Part of coaching a team or running a city is simple: interact, listen, and, ultimately, do something. John Groce and Don Gerard seem to know the rules.
Posts by Rob McColley:
Isaac Chew officially joins Groce staff
From the SID: Chew Added to Illini Staff Chicago Native Returns to Home State Champaign, Ill.–University of Illinois head coach John Groce announced Friday the hiring of Isaac Chew as an assistant coach. Chew joins …
John Groce updates staff
The news follows Groce’s remarks regarding Meyers Leonard’s departure for the NBA:
Jerrance Howard’s name plate
Tuesday morning, men’s basketball administrative assistant Julie Pioletti opened the Ubben office to discover Jerrance Howard’s office cleaned-out. This was the nameplate on his door.
Groce: Point blank
Now that the coaching carousel ended for Illinois, bigger questions are bound to emerge. The McColley dives in to the next chapter.
Fans invited to Groce intro
From the SID: PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULED TO ANNOUNCE NEW MEN’S COACH A press conference has been scheduled for today (Thursday) at 1:00 p.m. CT at the Assembly Hall (1800 South First Street, Champaign) to announce …
Matt Bollant saves Illini athletics, Day 1
Three fires. And now, two hires. Matt Bollant comes from Green Bay touting one of the more impressive coaching tenures in all of the nation. Can he turn around the lowly Illini Women's program?
Familiarity breeds contempt
Voters in Champaign County went to the polls yesterday to vote in a candidate that wasn't running, a candidate who may not even live here, and a 90-year old curmudgeon. It's good to be alive in America.
No NIT for Illini
The Illini men were not invited to participate in the 2012 National Invitation Tournament.
Bruce Weber’s final… and finest performance
The farewell speech: