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Bluefield State Post Game

Post game press conference with Coach Miller, Trevis Simpson and Kelvin McNeil.

UNCG is Greensboro's Team

Life 101

Coach Wes Miller has made quite a few three point shots. He gives some pointers in this UNCG Alumni Magazine article.

Miller Interview with WRAL

So, I'll openly admit that I've gotten way too wrapped up int his conference switching discussion lately. As a result, I completely whiffed on a great interview that Coach Miller did with WRAL in the triangle. There were a lot of great quotes in there, but I'll just pick out my favorite for this post.

"Everybody wants to say, 'You did a great job coaching,' and I just kind of laugh. I say, they did a great job playing.'," said Miller.

Jackie Manuel Named UNCG Assistant Coach

According to this article on the UNCG athletics web page, former UNC-Chapel Hill defensive standout Jackie Manuel has been name to Wes Miller's staff at UNCG. Manuel spent this past season as the Strength & Conditioning coach at UNC. He spent 5 years before his time at Carolina playing basketball professionally. Manuel played one season in Japan and four seasons in the NBA Development League.

As a player at North Carolina, Manuel excelled on the defensive end of the court. He was a two time member of the ACC All-Defensive team. Manuel was also one of the three captains of the UNC national championship team in 2005.

The Fayetville Observer posted an article about Manuel's hiring.

"He is positive and energetic, and I am confident he will relate extremely well to our players and prospects," Miller said in a statement. "As one of his teammates in college, I know firsthand that Jackie Manuel is hard-working, team-orientated and a fiercely competitive winner. As he makes this transition to coaching, I expect him to impact our program immediately in the same way he has impacted all of the teams he played on."

Manuel had this to say about working with former teammate and UNCG Head Coach Wes Miller ...

"It's a great honor, and I'm very thankful for Wes to think of me that highly," Manuel said in a statement. "I'm very appreciative and just blessed. It brings back old memories. It doesn't happen often, whether it's playing, coaching, whatever it is, that you get to be with a teammate again. It's going to be good. We know each other very well, so the transition should be real easy."

Duane Simpkins New UNCG Assistant Coach

According to Towson University Head Coach Pat Skerry, Duane Simpkins has taken an assistant coaching position at UNCG. Multiple sources on Twitter are also confirming this hire.

Simpkins (Maryland `96) spent this past season as the Tigers' Coordinator of Basketball Operations. Before going to Towson, Simpkins spent 4 seasons as the coach of the Washington, DC area private school St. Albans. Before that he coached another area private school, Sidwell Friends School.

At Maryland, Duane was a three time All-ACC honorable mention selection at PG. He helped take Maryland to consecutive NCAA "Sweet Sixteen" births. From his Towson bio ...

At College Park he scored 1,123 points for a 9.4 average over a 119-game career that included 90 starts. His 483 career assists rank him fifth on Maryland's all-time list. He's among the Terps top 20 with 120 career steals. A solid free throw shooter, his .812 (311-383) percentage ranks him sixth in program history at the charity stripe.

Simpkins also spent many years playing professional basketball overseas. He retired in 2004.

Before going to the University of Maryland, he was a two time Parade All-America PG at famed DeMatha HS. In 1992, he was named a McDonald's All-American.

Press Conference Video

In case you haven't seen video of Wes Miller's introduction press, here is the video from the UNCG's YouTube channel.

Interim No More

Wes Miller was named the UNCG men's basketball coach today. He had spent the last 2+ months as the interim coach after Mike Dement was let go. Miller earned an 11-11 record as head coach this season and lead UNCG to it's first outright division title in the Southern Conference. He is the 9th head coach in UNCG history.

Here is the AP story through the News & Record.

He (Miller) says the program's foundation is in place, and he wants "to take UNCG to the next level as a basketball program."

This article is from the News & Record's sports blog.

"The next level is to consistently compete for championships," Miller said. "What does that mean? That means Dancing. We want to Dance."

Here is the Winston-Salem Journal's article about the hire.

"Wes Miller is authentic, passionate and makes the people around him better. I feel strongly that not only will Wes have a significant impact on UNCG basketball, but he will make a mark on college basketball as his career develops over time," said UNCG athletics director Kim Record.

From WFMY News 2's DigTriad page, here are inteviews with Coach Miller and UNC-Chapel Hill head Coach Roy Williams.

WXII also had video from the press conference.

Press Conference on Tuesday

UNCG has scheduled a press conference at 4:30 on Tuesday afternoon at the Greensboro Coliseum. It is expected that interim head coach Wes Miller will be named the full time head coach. I will have more of an opinion post later this week once this becomes official.

Here is the News & Record article.

WCU - SoCon Tournament Post Game

Post game press conference that I found here.

ASU - SoCon Tournament Post Game

Post game press conference that I found here.

Media SoCon Awards

SoCon All-Conference Awards from the media ...

All-Conference First Team
De'Mon Brooks (Davidson)
Jake Cohen (Davidson)
Eric Ferguson (Ga Southern)
Trevis Simpson (UNCG)
Brad Loesing (Wofford)

All-Conference Second Team
Mike Groselle (Citadel)
Andrew Lawrence (Charleston)
Antwaine Wiggins (Charleston)
Jack Isenbarger (Elon)
Kevin Giltner (Wofford)

All-Conference Third Team
Trent Wiedeman (Charleston)
Nik Cochran (Davidson)
Willie Powers III (Ga Southern)
Derrell Armstrong (UNCG)
Drew Windler (Samford)

All-Freshman Team
Adjehi Baru (Charleston)
Austin Hamilton (Elon)
Tyler Hood (Samford)
Raijon Kelly (Samford)
Karl Cochran (Wofford)

Player of the Year
Jake Cohen (Davidson)

Freshman of the Year
Karl Cochran (Wofford)

Coach of the Year
Wes Miller (UNCG)

Miller on The Mac Attack

UNCG Coach Wes Miller was a guest on WFNZ radio in Charlotte this morning. Miller called into their morning show called "The Mac Attack". The interview can be heard here.

Charleston Post Game

Post game Press conference from UNCG's YouTube channel.

"I personally wouldn't want to play for any other coach other than the guy right next to me." ---Derrell Armstrong



- WFMY News 2 highlights and post game article on DigTriad.com.

UNCG-Chattanooga Highlights & Press Conference

From WRCB in Chattanooga, here is a video of the end of the UNCG-Chattanooga game.

Wes Miller's Post Game Press Conference from GoMocs.com ...

"Taking Charge in Greensboro"

Here is an article on NCAA.com about Coach Miller taking over at UNCG. It's great to still see UNCG getting positive press. The more the Spartans win, expect to see more positive press.

"I don't think any of us in this program feel like we've been successful yet. We have big goals and dreams and not all of them have to do with winning streaks in the middle of the season," Miller said.

Also, Yahoo Sports' Pat Forde has this little blurb in in his coulmn on Rivals today ...

Back from the Dead
Teams and people we’ve all given up on at least once, and now are showing signs of life:

UNC-Greensboro. The Spartans were 2-14 at one point, with the victories over a non-Division I opponent and truly dreadful Towson. Then they won seven in a row before losing Saturday to Furman. They’re now 9-15 and second in their division in the Southern Conference, which is otherwise known as Davidson, Wofford and 10 stiffs.