Today's post is written by Sr. Point Guard Randi Henderson:
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I have a great topic today...our Coaches! First of all, I must start by saying I am not sure if the coaches know some of the information that I am about to tell you. Anyway, here it goes.
Coach Mitts, she is our head coach although sometimes it seems like she isn’t because she gives her coaching staff so much credit for the hours they put into our success. We all call Coach Mitts our mom. She always talks about our team being a “family” and how we should treat everyone of our teammates as you do any sibling. She is the one who loves to have attention. We all know that if we need to get “brownie points” for the day just go into her office and say “Hey Coach Mitts you look awesome today!” She loves to hear positive things and is always willing to help even in the hardest of times. On the court, she is quite opposite. She loves seeing players going hard and she loves scorers!! But, she has no sense of time management on the court; one time she kept us in the same full court drill for over an hour! To sum Coach Mitts up, she has motherly skills off the court but on the court she wants to see PRODUCTION! :)
Coach Hubbard is next. Almost every recruit that has been here thinks that she is the head coach because of her dominant personality. We like to joke around and call her Coach Hub-a-dub or Sergeant Hub. She means business all the time. She loves giving players personal development books to read. Coach Hub-a-dub is EXTREMELY organized. I think even former players are scared to walk into her office and touch a pen or book lying on her desk. She is like our dad in so many ways. The one who will discipline, not give in to any excuse and the one who keeps everyone in line/on time.
Okay, so we have our mom, Coach Mitts and our dad, Coach Hubbard. Next up is our uncles, Coach Jones and Coach Moeller. What would we do without our uncles? Well, Coach Jones is known as the unemotional coach. He does not care if you broke your hand, fell walking down the stairs, or if your cat is sick. I am told though that outside of basketball he is very supportive. He likes to make jokes and that is what we all love about him. Us players like to joke around about his daily attire (like jersey shorts with a polo... questionable decision) however on game day he is always the best dressed. On the court, Coach Jones will get after the post players and anyone who is slacking on defense. He is a great recruiting coach and every single one of us MSSU players are so thankful that he is here, because we know he is capable of a big time recruiting job.
Our other uncle Coach Moeller a.k.a. Mighty Mole, Co Mo, or Coach Mo-Mo has some serious feminine attributes. We go bowling all the time and boy, he looks kind of like a twelve year old girl. I once heard him sing a Brittany Spears song in the office when no one else was around and when his hair gets too long, he likes to comb to one side with his fingers. We all make fun of Coach Moeller and he makes fun of us. He is great to have around because he is not too much older than a couple of us. I must say even in just a year Mighty Mole has developed into a great coach.
The players and the coaches get along great here at Southern. We all love to laugh and have a great time but more than that we all love to WIN! So, when we are on the basketball court very little is funny, but we are all enjoying the game that brought us together as a family. Thanks for reading.
And until next time...It's a GREAT DAY TO BE A LION!
Randi Henderson
Sr. Point Guard
