The Glenn Cyprien File ...

[RedBug58]

I've got to come clean and admit that I also am a Ricky Broussard supporter and will always be. But I love this University & the more I learn about and hear coach Cyp the more I like him.

[DaddyCajun]

Ditto, I to am impressed!! I will buy another seat this year for the newest Cajun in the Sonnier family!!

DaddyCajun!!

[CajunChicken]

I am also a Ricky fan and still think that he was the best candidate for the job. Maybe Cyprien will hire the most popular candidate for the job as his top assistant.
Let's see how smart he is.

[bigearl]

how do you pronounce Cyprien?

[Crawfish]

I believe it is Sip-pre-awn(as in lawn)

[CajunChicken]

I think it's Sip Pre In

[lcitsh]

What's with the Kool-Aid references? Is this meant to be insulting or uncomplimentary? What do you have against Kool-Aid?

[Cajun Express]

Originally posted by lcitsh
What's with the Kool-Aid references? Is this meant to be insulting or uncomplimentary? What do you have against Kool-Aid?

Try this link!

http://www.gbs.sha.bw.schule.de/jim_jones_history.htm

[ULTubaTom]

Lets see how the attendance does in the next basketball season.

[NewsCopy]

Cyprien calls ULL 'special place'

Louisiana La. -- Glynn Cyprien always thought the University of Louisianawould be a special place to be a head basketball coach. Now he'll find out.

Cyprien, an assistant coach under Oklahoma State's Eddie Sutton the last four years, Wednesday was introduced as the Cajuns' newest head basketball coach before a standing-room-only crowd in the Cajundome's St. Mary Room.

"This is a special day for me and my family," said Cyprien, a New Orleans native who played collegiately at Southern and was an assistant coach at six different schools since beginning his coaching career in 1988 at Texas-San Antonio.

"I've always felt this was a special place, and not just for facilities, but for the great tradition here," he said. "You guys expect for ULL to win games every year ... but not just win. I think we need to go to the next level and win two or three games in the NCAA Tournament and we want people talking about us over a long period of time."

Cyprien, 37, was selected from a list of more than 30 candidates, according to ULL Athletic Director Nelson Schexnayder. The list was trimmed to four last week -- Cyprien, ULL interim head coach Robert Lee, LSU assistant Butch Pierre and Mississippi State assistant Robert Kirby -- and a final choice was made Monday morning.

"It's always a challenge when I'm searching for a coach to lead our program," said Schexnayder. "The good news was that we had a bunch of quality people who were interested in the job.

"In one way, it was a very easy to pick a good coach to lead the Ragin' Cajuns. But it was very, very difficult to pick among those people who expressed a strong interest."

The decision to select Cyprien, however, became easier after Schexnayder made a few phone calls.

"I talked to Eddie Sutton, I talked to (former OSU athletic director and now Clemson AD) Terry Don Phillips, I talked to coaches in pros .... I talked to a whole bunch of folks," said Schexnayder. "And, obviously, people thought very highly of him (Cyprien) and what he had done and how he handled himself.

The rest of the story


By GLENN QUEBEDEAUX
Special to The Advocate

[DestinCajun]

If he wins basketball games he will be well accepted and very popular. If he doesn't then.... well you know the rest.

JUST WIN BABeeeeeeeeee!!!

[RedBug58]

:confused:

Hey chicken......

Do you think Ricky Broussard would accept an assistant job at UL???? How well do you know Coach Broussard?? I think it would be a great move......