADES)
COX IS TRYING TO GET
RHODY BACK TO A THIRD
NCAA TOURNAMENT,
SOMTHING THE RAMS
PROGRAM HAS NEVER