Bo Ryan has been a head coach in the University of Wisconsin system for a very long time. He started at University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1984, moved to Milwaukee for a few years and then was hired at the main campus in Madison in 2001. Sensing a loyal man, you won’t be shocked to know that he and his wife Kelly have been married for over 35 years. Bo and Kelly have been married since…
Following an unlikely trip to the Final Four in 2011, VCU is yet again a popular pick to make a sleeper run deep into the 2012 NCAA Tournament led by young head coach, Shaka Smart. The 34 year old Smart took the reins as a head coach for the first time in 2009 after bouncing between multiple programs as an assistant coach. What’s truly impressive about this, is that the young coach never spent more…
Thad Matta is a superstitious man. During every game, he chews the same piece of gum the entire time. One game he accidently spit the gum on the floor, picked it back up and went right on chewing. Well, it appears this has worn off on his wife, Barbara. She is known to always get popcorn and a diet Coke for every game she attends. And so they don’t feel left out, Barbara eats Lucky…
Kevin Stallings, 51 years old, has accomplished many things, including: coaching college basketball, two Sweet 16 appearances, married with a family… aaaaaaaand has never drank a beer Yeah, read that again. Never. Didn’t steal a Bud diesel from his dad’s stash or celebrate his coming of age in style. More power to him, and more beer for us. This is just one example that Stallings is serious business. He once drove to Vanderbilt/UNC baseball and…
I wish we had more on Christina, I really do. You’d think for a school that’s as sports crazy as Alabama, there would be more about their head coach, even if it’s not their football team. However, through some sleuthing we have pulled a little bit of information: Anthony Grant married the former Christina Harrell and they have four children together, three sons and one daughter: Anthony, Preston, Jayda Danielle and Makai. Anthony and Chris…
I’ve watched a lot of college basketball and I’ve always enjoyed the Coaches vs. Cancer tournament. It wasn’t until I started tossing up some posts for the tournament that I realized how many of these coaches have had to deal with cancer, specifically breast cancer, in their personal lives. Creighton mens basketballcoach Greg McDermott’s wife Theresa McDermott was diagnosed with breast cancer around 6 years ago. At the time Greg was the head coach at…
Recently named the 2012 ACC Coach of the Year, Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton has his ‘Noles poised for their deepest March Madness run in a very long run. Despite all this, he and his wife Claudette continue to maintain their low profile. Not much is known about Ms. Hamilton beyond her name. We know they met and married in college (University of Tennessee at Martin) and have two adult children, ages 26 and 41. For…