WOODSON: "I'm from a family of 12. We've got to try to win a national title because that's what it's all about. - Indiana suffered a 90-68 blowout loss on its home court on Tuesday night against Iowa. 5 University of Arizona on Dec. 10, and thought his team wasn't tough enough in a loss to Rutgers on Dec. 3. She began tutoring Woodson in 1976 as he became the first person in his family to earn a college degree. "He finally figured it out because I'm not concerned about what you do well. 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That was kind of disheartening over all these years. Yes, we've had a few players that left. "Again, I didn't get an opportunity to really come back because my schedule didn't permit me to come back. I was the head coach in (Atlanta). I can go to dinner and there's an IU (fan), 'Hey, Woody, how you doing? The development of Trey Galloway DOYEL: You've got four books over your shoulder (in his office). Most kids start very young. IU Athletic Director Scott Dolson flew to New York, where Woodson laid out his vision for the program and how he was going to bridge generations of a program. And now it has all come full circle for House. 15 Indiana 90-68 on Tuesday night. There was Indiana's first win over then-No. All rights reserved. "I was a little down because after I gave my coaching speech to all the guys, I sat them down in the locker room and I asked guys to raise their hands that were going to commit to me and this university and this program and my staff. It was already set when I came to Indiana University. Thats not much to be said. I'm new at this. But a lot of these guys are local, a lot of guys live up in Indy, they're close. It is, for a second, worth taking a big picture view of this moment, this night. Mike Woodson has said he believes his father worked himself to death trying to take care of him and his 11 siblings on the near northeast side of Indianapolis in the '50s and '60s. Talked about personal things from both sides. But, boy, that team became a beautiful team to watch over the years. ', "That's kind of how my career (got started). "You've got all these players that went to different universities. Hosted by Grammy . Mike Woodson's House. Knight gave him a shirt reading Indiana University. Later, Knight said, when Woodson was a senior in high school, hed follow up. Didn't get it. "When I got the call from Scott (Dolson, the IU athletic director) about the possibility of interviewing, I told him the same thing: 'Either you come see me or I come see you.'. It was one of the most embarrassing times of my life as a coach I was like shit, I played 11 years in the NBA and I have no idea what Im doing from a coaching standpoint.. With his ninth rebound in Indiana men's basketball's game against Iowa on Tuesday night, senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis broke the program record, passing Alan Henderson. Wayne Radford (another former IU player from Indianapolis), I talk about Wayne, but he was one of the first guys that I met at the age of 14. Anitra House, I know if youre listening, boy, you were very instrumental in me getting through school. KRAVITZ: At your age, people are starting to think about boats, golf and retirement. Its good, Woodson said, To be back home., Postgame Discussion: Indiana vs. Iowa Knight stayed true to his promise. Before joining the Hawks, Woodson served for one season (2003-04) as an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons, where he earned an NBA Championship ring as one of the chief architects behind Detroits suffocating defense that helped lift the Pistons to the 2004 NBA title. Woodson hit key free throws late in regulation to send. From 2011 to 2017, he was the head coach for the University of . When Tuesday finally came, Woodson kept the same composure. January 27, 2023. 4 Purdue for the first time in four years. (AP) Kris Murray scored 26 points, Tony Perkins flirted with the first triple-double in Iowa history and the Hawkeyes beat No. I just didnt like how the process was going when they wanted to talk with me, Woodson said. He lost his dad when he was 13, and he started working part-time, and going to school, and moving around to different schools, and playing basketball. It's all good.". Because, again, I've never recruited at the college level, but I've recruited at the NBA level. The release from Indiana follows: BLOOMINGTON, Ind. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I really felt good about the interview once Scott left and came back to Bloomington, still not knowing that I would get the shot to coach. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. The game ball, he said, hes going to keep. Other coaches were mentioned, too. Its a secretary role, but one that is critical in keeping the mens basketball office functioning. I enjoy that. "He walked out of that meeting and he came back and he said, 'Hey, coach, I'm on board.'. And part of what Knight expected from all of his players was academic success. They wanted me to stay on board. And I've been on the back end of it, when it was bad. Detroit Pistons(Assistant) 2004 NBA CHAMPIONS. I just kind of quietly went about my business as a coach and I was still able to come back here and be a part of Indiana University. I know there were a lot of names surfacing about the job. "But I don't know if we've ever lost the brand. You guys are not even giving me a chance.'. I just started going down the list of guys that didn't raise their hand in the meeting. Woodson returned to the Bloomington campus in the spring of 2021 with a vast experiences and knowledge after playing in the NBA for 11 seasons beginning in 1980 and serving as a coach in the league beginning in 1996 for seven NBA franchises, including nine years combined as a head coach with the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Woodson accepted. I put some film together based on his play here at Indiana University. Stays mild with some sun. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and got egg noodles with ketchup. Alexis also played one season at IU. KRAVITZ: Was it a different feeling when you got this job than previous jobs in the pros? KRAVITZ: When you talk to former IU players, they talk about how the culture, the Indiana culture, has been lost the last number of years. "My ties have always been in Bloomington. You know what they are, now that vinyl is back.). Indiana shot 43%. So here I am.". After an up and down two weeks where Indiana suffered two losses and recorded two wins including one over Purdue at Mackey Arena Mike Woodson joined Don Fischer for his radio show Monday . If you don't come ready to play, you can be beaten by anybody in the Big Ten, let alone just in college in general.". What do you want people to say about the culture that you're going to establish? "But coming from a big family taught me values. Whereas some NBA coaches may perceive college basketball as a step down, Woodson hasn't, especially not in the brutally-honest Big Ten where a team can be humbled on any given night just as easily as it can be praised. Just talked basketball. "I feel like I've been around the world, and I've come back (to IU after) 40 years. He pushed me and he put me in the best position to be successful. Homes - Celebrity - Sports - Basketball Links: en . But there was also All-American Trayce Jackson-Davis throwing down dunks, providing optimism that the program is starting an upward trend. He was currently serving as an assistant coach with the Knicks. Copyright 2021 WDRB Media. WOODSON: "I've got to give my staff a lot of credit. Four weekends ago, I was back home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to surprise my little sister at her show choir competition. I'm trying to win the Big Ten. BOZICH: There's been a lot of discussion about the re-branding of Indiana basketball. I've been away from this part of the country, but I've always come back every summer quietly, but people just didn't know that.". BOZICH: One of the biggest recruiting wins you had was getting Trayce Jackson-Davis back for his junior year. The defeat, just Indianas second at home this season against 14 victories, came three days after the Hoosiers had gone on the road to beat No. KRAVITZ: You've talked about bridging the gap between the older generation and the new generation of IU fans. Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson named former Hoosier All-American and Indianapolis native Mike Woodson as the 30th head coach in the mens basketball programs history on March 28, 2021. The demands on Woodsons time outside of school meant that he was in for a major adjustment when he arrived at IU in 1976. Katy, Texas (TX), US. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook." Now we've got to go after the rest of the guys.' On the surface, he never let his emotions get too high, too low. 5 Purdue in what Jackson-Davis called probably the best victory weve had.. Caitlin Clark. A native of southern Indiana who graduated from Silver Creek High School, she earned a bachelors degree in secondary education/social studies and a masters degree in reading. Friday's invite-only (and non-televised) awards dinner will go on as scheduled from L.A. Live Event Deck, a popular event venue located . Aside from quick trips home for doctor's appointments, they don't return until. Here is a slightly edited transcript of our discussion. Mike Woodson's Indiana Hoosiers did it. "It's just amazing. We've got to win the Big Ten. I thought we had a 2-hour great meeting. Photo by Missy Minear/Indiana Athletics. This has been my life. Woodson played 104 games for the Hoosiers after graduating in 1976 from Broad Ripple High School and is the fifth all-time leading scorer with 2,061 points and his 19.8 points per game average is tied (Calbert Cheaney) for the second highest by a Hoosier who played four seasons in college. Early in the second half, when No. They set something that you all strive to be, man, as a player, as a student athlete. He gave me his blessings to do that. I mean that's something I've been doing for such a long time now. In New York, "anything I wanted was a phone call away. So I pretty much got a late start. The 64-year-old was born on March 24, 1958 in Indianapolis. 15 Indiana's 90-68 home loss to Iowa. Even losing my dad at an early age, I just basically watched him work himself to death, trying to take care of his kids. BLOOMINGTON - Trayce Jackson-Davis set Indiana's career rebounds record Tuesday night. (Radford, a member of IU's 1976 title team, was 64 when he died Jan. 10, 2020.). Mike Woodson has named Anitra House as assistant to the head coach. "We are following CDC COVID guidelines, and our . 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This time, it was IU that didnt show the level of interest Woodson hoped for. ''His voice is so cool,'' the Bluebird guys said, ''that we could probably sell out the place even if he was just reading the phone book.'' There's fans everywhere I (went) in my walk of life in the NBA. In the days leading up to his IU coaching debut, Mike Woodson didnt let his excitement show. I kind of walked away from that thinking it's just not going to happen for Mike Woodson, which I was fine with that. Despite undergoing back surgery in December and missing seven weeks, he was honored as the Chicago Tribunes Silver Basketball Award Winner following the season. Chester Woodson was. The Hawkeyes went 3 for 28 from long distance in their previous road game, at Wisconsin, but were 13 for 23 on Tuesday. We left our game in West Lafayette, Woodson said. You asked me about at 63, why am I still in this?". He didn't want to see his defense make a habit of allowing 90 points, like it did against the No. I'm just happy that he stayed and knowing that we've got a lot of work on our hands to do to get this turned around.". "At that time I was in the eighth grade. "So I had to do some damage control I had to start setting up meetings with the parents and the players. "It's a lot of work in college, it is," Woodson said. WOODSON:"I've never felt that I was 63. "I was up in Fort Wayne about four or five days ago speaking to about a thousand at a sit-down dinner, and so many people kept saying to me 'welcome home.' Woodson discussed why, at age 63, he wanted the challenge of the IU job, how he intends to reshape the program's culture, growing up with 11 sisters and brothers and his early success recruiting. Woodson said that after everyone listened to his silky smooth voice during all his press conferences that he got all sorts of requests from people asking him to record voicemail message for them, or recording jingles for their Tik-Tok videos ''but I didn't know what that was,'' Woodson said. House was Woodson's tutor at Indiana during his playing days, and with her help he became the first person from his family to earn a college degree. When you were away, what did you think about what was going on, why it was that way and how it could be fixed? There's no way in hell they should not be a part of this program and in a grand way, too. BLOOMINGTON - After Indiana's road loss to Iowa on Jan. 5, Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson called the performance of the referees "bulls---.". I go to 29 different (arenas) to play NBA basketball, and IU is all over the place. Woodson, left, has worked with some top NBA coaches including his time as an assistant for Doc Rivers with the Clippers. About a week later, Dolson offered the job. Woodson's built-in familiarity with Bloomington and the Hoosiers allowed his transition to go smoother than IU coaches of the past. Mike Woodson accomplished a lot playing for Indiana under Bob Knight. He said the same about his own team after the 15th-ranked Hoosiers lost to the Hawkeyes 90-68 at Assembly Hall on Tuesday night, a defeat that ended IUs hopes of sharing the Big Ten championship with Purdue. "If I was going to stay, that would be the first thing I'd fix,'' Woodson said. (AF) (Actually, that's true too, amazingly. Indiana was that way. Why give up the glitz and the glamor of the sports' highest league to instead recruit and coach a bunch of 18 to 22-year-olds? Woodson approached her to join his staff just weeks after taking the job. Hey Woody, we can play golf every day, Fitzsimmons said. "I had a helluva group to follow in the Mays, the (Quinn) Buckners, the (Kent) Bensons, the (Bobby) Wilkersons, the (Tom) Abernethys. He probably only said 25 words the first semester that I worked with him. The Hawkeyes led 47-36 at halftime after shooting 61%. Meanwhile, Woodson watched IUs basketball program face an array of struggles from afar. Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis (23) shoots during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Penn State, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. That's what we did over the years. WOODSON: "I don't know if IU has ever lost its brand. A person with knowledge of the decision confirmed the hiring to The Associated Press on Sunday, March 28, 2021. You've got to be dedicated to what you're doing. Hey Woody, Ill see you later, Fitzsimmons. "I went to that court, and it was a battle, man. In 1991, after playing a decade in the NBA, Woodson was content with stepping away from the game. ET at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. But I'd like to think the players we've brought in will be very instrumental in us moving forward. He (Knight) taught me how to play the game of basketball from a fundamental standpoint, Woodson said. I've been on the front end of it, when it was good. Scott's been here all these years grinding, looking out over everything that we've done from a real estate standpoint. Despite the goings-on during a game or behind the scenes, Woodson continued to appear in control as his even-keeled, laid-back personality gave Indiana fans a reason for optimism. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler) Iowa - Away - Hoosiers Lose 74-83 Indiana threw away an 11-point first half lead and fell to Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. But I just didn't like the fact that when I got that call, they wanted to do an interview over the phone. IU head coach Mike Woodson speaks to a crowd of IU fans at a Peegs.com golf outing on May 20, 2022, at Pfau Golf Course in Bloomington, Indiana. Indiana forward Miller Kopp, right, attempts to block a shot by Iowa guard Tony Perkins in the second half Tuesday in Bloomington. I was so excited. "We just travel. I had a chance to retool and rethink what I really wanted to do the rest of my coaching career. I looked at them. I'm living in an apartment and I spend most of my time here in Assembly Hall. Talking with parents. To be able to circle back home and coach Indiana University basketball means a great deal to me, Woodson said. I just kind of walked away from it.. That's the only thing that I'm selling here as a head coach. "Every year I'd come back. After securing a sweep of in-state rival Purdue for the first time in a decade, No. Former Hoosier and NBA coach Mike Woodson feels right at home back in Bloomington, returning to Indiana as the team's newest head coach. But to get (Race) Thompson back, to get Khristian Lander and (Jordan) Geronimo back, that was a major start for me, even though we lost Armaan Franklin (to Virginia) and the big fella, Joey (Brunk to Ohio State). "Yes, I've got a lot of big shoes to fill and I'm up for the challenge. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Perkins had 23. A story of valor nearly lost to history. "I've never been a hater when it come to coaching. Scott May (former IU All-American) has been down here for many, many years. Share. Big Ten tournament seeding and tiebreaker scenarios, Big Ten tournament seeding and tiebreaker scenarios, Five takeaways from Indianas loss against Iowa, Indianas defense nonexistent in 90-68 loss to Iowa, Five takeaways from Indianas win over Eastern Michigan. Because coaching is hard. Each time the job opened, Woodson didnt consider interviewing. So I don't know if it's ever really lost its brand. In his first months as Indianas head coach, Woodson has captivated the fanbase and reignited the program with energy by way of his natural charisma. The athletic department said Friday in a news release that Woodson . Michael Dean Woodson is a head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's team. "This time I thought the timing was perfect, even though I was in a contract year and had some years on my contract with the Knicks (as an assistant), not even knowing if they would let me out of my deal. Hes started to bridge the gap, inviting Knight to practice and Isiah Thomas to Hoosier Hysteria. You have permission to edit this article. "To me, really there is no in between. Then somebody sent me this book: 'Prepare to Win: A Lesson Learned at Knight School.'". That's not my style. There were thousands and thousands of players that came before me in the NBA that set the table for me to be able to do what I was able to do in the NBA. Getty Images. Click To Watch Free 'NAACP Image Awards 2023' Live Stream. Woodson did not . Who is Mike Woodson? How does it fit? He just wasnt very verbal with people that he didnt know.. Like. It might have been the only work House would have come out of retirement for. (AF), Woodson said he hasn't been well-received since he got to Bloomington, because a lot of fans who are Hall of Fame coaches from their mom's basement wanted a young, flashy successful college coach instead instead of an old man who's never once coached a college game. Fran McCaffery is in Bloomington today fresh off perhaps his strangest moment as a head coach and he's set the bar pretty high in that regard. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. "That's kind of how we got Davis. The untested Woodson was left to run practice on his own. (April 1, 2021, 8 a.m. Coaching is tough. "It wasn't funny 35 years ago, and it's sure not funny now.'' Download this stock image: BLOOMINGTON, IN - JANUARY 14: Indiana Hoosiers coach Mike Woodson coaches on the sidelines against the Wisconsin Badgers on January 14, 2023, at Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana. I've been able to do that over the years in the NBA. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The 54th NAACP Image Awards did the thing! A widely-touted "players' coach" dating back to his NBA days, Woodson seemingly knew the right buttons to press at each turn, even if it took longer than some might've hoped. "You guys never saw me come back, but every summer I was back here, visiting friends and family. And Jim Dolan, the Knicks' owner, that's the only guy that I had to go face to get out of this deal. As an NBA head coach with Atlanta (2004-2010) and New York (2011-2014), Woodson saw his teams compile two 50-plus win seasons including a personal high of 54 victories during the 2012-13 season with the Knicks. Murray, with Galloway's hand in his face, pulled up and drained the 3-pointer over his defender. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File), Former Indiana basketball head coach Bobby Knight, center, makes his first appearance at Indiana University since his dismissal in September of 2000. There was a problem saving your notification. Mike and his wife, Terri, have two daughters, Alexis and Mariah, who were volleyball players at Georgia Tech. WOODSON:"Again, I didn't come back just to come back and be the coach at Indiana. WOODSON:"The thought process when I traveled all those years in the NBA, you always were looking for bragging rights amongst your peers in the NBA. Boys & Girls Club T-Shirt (Small) $ 12.00. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) Mike Woodson has been the Indiana University men's basketball coach for less than two months but has already reshaped the roster, completed his staff and set goals. And if we can position ourselves to win a national title, then that's what I'm going to push for. ), Woodson said that he drove over to Bob Knight's house and sat down for a visit. Even through the buzzer in Indianas 68-62 win, one that was closer than it shouldve been, Woodson remained calm. Storms arrive late. 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