Top 5 Coaches in Davidson Co

[Topperman]

CoachF, you did a fantastic job with East Lit. team this year. I think you are a great young coach, and I just wish I had your youth, ha. All jokes aside , I really respect your coaching and I think you are on the pinnacle of going to the state soon. Good luck and don't look back - just straight ahead. See ya soon!

[CoachF]

Not in my top five, but I have to give Arnett Bodenhamer at Maplewood some credit. He got the Wood to the region semifinals this year and did it without Barry Gardener and, if I'm not mistaken, without Frank Evans for the whole season. If Evans did finish, it was a miracle. The cupboard was not bare at the Wood, but their were a whole lot of problems for a first year coach to wade through.

[Juggalo]

CoachF i played for Shelton 2 years, thats all i could take of him. Ohh i have plenty of stories about him. Like 2 years ago when we had to play Maplewood and Stratford our first 2 games, and he "suddenly" got sick at school, and couldn't coach the games.

[BigPoppa]

Yeah, we have all heard those Shelton stories, I know a lot of former Shelton players who back your story Juggalo. You cannot argue with the man's bottom line but at what cost to the kids that play for him?

 

I think a question we should ask ourselves as mostly players, coaches, and parents on here is Would I want my son playing for this guy?

 

Then again we are doing exactly what he would like for us to do, we are on CoachT

talking about this guy.

[jtd]

I'd have to vote for Bontrager at Ryan. like to see how a lot of coaches would do with his talent or how he'd do with theirs.

[beachrmb]

Question:

 

Does this mean real basketball coaching or AAU?

I was referring to AAU Coaches (not Metro Coaches).

[Juggalo]

I agree with you BigPoppa. He does enjoy the attention he gets very much. All his antics during the game are all for show. Next time anybody is at an MLK game, watch his crazy antics, then count how many times he looks up in the crowd to see who is watchin him. Just like him making us play in Chuck Taylor Canverse, all for show. And another thing i didnt quite understand while playing for him, half the time he was not even at our practices!

[blik]

Why would anybody care about the top 5 AAU coaches in Davidson County? Are they really even coaches? Aren't they members of other professions who happen to coach during the summer?

[shotblocker]

What about Breentwood Academy's George Pitts. Or is BA not in Davidson County?

George Pitts is not a coach, he is going on TALENT!

[BigPoppa]

So how many state championships did Coach Pitts win before he got to "The Academy"? Go back and do some research shotblocker and tell me........ Yes, as Big Chief has stated, he has raided Davidson County for most of his star players but you have to give the guys his props he can coach and his results prove it.

 

I'm just glad the TSSAA put all of these private schools together so they can beat up on each other with their recruits.

[hsfball]

I love the stick he chews on whenever something isnt going his way. I also love the "story time" he has during timeouts etc.. when all of his players gather around in a circle and sit indian style as doc reads a selection.

[alzado]

1 Charlie Anderson - a winner everywhere he's been

2 Winston Gamble - 20 wins per year for 20 years (at MPW)

3 Doug Bontrager - does much with little

4 James Shelton - call him what you want, but he's a winner

5 Troy Allen - tough, hard-working

Edited March 17, 2004 by alzado