Sean Woods

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Sean Woods
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Morehead State
Record 75–63 (.543)
Biographical details
Born (1970-03-29) March 29, 1970
Playing career
1988–1992 Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005 High Point (asst.)
2005–2006 Texas A&M Corpus Christi (asst.)
2006–2008 Texas Christian (asst.)
2008–2012 Mississippi Valley St.
2012–present Morehead State
Head coaching record
Overall 125–143 (.466)

Sean Woods (born March 29, 1970[1]) is an American former basketball player who currently serves as the head coach of the Morehead State University men's basketball team.

Basketball playing career

Woods attended Cathedral High School[1] in Indianapolis before playing college basketball at the University of Kentucky. As a Wildcat in 1992, he was a member of a senior-laden team colloquially known as the "Unforgettables" who had come to Kentucky in 1988 and had stayed with the school for all four years,[1] despite the NCAA putting the university's basketball program on probation for three years, including a ban on post-season competition in both 1990 and 1991, for recruiting and academic violations in 1989.

The Unforgettables were coached by Rick Pitino and included fellow seniors Richie Farmer, Deron Feldhaus, and John Pelphrey. The team surprised many by garnering a #2 seed and reaching the Elite Eight in the 1992 NCAA tournament. Woods and the Wildcats defeated Old Dominion, Iowa State, and the University of Massachusetts en route to the regional final. With a 29–6 record, the Wildcats faced off against Duke at the Spectrum in Philadelphia with a trip to the Final Four on the line.

In the finals against Duke, Woods cemented a legendary status in Kentucky lore by scoring 21 points, including a 10-foot (3.0 m) floater over Christian Laettner in overtime. The basket gave Kentucky a 103–102 lead with 2.1 seconds remaining. However, the Unforgettables lost the game on Laettner's subsequent jumper as time expired.

After Woods graduated, he was added to the NBA's Indiana Pacers preseason roster but did not make the team.

Basketball coaching career

He then ran a popular basketball camp, which polished future basketball players such as Tony Delk and Antoine Walker (both of whom had played at Kentucky). He was an assistant coach at High Point University before he moved to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, also as an assistant.

In 2005, Woods became a charter member of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the Unforgettables. Immediately following the Duke loss, every Kentucky senior's jersey (though not their numbers) was retired. Woods is currently fifth all-time on Kentucky's career assist list, with 482.

On June 24, 2008, Woods became the head coach of the Mississippi Valley State University men's basketball team. In 2012, Woods's last year there, the Delta Devils won the Southwestern Athletic Conference regular season and conference tournament, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament. The team lost in the First Four round. Woods was chosen as the 2012 winner of the Ben Jobe Award, given annual;y to the most outstanding minority men's college basketball head coach in NCAA Division I competition.

On May 14, 2012, Woods was announced as head coach at Morehead State University, taking over for Donnie Tyndall.[2]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2008–2012)
2008–09 Mississippi Valley State 7–25 7–11 6th
2009–10 Mississippi Valley State 9–23 8–10 7th
2010–11 Mississippi Valley State 13–19 12–6 3rd
2011–12 Mississippi Valley State 21–13 17–1 1st NCAA First Four
Mississippi Valley State: 50–80 (.385) 44–28 (.611)
Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Morehead State 15–18 8–8 T–4th (East)
2013–14 Morehead State 20–14 10–6 3rd (East) CBI First Round
2014–15 Morehead State 17–17 10–6 3rd (East)
2015–16 Morehead State 23–14 11–5 2nd (East) CBI Runner-Up
Morehead State: 75–63 (.543) 39–26 (.600)
Total: 125–143 (.466)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Personal life

Woods is married and has two children. His son, Martiese Morones, a high school point guard in Kentucky, was signed by TCU for the 2006–07 season. Woods joined the TCU staff shortly afterwards.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sean Woods". BigBlueHistory.net. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. "Morehead State names Sean Woods head men's basketball coach". Kentucky.com. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

External links

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