Bob Richey

[FU Hoopla]

He deserves $1 billion

One Championship in 7 years refutes that statement.

Best basketball coach we’ve ever had.

Coach Joe Williams respectfully acknowledges Coach Richey’s success, but begs to disagree with this assertion, at this juncture…

Coach Yrs G W L W-L% CREG CTRN NCAA
Joe Williams 8 229 142 87 .620 3 5 5
Bob Richey 8 261 181 80 .693 1 1 1

…and Coach Williams notably led Jacksonville University to the final game of the 1970 NCAA tournament.

…and Coach Williams was one of only 25 head coaches to have led three different teams to the NCAA tournament.

…and Coach Williams is a 1994 inductee of the Jacksonville University athletic hall of fame, and a 1996 inductee of the Furman University Athletic Hall of Fame.

#ChampionshipsMatter

Great coach, yes.
And then he left.................

Richey is still here and cooking mane, give him a bit more time and we will have plenty more NCAA tourney appearances for you to bask in

OK …

“Potentially, the best basketball coach we’ve ever had, IF he can win multiple SoCon Regular Season and Tournament titles in the next very few years (really in the next 3 or 4 seasons in a row), and, at any point in his Coaching career, lead a Team (not, necessarily, Furman) to the NCAA Championship game.”

FUBeAR can live with that fair & accurate statement vs. recency-biased hyperbole.

Not exactly so, I mean winning a higher percentage of games and more overall games is a plus for Richey....
He already has as many NCAA tourney wins (1), so getting just one more win there gives him an edge in that department......
He got the program ranked in the Top 25 for the first time ever (and can do it again)....
So its not like he has to get exactly as many tourney appearances to be better, that's not at all the case.......
Getting a renovated arena for the program is a big plus as well........

Williams also had a 9-18 season, something Richey has not come close too, lol.....
A couple of those Furman teams under Williams were pretty mediocre in 1971 and 1978, but just so happened to get hot in the SoCon tourney, so was he a great SoCon tourney coach, yeah one of the best

[Roundball]

He deserves $1 billion

One Championship in 7 years refutes that statement.

Best basketball coach we’ve ever had.

Coach Joe Williams respectfully acknowledges Coach Richey’s success, but begs to disagree with this assertion, at this juncture…

Coach Yrs G W L W-L% CREG CTRN NCAA
Joe Williams 8 229 142 87 .620 3 5 5
Bob Richey 8 261 181 80 .693 1 1 1

…and Coach Williams notably led Jacksonville University to the final game of the 1970 NCAA tournament.

…and Coach Williams was one of only 25 head coaches to have led three different teams to the NCAA tournament.

…and Coach Williams is a 1994 inductee of the Jacksonville University athletic hall of fame, and a 1996 inductee of the Furman University Athletic Hall of Fame.

#ChampionshipsMatter

Except that Joe Williams cheated, throwing money around like crazy to get players to Furman. The story goes that had he stayed another year, Furman would have been on probation.