Ricky Stokes
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| Ricky Stokes | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | East Carolina | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | March 29, 1962 | |
| Place of birth | Richmond, Virginia, US | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1980–1984 | Virginia | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1984–1985 1988–1989 1989–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 |
Virginia (asst.) Bowling Green (asst.) Wake Forest (asst.) Virginia (asst.) Texas (asst.) Virginia Tech South Carolina (asst.) East Carolina |
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Ricky Stokes is an American former men's college basketball coach.
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[edit] Player
As a point guard for the Virginia Cavaliers, Stokes set the record for career games played with 134, a record that he still holds.[1] The Cavaliers made the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship each year that Stokes was with the team and during the three years that Stokes played along the legendary Ralph Sampson, the team earned a #1 seed.[2]
[edit] Coach
Stokes was hired in 1999 by Jim Weaver, the new director of athletics at Virginia Tech, to replace the fired Bobby Hussey.
In his first year as coach, Stokes brought the Hokies their first winning season since the departure of Bill Foster but that year would be his high water mark in Blacksburg. Beginning with the 2000-01 season, the Hokies departed the Atlantic 10 conference and joined the much tougher Big East. Stokes was unable to recruit Big East level talent to Virginia Tech and the team's record suffered accordingly.
The highlight of his four seasons at Tech were blowout wins over #18 Connecticut and rival Virginia his final year. Stokes was dismissed after a third straight losing season and a 10-48 overall record in the Big East.[3] In none of these three years in the Big East was Virginia Tech able to qualify for the conference post-season tournament under Stokes.
[edit] Coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Virginia Tech (Atlantic 10, Big East) (1999 — 2003) | |||||||||
| 1999-00 | Virginia Tech | 16-15 | Atlantic 10 | 8-8 | no | ||||
| 2000-01 | Virginia Tech | 8-19 | Big East | 2-14 | no | ||||
| 2001-02 | Virginia Tech | 10-18 | Big East | 4-12 | no | ||||
| 2002-03 | Virginia Tech | 12-17 | Big East | 4-12 | no | ||||
| Virginia Tech: | 45-70 | ||||||||
| East Carolina (Conference USA) (2005 — 2007) | |||||||||
| 2005-06 | East Carolina | 8-20 | Conference USA | 2-12 | no | ||||
| 2006-07 | East Carolina | 6-24 | Conference USA | 1-13 | no | ||||
| East Carolina: | 14-44 | ||||||||
| Total: | 59-114 | ||||||||
[edit] References
- ^ Virginia Basketball Records.
- ^ Former Cavalier point guard excels as coach (2005-04-26). Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
- ^ Associated Press (2003-03-10). Stokes out at Va. Tech. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2008-01-12.
[edit] External links
- East Carolina bio
- Bouncing Back (East Magazine article)
| Preceded by Bobby Hussey |
Virginia Tech men's basketball head coach 1999–2003 |
Succeeded by Seth Greenberg |
| Preceded by Bill Herrion |
East Carolina men's basketball head coach 2005–2007 |
Succeeded by Mack McCarthy |
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