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Cyprien engulfed with issues as he settles in
LOUISIANA La. — It’s a good thing Glynn Cyprien is buckled up because life is moving swiftly right now.
Louisiana's new men’s basketball coach is conducting his transition, a process that includes staff decisions, summer school plans for players and decisions on which players to retain.
He’s also been involved in league meetings with the Sun Belt Conference.
On top of all that, he and his wife Monique are looking for a house.
Other than that, he can take it easy.
“We’ve had some curves,” Cyprien said of the transition process.
The latest curve came last week in Wisconsin, where center Michael Southall was sentenced to a year in jail for violation of parole on a 2000 drug conviction.
Southall was academically ineligible for the 2003-2004 season under former coach Jessie Evans.
“We’re going to be supportive of Mike,” Cyprien said. “He and his family are going through a tough time right now, a tough period. But he’s a strong kid and we’re going to be supportive of him.”
A decision on Southall is one of the many issues Cyprien will be addressing.
Also, point guard Orien Greene and forward-center Cedric Williams were placed on probation once the 2003-2004 season was completed for failing to meet academic requirements and violations of team rules.
Their status bears watching.
“The most important thing, I felt, was the players,” Cyprien said. “I’ve set a June 6 deadline for them to report back for summer school. We’ll have four returning scholarship players attending summer school, and two newcomers, so that would be six.
“That’s our No. 1 priority, and how many of the players we’re going to retain. We’ll be making an announcement about that soon.
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Basketball - New Assistant Coach? Delphi
Staff:This is unofficial, but for those who would like to know. UL may have the final piece of the puzzle in place for the final assistant basketball coach. Ex-Tulane player and current Rice Basketball commentator Carlin Hartman has been offered the job.
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Glynn Cyprien Bio
Cyprien, a New
Orleans native and 17-year Division I coaching veteran who helped lead Oklahoma State to the NCAA Final Four this past season, was named head men’s basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on May 5, 2004.
The school's 11th head coach of men's basketball, he is replacing former head coach Jessie Evans who became the head coach at the University of San Francisco April 22 after seven seasons as the head coach at Louisiana-Lafayette.
In his fourth season and final season at OSU, Cyprien helped lead the Cowboys to a 31-4 record in 2003-2004, a season which finished at the Final Four in San Antonio. During his stay under Sutton's leadership, the Cowboys made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances and posted four straight 20-win seasons.
Cyprien was instrumental in helping OSU lure John Lucas III from Baylor and Tony Allen from junior college to form the Cowboys' formidable backcourt that ignited a Final Four run.
Sutton's reputation for for delegating work among his assistants allowed Cyrpien to learn all facets of the game which has readied him for the position of head coach.
Prior to arriving at Oklahoma State, Cyprien spent five seasons helping turnaround the program at UNLV as an associate head coach where he was a member of Bill Bayno's original staff in 1995.
In 1996-97, UNLV's recruiting class was tabbed the nation's best by the Sporting News and Basketball Times, and the 1998-99 class was ranked second nationally by The Hoop Scoop. While at UNLV, Cyprien helped recruit Tyrone Nesby, Keon Clark and Shawn Marion, who went on to play in the NBA. The recruiting classes helped turn a 10-16 season in 1995-96 to a 22-10 campaign in 1996-97 and eventually NCAA appearances in 1997-98 and 1999-2000. The Rebels made four postseason appearances during his stay.
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Bill Pope Bio
LOUISIANA La. – University of Louisiana head men’s basketball coach Glynn Cyprien announced the hiring of Bill Pope as an assistant coach – the first to be named to his staff for the 2004-05 season.
Pope, a graduate of the University of Kansas where he worked for current Detroit Pistons Head Coach Larry Brown as a student assistant, re-entered the Division I level last season as an assistant coach at Youngstown State after a six-year stint as the head coach at NCAA Division II Lincoln University.
“We are extremely excited to have Bill join our staff and program,” said Cyprien. “His many years of experience and professionalism throughout his career will be vital in our success.”
Pope’s hiring is pending approval from the board of supervisors of the University of Louisiana System.
While at Lincoln he was instrumental in a dramatic turnaround of the program’s fortunes.
He led the Blue Tigers to thee consecutive winning seasons from 2000-01 through 2002-03 – a feat which had not been accomplished in 30 years. While with the Jefferson City, Mo., school, he had nine all-conference selections, two all-region performers, an All-American, a conference newcomer of the year and a conference player of the year (Kenny Dye in 2001-02).
His best season at LU came in 2000-01 when the Blue Tigers sported a 20-7 record and a share of the Heartland Conference championship. Pope was named the conference’s Coach of the Year and the school was honored as the “Nation’s Most Improved Team”.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to join a winning program and to work with one of the young and rising stars in our profession, who also happens to be one of my best friends,” said Pope. “After having been a head coach for six years in Division II, I decided I wanted to get back into the Division I game.
“My brief time spent at Youngstown as the second assistant helped me get acclimated with the Division I game once more,” Pope continued. “The opportunity to come here and work as the top assistant and be a part of the UL tradition played a huge factor in my decision.”
Pope earned is degree in education from KU in 1988. He spent five seasons under the tutelage of Brown and was a part of the Jayhawks’ 1988 National Championship staff.
Following a brief stint with Brown on the San Antonio Spurs’ staff, Pope returned to Lawrence as a volunteer assistant on Roy Williams’ second Kansas staff during the 1989-90 season.
His coaching career began at Kilgore Junior College the following season before joining the Division I rank with Lamar in 1991.
The early stages of his career took him to Division I programs at Lamar, Texas-San Antonio, Oral Roberts, Jacksonville, Western Kentucky and North Carolina A&T before landing his first head coaching job at Lincoln University in 1997.
Pope and Cyprien’s career paths first crossed in 1993-94 when he joined Matt Kilcullen’s Jacksonville University staff.
BILL POPE'S COLLEGIATE COACHING RESUME
Years School Title
2004-pres Louisiana-Lafayette Assistant Coach
2003-04 Youngstown State Assistant Coach
1997-2003 Lincoln University Head Coach
1994-97 North Carolina A&T Assistant Coach
1994 Western Kentucky Assistant Coach
1993-94 Jacksonville Assistant Coach
1993 Oral Roberts Assistant Coach
1992-93 Texas-San Antonio Assistant Coach
1991-92 Lamar Assistant Coach
1990-91 Kilgore Junior College Assistant Coach
1989-90 Kansas Volunteer Assistant
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coaching offer expected Robert Lee Bio
The veteran of the Louisiana-Lafayette basketball staff now in his eighth year with the program, Robert Lee came to Louisiana-Lafayette prior to the 1996-97 season after one of the most successful high school careers in the Acadiana area during the 1990s. He joined the Cajun program during the summer of 1996 after serving for four years as head coach at nearby Opelousas High School.
The 35-year-old Lee, a native of New Roads, will again be working extensively in both on-floor coaching and in recruiting as part of the Cajun staff and will continue to bring his knowledge of the state prep scene into play with the Louisiana-Lafayette program.
During his tenure with the Cajuns, Lee has been part of a Louisiana-Lafayette program which has advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament semifinals in three of the last five seasons and swept both the regular season and tournament titles during the 1999-00 season to advance to the NCAA Tournament.
In working with the Louisiana-Lafayette backcourt, Lee has also helped guide guard Blane Harmon to one of the most successful careers in school history with Harmon becoming only the 32nd player in school history to score more than 1,000 points and poised to become the Cajuns’ all-time leader in three-pointers this season.
Lee, the only holdover from prior to head coach Jessie Evans’ arrival in 1997, guided the OHS to four straight 20-win seasons, including a 29-5 record in his final year in 1995-96 which also included a berth in the state Class 4A quarterfinals. He was named as District 5-4A’s Coach of the Year for those efforts.
Lee also guided the Tigers to the state quarterfinals one year earlier in 1994-95 with a 29-8 record, when he was named for the second straight year as St. Landry Parish’s Coach of the Year. The first of those honors came in the 1993-94 season when Opelousas High advanced to the Top 28 state tournament and compiled a 31-6 overall record.
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UL position tendered Carlin Hartman Bio
Tulane, 1994
Carlin Hartman is in his second year as the Owls’ director of basketball operations and his third year with the program overall. Hartman previously served as a Rice assistant coach during the 1996-97 season.
The following year he worked as the lead recruiting coordinator at McNeese State before entering the corporate business world for four years. He was the analyst on the Rice radio network in 2001-02. He officially returned home as the operations director at the midway point of the 2002-03 season.
Hartman’s myriad of duties range from the internal –including game-day operations and department communications – to the external with various community outreach programs and fund raising. He coordinates visits to local hospitals for players and coaches as well as the popular Dream to Read program, where the Owl players visit local elementary and middle schools in order to speak to students about the importance of reading. His monthly newsletters reach supporters of the program, basketball fans and the campus community.
The native of Buffalo, NY, was a standout player at Tulane under head coach Perry Clark from 1991-94. He finished sixth on Green Wave’s the all-time list for steals (157) and was tenth in scoring (1,180) and rebounding (527). Hartman was named to the Metro Conference All-Freshman Team in 1991 and he received honorable mention all-conference accolades in 1993.
He led Tulane to three NCAA tournaments and a trio of thrilling upsets in each of his trips to the big dance, including a win over St. John’s in 1992, Kansas State in 1993, and Brigham Young in his senior season of 1994.
Hartman, 31, earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Tulane in 1994. Later that year, the Rapid City Thrillers of the Continental Basketball Association selected him in second-round of the league’s annual draft. He averaged 11.2 points and seven rebounds per game en route to CBA all-rookie honors. Hartman played professionally for two years before a knee injury ended his career.
As a senior at Grand Island High School in New York he was named a McDonald’s All-America and he received honorable mention All-America honors from USA Today.
Carlin and his wife, Christine, have three daughters, Sydney (8), Kailyn (6), and Tess (4).
. Louisiana's New Coach Pledges Success
Cyprien ready to make slam-dunk at University o Louisiana
LOUISIANA La. - The walls in Glynn Cyprien’s office in the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s basketball offices are bare. A family portrait of himself, his wife and two daughters is perched on a shelf inside a bookcase. Another photo is of his two daughters, their heads pressed together for the snapshot. A basketball covered with Sharpie signatures of coaches like Tabby Smith and his former boss, Eddie Sutton, sits inside the bookcase. As the new head coach, Cyprien faces challenges off the court to move the players ahead academically. They haven’t done so well in the classroom these past few years. During the summer, while players are in school, Cyprien has work of his own to do — find a staff, recruit players, schedule games, move his family from Stillwater, Okla., and find a house for his family. Cyprien took a break from the game of catch-up last week to talk to staff writer Marsha Sills.
Q How are you settling in?
A I’m still in the process of buying a house. My family hasn’t moved here yet. We’re trying to locate a school for my oldest daughter. We’re going 100 mph.
Q Why did you decide to take the position at Louisiana?
A I think from the career standpoint, after 17 years of being an assistant coach to come back at the right place and the right time. I had connections, people I know in Louisiana. I’m familiar with this conference. All of these things helped make this the right decision. I’ve always thought the University of Louisiana and Lafayette was a special place.
Q You’ve made that comment before in interviews after the appointment was announced.
A A lot of time when people think of the state, they think of New Orleans. I think Lafayette is a close-knit community. It has its own identity. You don’t have the hustle and the bustle of New Orleans. The quality of jobs, the quality of life and people is what makes UL special.
Q Do you feel like you’re playing catch-up?
A Every day, I’m trying to catch up. I’m scheduling games, trying to get players eligible, recruiting in July, finding new support of the program, updating equipment. I got someone to donate new computers. I feel like I am playing catch-up.
Q What’s your assessment of the team as is?
A I haven’t had a chance to see them play in person. It’s part of NCAA requirements. On Sunday, we had a team barbecue. I spent time with some of the guys in summer school. I think we have some good talent. I was brought in to build a program. I’m not talking about wins and losses. We’ve had wins. I was brought in to enhance the academics and recruiting guys with high character. You’ve got to win games but other things are expected. That was emphasized in the interview.
Q How many of the players are in summer school?
A Eight guys are on campus and two guys are in their home cities taking classes.
Q What’s your strategy to improve the academic standing of the team?
A The university has made a commitment to build that side of it. We’re going to purchase a few more computers, have an academic advisor on the road and study halls on the road. We’re going to hold our guys accountable.
Q Were you surprised by their academic standing when you got here?
A I don’t know if I was surprised because I think at some point the guys have to look at themselves in the mirror and hold themselves accountable. They need to step up the challenge. I would hope that most of these guys would have been motivated within themselves. We want to challenge them and impress upon them to graduate and why. Lots of guys are from single parent homes. Only a handful of players will go professional. You have an opportunity to get an education and make an impact.
Q Are the team’s academic standards above the NCAA’s? Would you consider raising the standards above that?
A Yes, the standards are the same. I think they could but I don’t know because of where we are right now that that’s something we would do. We have some guys who are ineligible by NCAA standards. That’s why this summer is so important. Our mindset of our guys has to change. They need to use the summer to get ahead not play catch-up.
Q When you were younger, you had considered becoming an attorney. What made you change your mind?
A “When I got to Jesuit High School we had so many guys and a large percentage talked about being lawyers. I said, ‘why not me?’ My goal was to always make an impact in my company. I never thought about being a coach. I always knew I was put here through my faith to help people. Little did I know that this was the way.
Q You still have family in New Orleans?
A My family’s still in New Orleans. My mom, dad, and four brothers. My grandfather is turning 90 on Saturday and he’s my best friend. He’s very excited. It’s a special time in my life.
Q When do practices start?
A Officially, the first Saturday in October. Individual workouts start in September.
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Bill Pope Bio
LOUISIANA La. – University of Louisiana head men’s basketball coach Glynn Cyprien announced the hiring of Bill Pope as an assistant coach – the first to be named to his staff for the 2004-05 season.
Pope, a graduate of the University of Kansas where he worked for current Detroit Pistons Head Coach Larry Brown as a student assistant, re-entered the Division I level last season as an assistant coach at Youngstown State after a six-year stint as the head coach at NCAA Division II Lincoln University.
“We are extremely excited to have Bill join our staff and program,” said Cyprien. “His many years of experience and professionalism throughout his career will be vital in our success.”
Pope’s hiring is pending approval from the board of supervisors of the University of Louisiana System.
While at Lincoln he was instrumental in a dramatic turnaround of the program’s fortunes.
He led the Blue Tigers to thee consecutive winning seasons from 2000-01 through 2002-03 – a feat which had not been accomplished in 30 years. While with the Jefferson City, Mo., school, he had nine all-conference selections, two all-region performers, an All-American, a conference newcomer of the year and a conference player of the year (Kenny Dye in 2001-02).
His best season at LU came in 2000-01 when the Blue Tigers sported a 20-7 record and a share of the Heartland Conference championship. Pope was named the conference’s Coach of the Year and the school was honored as the “Nation’s Most Improved Team”.
“I am thankful for the opportunity to join a winning program and to work with one of the young and rising stars in our profession, who also happens to be one of my best friends,” said Pope. “After having been a head coach for six years in Division II, I decided I wanted to get back into the Division I game.
“My brief time spent at Youngstown as the second assistant helped me get acclimated with the Division I game once more,” Pope continued. “The opportunity to come here and work as the top assistant and be a part of the UL tradition played a huge factor in my decision.”
Pope earned is degree in education from KU in 1988. He spent five seasons under the tutelage of Brown and was a part of the Jayhawks’ 1988 National Championship staff.
Following a brief stint with Brown on the San Antonio Spurs’ staff, Pope returned to Lawrence as a volunteer assistant on Roy Williams’ second Kansas staff during the 1989-90 season.
His coaching career began at Kilgore Junior College the following season before joining the Division I rank with Lamar in 1991.
The early stages of his career took him to Division I programs at Lamar, Texas-San Antonio, Oral Roberts, Jacksonville, Western Kentucky and North Carolina A&T before landing his first head coaching job at Lincoln University in 1997.
Pope and Cyprien’s career paths first crossed in 1993-94 when he joined Matt Kilcullen’s Jacksonville University staff.
BILL POPE'S COLLEGIATE COACHING RESUME
Years School Title
2004-pres Louisiana-Lafayette Assistant Coach
2003-04 Youngstown State Assistant Coach
1997-2003 Lincoln University Head Coach
1994-97 North Carolina A&T Assistant Coach
1994 Western Kentucky Assistant Coach
1993-94 Jacksonville Assistant Coach
1993 Oral Roberts Assistant Coach
1992-93 Texas-San Antonio Assistant Coach
1991-92 Lamar Assistant Coach
1990-91 Kilgore Junior College Assistant Coach
1989-90 Kansas Volunteer Assistant
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