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THE BEN JOBE AWARD
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Reggie Minton (NABC) presents the 2012 Ben Jobe Award,
to Mississippi Valley State head coach Sean Woods, at
the CollegeInsider.com Award Banquet in New Orleans. |
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March
30, 2012
SEAN WOODS WINS THE 2012 BEN JOBE AWARD
NEW ORLEANS, LA -- Mississippi Valley State's Sean Woods is
the recipient of the 2012 Ben Jobe award.
Woods, the SWAC Coach of the Year, led the Delta Devils to one
of their most memorable seasons in school history. Valley went
on a 17-game win streak (second in the nation) and won the SWAC
Tournament for the first time since 2008.
"To take a team, which started 1-11, to the NCAA Tournament is
nothing short of remarkable," said Angela Lento, co-founder of
CollegeInsider.com. "Sean Woods is one of the bright young stars
in coaching."
The Ben Jobe Award is presented annually to the top minority
coach in division I men's basketball. Coach Jobe is an icon in
the history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. He is best known as the head coach of the Southern
University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He has also head
coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and
South Carolina State.
His record at Southern was 209-141 and included four NCAA
Tournament appearances. He also coached the Jaguars to one NIT
appearance, five SIAC championships, 11 SWAC titles and two NAIA
Tournament Championships. Perhaps his most memorable moment as a
coach was Southern's 93-78 win over Georgia Tech in the first
round of the 1993 NCAA Tournament. It stands as one of the great
upsets in the history of the event.
The award was presented at the CollegeInsider.com awards
banquet in New Orleans, site of the men's NCAA Basketball
Championship.
2012 BEN JOBE AWARD FINALISTS
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Jerome Allen |
Penn |
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Tommy Amaker |
Harvard |
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Roman Banks |
Southern |
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Rod Barnes |
Cal State Bakersfield |
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Horace Broadnax |
Savannah State |
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David Carter |
Nevada |
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John Cooper |
Tennessee State |
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Anthony Evans |
Norfolk State |
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Bruiser Flint |
Drexel |
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Frank Haith |
Missouri |
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Leonard Hamilton |
Florida State |
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Stan Heath |
South Florida |
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Ron Hunter |
Georgia State |
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Sydney Johnson |
Fairfield |
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Ray McCallum |
Detroit |
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Shaka Smart |
VCU |
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John Thompson III |
Georgetown |
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Gary Waters |
Cleveland State |
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Reggie Witherspoon |
Buffalo |
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Sean Woods |
Mississippi Valley State |
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Charlton Young |
Georgia Southern |
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