Between head coaching stints at Golden State and Sacramento, Musselman served as an assistant for the Memphis . ", "Yeah, that's it," he says. "There is absolutely no doubt that the one thing in the world he should be doing is coaching.". His father, Clifford Musselman, was an auto mechanic and band promoter. Minnesota Timberwolves (32-32, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Los Angeles Lakers (30-33, 11th in the Western Conference). Later, Musselman claimed that was the incident that incited his players. He was the 12th of 13 siblings (3 passed away at birth). And he sweetly asks Julie if she'll take the BMW out for a wash. Back home, Musselman can't wait to show off his condo. "If I wasn't coaching and I was living in Albany, I'd go crazy. He had been wheeled out of Minnesota's Williams Arena on a long stretcher, bleeding and numb. Musselman asks, back behind the wheel. Later, when Paul Giel, Minnesota's new athletic director, visited the Ohio State locker room, he found Fred Taylor, the Buckeyes' coach, pale and quivering with rage and indignation. Instead, Minnesota's Turner cut in front of Witte and clobbered him. Just about every night he heads down to the Sarasota Brewing Co., a sports bar. Be confident in yourself and try to have fun with it. Wendy's life is mostly unknown, despite the fact that she came to popularity after marrying Musselman, the famed coach. The excitement in the Barn had gotten the best of him. One player juggled a ball on his foot like a soccer player and then bounced it off his head to a teammate. She is a former American sports television reporter. He dabbles in the stock market and says he`s doing OK with that. She consoled him and asked what was wrong. 15:40 - Loud Rouser chant from the fans. Fans knew him as Crazy George. Finally he stopped. I t`s getting late in the afternoon and Musselman is in the car again, returning from lunch. They made a mistake getting rid of Bill.". Musselman was a regular PT Barnum, because the pregame show turned a half empty Williams into a packed house. "If they got rid of that goof Stein, maybe things would be all right," Oliver said of the Minnesota owner, who used to be a football player. His first wife is Wendy Bauer Musselman. He visits Richie Jordan, another Sarasota pal. "Honest to God, I'm enjoying myself.". The warmup became Musselman's pride and joy, and fans loved it. Like many running goals, Musselman's had modest beginnings. Of course, he has the NBA on TV, but it`s like seeing an oldgirlfriend: Musselman admits it`s hard to watch his old friend when he knowshe should be part of it. During his stint as coach of the ABA's Virginia Squires, Musselman "antagonized so-called problem players.and docile ones," according to a January 3, 1981, article in The New York Times. Coaching Record Share & Export Modify, Export & Share Table Get as Excel Workbook Musselman doesn`t have to worry about money right now. With the Buckeyes ahead 50-44, Witte was driving in for what promised to be an easy layup. More Breaking News: 33.9 is a tribute to his unwavering . "I don`t know any Jesse 'The Body' Ventura," Musselman says, handing the phone back. In the five seasons before Musselmans arrival, the Gophers averaged 7,202 fans for home games. "Wait til you meet Mean Gene," he says. Virgos. Sure, he said, Id love to be on the team.. It was one of the great moments in American history, Schauer said. But when Witte was almost to his feet, Taylor abruptly pulled him forward and drove his right knee into Witte's groin. As Fred Taylor said, "There's more at stake here than basketball games. "I`ll tell you what, though," Musselman says, "The best movie I`ve seen lately was with (Al) Pacino. Musselman barks into the phone. He was a decent high school athlete whose basketball team fared well against a neighboring team led by Bobby Knight. He'll tell you he should be coaching in the NBA. He came up and congratulated me and shook my hand while we were running, which turned me into the biggest crazy Meb fan, Musselman said. "I haven't slept in my own bed for 48 marathons," Musselman said. Ukrainian diver Stanislav Oliferchyk proudly bears the name of his late grandfather, who died in brutalized Mariupol. As a new Big Ten season approaches, the current Gophers can only hope to make the old arena shake the way it did when the theme song from 2001: A Space Odyssey would strike and Musselmans players came bounding up the stairs. He still rides a unicycle and teaches his students his tricks. If I was living in Ohio and not coaching, I'd go crazy. Schauer has held basketball clinics for kids all over the world. However, the coach was born on November 19, 1964, and is currently 57 years old. MUSSELMAN, SARA BROWN, 40, died Tuesday, July 28, 2009 peacefully at her home, with her family at her side. Before getting fired in April of 1991, Musselman was the head coach of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves for two years. The timing of Jackson Hole wasnt idealshe had already committed to running Hood to Coast the week before. And this (a day in the low 70s with no clouds) isn't even a nice day.". Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, "I don't know," Musselman says, gunning the gas pedal. Plush carpeting, a white leathersofa and matching easy chair. "He's not home.". Judging by his mother's look in the recent interview, she must be in her late seventies or early eighties. He also cleared up a few points. And why wasn't Winfield also suspended? Then Musselman is asked for perhaps the 100th time to be honest. What does he really feel about not being in the NBA? Chip Scoggins is a sports columnist and enterprise writer for the Star Tribune. He lifts weights. Paul Pioneer Press, Scott Takushi, File), Bill Musselman, Albany Patroons Basketball Coach, New York. Asked to comment on the brawl, the elder Witte said, "I'm not surprised. Thats it. It was left to Wayne Duke, commissioner of the Big Ten and a spectator at the game, to fix the blame. 185.126.176.84 The son of the late Bill Musselman, a fiery coach whose rsum included helming the University of Minnesota as well as stops in the CBA, ABA, and NBA, Eric Musselman played basketball in high. He bought a unicycle after seeing a festival performer. Musselman's 1968-69 Ashland team allowed an NCAA record for fewest points a allowed a game at 33.9. He said the only way he might ever become a part of the CBA again is if he were to one day buy a team. Musselman said nothing to him about his mistake. Basketball Coach. "I'm not rich but I'm comfortable.". At one point, the officials stopped the game because of various debrispeanut sacks, peanuts, pennies, Coke cupsthat was splattering the floor. Photo by John Byrne. 1969 - Basketball - 106 pages. He also. "Mean Gene!" "I felt myself spiraling out of control. Mission accomplished. She gets out of thecar and tries to tell Musselman he can't get out, which is something one never does to Musselman. The investigation, he said, turned up "no evidence" of racial overtones. At Ashland, Musselman signed a player named George Schauer, who learned to spin 11 basketballs at one time with the help of a contraption. eight men who had qualified for Boston in each of the 50 states, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. Ethnicity, Nationality Shes now run a total of 58 marathons and in September, when she finished the Jackson Hole Marathon, she officially .css-1hr08dr{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.125rem;text-decoration-color:#59E7ED;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:inherit;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-1hr08dr:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}qualifed for Boston in all 50 states. Click to reveal Later Taylor claimed, through Musselman, that Witte triggered the incident by spitting at him. Naturally, he gets stuck. Your IP: One minor slip-up and they had to start over from the beginning. They might not remember anything about our team, but they remember the pregame warmup.. Eric Musselman is currently married to his wife, Danyelle Sargent, a former American sports TV reporter and on-air. Games became so popular that the school moved overflow crowds to the hockey rink adjacent to Williams Arena and showed the game on closed-circuit TV. White sand beaches stretch as far as the eye can see in either direction. He just built it," Musselman says, backing the car out into the street. An angry red scab was on his left cheek. "I needed to do something with a sense of strength.". Just about one month later, Musselman hopped in the Twin Cities Marathon after her friends convinced her to do it. Musselman received his bachelor's degree in communications and a minor in business. Not long after Bill Musselmans death in 2000, Eric Musselman visited his fathers Florida home to sort through his belongings. Caption: Eric Musselman posing for a photo with his wife Theres no question that it would absolutely, unequivocally blow the doors off any place that tried it, he said. Later, after Musselman's "disciplined" team had come unglued, Ohio State Athletic Director J. Edward Weaver pointed to the warmups as the underlying cause of the riot. Inside, he found a meticulous diagram of a prized possession that symbolized Musselmans ingenuity as a basketball coach. "I think Bill misses coaching every day and every night," Oliver said. That romanticism can be traced to Musselman and his pregame warmup, which gave the Barn its soul and made Gophers basketball the hottest ticket in town in the early 1970s. "I'm just doing it for fun.". They just passed us up and went for the other guys. End of discussion. His players are brutalized and animalized to achieve that goal. Eric's wife, Danyelle Sargent, worked in sports media for a number of networks including ESPN and NFL Network. With the NBA out of his life now, Musselman, 52, needs something to occupy his time. And again. "He must not have worn a football helmet when he played. Before his announcement, the commissioner received a 10 p.m. phone call from Giel informing him that the university had decided to suspend the two players indefinitely. Which is sad, because something this legendary should never be allowed to fade into the mists of time. Opinions vary on the genesis of Musselmans routine. Musselman and his first wife, Kris (Eric's mother), hosted team dinners on weekends. The son of former NBA head coach Bill Musselman, Eric Musselman was a head coach in the Continental . I know the teams better than theteams know them.". He plays the stock market. He runs the beach. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. All of them are pro-Musselman (of course), and some suggest he should be coaching in the NBA again. Eric is now 57 years old and it is believed that his first spouse is also in a similar age range as that of the coach. During games, Coach Mussleman typically paces and yells. In what was easily his most thought-provoking comment of the day, Duke said, "As you look back at it, isn't it terrible to say 'we were fortunate'? View the profiles of professionals named "Bill Musselman" on LinkedIn. This is beautiful downhere. Winfield leaped on top of Wagar when he was down and hit him five times with his right fist on the face and head. That was the only thing he did.. The Rev. He was lucky, maybe, but the sport he wants to play again was not looking so good. systemare entertaining, they also are designed to hype up the team and the crowd. Musselman returns, proudly showing off a stack of scouting reports he has made on virtually every NBA team. That was really something that was very deeply hurtful to him.. "The next thing I knew, I was in the emergency room at the hospital." The next day, the Gophers reviewed their warmup routine in a film session. And once she started, Musselman kept going until she made history. What seemed to be a sportsmanlike gesture turned into an act of brutality when Corky Taylor offered his hand, then kneed Witte in the groin. His interview with Corky Taylor, Duke said, "did not substantiate the charge of spitting"Taylor amended earlier remarks to say that he thought Witte was going to spit at himand Duke concluded that the riot was "precipitated" by Taylor's "unsportsmanlike act. Gambling problem? SARASOTA, Fla. Bill Musselman navigates his black 1988 BMW 325i through the turns of the Sarasota Surf & Racquet Club. Saunders performed that warmup so many times that he still remembers the order of songs 40 years later. Before you go any farther, you need to read the rest of Chip's story. Eric and Wendy separated in 2005. "He`s not home," Musselman grouses, and he's off again. From 2014-19, he was the head coach for Nevada. "He misses coaching," she says. Hes in his 36th year of teaching, the past 35 as an elementary school gym teacher. "All my life all I wanted was to coach basketball and live in a warm climate. I still have people come up to me, said Saunders, current Timberwolves coach and basketball boss. He is survived by his wife Betty Lou (Hanson) Musselman, a brother, Donald Musselman (Marlene), daughter, Renee Sowards (Scott), grandchild, Jerry Middleton, great-grandchildren, Aniston, Ainslee and Braxton and his special buddy, Brad Griffin. They had fancy ball-handling maneuvers. (Some sprays Ebner.). He also coached the Reno Bighorns in the WBA from 1978-79. . 2:00 - Gophers enter and break into the warmup drills I remember from elementary school.5:15 - It's "Globetrotter Time" for Minnesota. Millions saw the recent donnybrook between South Carolina and Marquette on TV. They averaged 16,004 in Musselmans four seasons. It was really overwhelming to finishfirst in Vegasand then to finish again in Jackson Hole, Musselman said. "I've never seen anything like it. Musselman waves back. He was 74 when he died last October. As a whole, the game was rough and nerve-racking, but also cleanly played and well-officiated. Love you very, very much and good luck.. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. Danyelle Sargent-Musselman, wife of Arkansas coach Eric Musselman is a former sports television reporter in the United States. Some nights fans left immediately after the warmup. By January, when the Big Ten part of the schedule opened, the team was ready. Eric Musselman Wife, Children Eric Musselman is a married man. But in the meantime, shes taking some time to enjoy her accomplishment and reflect on her journey. He stayed in Minneapolis to view films and talk with Musselman, Behagen and Taylor, among others, then two days later announced that Taylor and Behagen would be suspended for the rest of the season. Instead of a fight erupting from blows struck in the heat of competition, this was a cold, brutal attack, governed by the law of the jungle. Reportedly, the duo gave birth to a baby daughter Mariah Musselman, after a year of their nuptials in 2010. Nevertheless, when the selection committee asked him how long it would take to turn Minnesota into a winner, Musselman said, "We'll win right off. "I knew it would be emotional," said Giel, apologetically, "but I had no idea it would be like this. They practiced in weighted vests with medicine balls and didn't shoot for long periods. Musselman showed the clip of Monson falling off his unicycle and getting back up. Musselman and his wife Danyelle Sargent, a former on-air personality and anchor for ESPN, FOX Sports, and the NFL Network, have a daughter together. William Clifford Musselman was born Aug. 13, 1940, in Wooster, Ohio. Perhaps that is why he has said no to a dozen other coaching offers. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. "Hell, I know everybody down here.". Musselman suffered a . "I do miss NBA coaching," Musselman says, "but I don't miss the coaching challenge.". Midnight Madness and all of that stuff is nothing compared to what went on back then.. All caught up? Musselman gave a scholarship to a player known as Crazy George primarily because he was a ball-handling wizard who could wow the crowd. He pulls up to one owned by Carlton Fisk, the catcher for the Chicago White Sox. Happy Monday everyone! Today, Musselman, who led the Albany Patroons to the CBA championship in 1988, is still waiting by the phone for the NBA to call again. For now he's just a fan, albeit a reluctant one. Musselman loved the soccer flair he provided. It was a reputation that was not always admired by a professor of philosophy who followed his teams there, Dr. Wayne W. Witte, father of Luke. He has always been a fan of the CBA but he doesn`t need to coach there again. Women and children stay away when this guy drives. Love that the entire crowd does the "RAH" at the end!17:00 - Retro Goldy entrance tunnel FTW! He said, too, that "the game was under the control of the officials until the final 36 seconds." Playing without Witte or Wagar, the Buckeyes were beaten by the Wolverines 88-78 for their first league loss in five games. Players rehearsed it over and over the day before games. Now, on the day after the riot, only hours after he had become the victim of what the governor of Ohio called a "public mugging," Luke Witte was a mess. Coming up those stairs, its like, Oh my god. With your adrenaline, your feet never hit the floor.. The warmup became Musselmans pride and joy, and fans loved it. In the five seasons before Musselmans arrival, the Gophers averaged 7,202 fans for home games. 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