Jack Vance's Coaching Life - CH2K8

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March 31, 2007
Radford, VA

Radford Hires Jack Vance

The Radford Highlanders announced today the hiring of a relative unknown to lead their men's basketball team, 27-year-old Jack Vance who comes to the school from Troy University where he worked as an assistant to long-time Trojans head coach Don Maestri for the past 3 seasons.

"I want to say that it is an honor to be the new head coach here at Radford University," Vance said in his introductory press conference. "Obviously not a lot of people are sure who I am, but you will soon know. There is great potential here at Radford and we will make exciting things happen."

Vance continued, "The most important thing is that we get quality players that can help us compete in the Big South Conference and on a national level. Without talent you cannot win, so I have recruiting as my top priority. Our teams will also emphasize strong defense and make the opponent work for every bucket. Of course we will not neglect the offensive side of the ball, but lockdown defense is what I'm looking for and demand."

Vance comes to Radford having never played college basketball after being born in Tallahassee, Florida, and attending high school in Dothan, Alabama, before attending and graduating from Troy University in Troy, Alabama.

Radford University is located in Radford, Virginia, with a student enrollment of 9,370 students. The basketball team plays at the 3,000 seat Dedmon Center. Radford has won three Big South regular season championships in 1992, 2000, and 2001 but their only NCAA Tournament appearance was in 1998 where as a 16 seed they were defeated by 1 seed Duke in the opening round 99-63. Vance replaces Byron Samuels who was head coach from 2002-2007. Radford was 8-22 last season.

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Reserved: Coach Profile

Overall: C+
Offense: C+
Defense: C
Teaching: C
Scouting: C-
Charisma: B
Discipline: C-

Record: 37-36 (.507)

Record vs. Conferences:

America East: 2-0 (1.000)

ACC: 0-3 (.000)

Atlantic Sun: 4-3 (.571)

Atlantic 10: 0-4 (.000)

Big East: 1-1 (.500)

Big South: 13-22 (.371)

Colonial: 3-0 (1.000)

Horizon: 0-1 (.000)

Independents: 3-0 (1.000)

Ivy League: 1-0 (1.000)

MAAC: 1-0 (1.000)

MEAC: 3-0 (1.000)

Mountain West: 0-1 (.000)

Northeast: 3-0 (1.000)

Patriot League: 1-0 (1.000)

Southern: 1-1 (.500)

Sun Belt: 1-0 (1.000)

Record vs. Opponents:

American: 1-0 (1.000)

Belmont: 1-0 (1.000)

Binghamton: 1-0 (1.000)

Cal State Bakersfield: 1-0 (1.000)

Campbell: 1-1 (.500)

Charleston Southern: 0-5 (.000)

Cleveland State: 0-1 (.000)

Coastal Carolina: 4-2 (.666)

Dayton: 0-1 (.000)

Delaware State: 1-0 (1.000)

Fordham: 0-1 (.000)

Furman: 1-0 (1.000)

Gardner-Webb: 0-2 (.000)

Georgetown: 0-1 (.000)

High Point: 3-3 (.500)

James Madison: 1-0 (1.000)

Liberty: 2-3 (.400)

LIU Brooklyn: 1-0 (1.000)

Longwood: 1-0 (1.000)

Maryland-Eastern Shore: 1-0 (1.000)

New Orleans: 1-0 (1.000)

NJIT: 1-0 (1.000)

Norfolk State: 1-0 (1.000)

North Carolina State: 0-1 (.000)

Northeastern: 1-0 (1.000)

North Florida: 1-0 (1.000)

Princeton: 1-0 (1.000)

Quinnipiac: 1-0 (1.000)

Richmond: 0-1 (.000)

Robert Morris: 1-0 (1.000)

Saint Peter's: 1-0 (1.000)

The Citadel: 0-1 (.000)

UMBC: 1-0 (1.000)

UNC Asheville: 0-4 (.000)

UNC Wilmington: 1-0 (1.000)

UNLV: 0-1 (.000)

USC Upstate: 1-0 (1.000)

Virginia: 0-1 (.000)

Virginia Tech: 0-1 (.000)

VMI: 2-2 (.500)

West Virginia: 1-0 (1.000)

Winthrop: 2-3 (.400)

Xavier: 0-1 (.000)

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Reserved: Vance's Seasons

2007-08 Radford: 9-18, 4-10 (8th)
2008-09 Radford: 18-12, 6-8 (6th)
2009-10 Radford: 10-6, 2-2

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Reserved: NCAA Results

2007-08 NCAA Champion: Louisville (32-8), NIT Champion: Tennessee (21-15)
2008-09 NCAA Champion: North Carolina (31-6), NIT Champion: Georgia Tech (25-12)

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2007-08 Preseason Top 25

1. Kansas
2. North Carolina
3. Memphis
4. Michigan State
5. Louisville
6. Georgetown
7. UCLA
8. Tennessee
9. Duke
10. Marquette
11. Wisconsin
12. Kentucky
13. Arizona
14. Pittsburgh
15. Oregon
16. Texas A&M
17. Arkansas
18. Texas
19. Florida State
20. Indiana
21. Illinois
22. Clemson
23. Ohio State
24. Syracuse
25. Georgia Tech

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2007-08 Radford Highlanders
#	NAME	POS	HT	WT	CLASS	HOMETOWN
11	Harlan Bright (66)	PG	5'9	193	SO	Bethlehem, PA
23	Bamba Sweetney (64)	SF	6'6	217	JR	Memphis, TN
24	Thomas Coulter (61)	SG	6'3	182	JR	Virginia Beach, VA
3	Adam Nevill (60)	PF	6'6	220	FR	New Zealand
4	Filiberto Bazin (59)	SG	6'4	187	JR	Baltimore, MD
1	Alan Gastel (59)	SG	6'5	181	FR	Virginia Beach, VA
12	J.R. Cowen (57)	PF	6'7	217	FR	Des Moines, IA
33	Marcelo Eddins (55)	SF	6'8	203	JR	Chapel Hill, NC
54	Rashad Werner (52)	C	6'8	278	SR	Portsmouth, VA
40	Gyno Riddle (50) RS	C	6'8	221	SO	Virginia Beach, VA
31	Julian Bronson (50)	C	6'9	190	SR	Virginia Beach, VA
22	Hector Chandler (50)	PF	6'8	174	SR	Norfolk, VA

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Radford Highlanders 2007-08 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 9	at Virginia
Nov 11	at Richmond
Nov 17	vs Gardner-Webb
Nov 19	at UMBC
Nov 24	at Campbell
Dec 3	at Gardner-Webb
Dec 8	vs Campbell
Dec 16	at #6 Georgetown
Dec 17	at James Madison
Dec 18	vs West Virginia
Jan 2	at NC State
Jan 12	at Coastal Carolina
Jan 14	at Charleston Southern
Jan 19	vs Winthrop
Jan 23	at UNC Asheville
Jan 28	vs High Point
Feb 2	vs Liberty
Feb 5	at VMI
Feb 9	vs Charleston Southern
Feb 11	vs Coastal Carolina
Feb 16	at Winthrop
Feb 20	vs UNC Asheville
Feb 23	vs VMI
Feb 27	at High Point
Mar 1	at Liberty