Jim Larranaga
Jim Larranaga
James Joseph Larrañagais an American college basketball coach and the head coach of the University of Miami men's basketball program. Prior to his time at Miami, he was most recently the men's basketball coach at George Mason, where he coached the Patriots to 13 consecutive winning seasons and became a media sensation during the Patriots' improbable run to the Final Four of the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament...
funny horn line managers
When the horn did it at the end, and it was blaring in my ears, I put the managers on the line and made them run. How funny do you think that was to our players?
conference consider excited second time
When you consider we've done something for the first time in the school's history, and only the second time in conference history, you should be excited about that.
coaches great hope major represent
There are so many great coaches who never get to the major level. I hope that I do represent them here.
agreed athletes basketball both george immediate mason message needed represent rest send steps team university
We both agreed that this was something that doesn't represent George Mason University or our basketball program. That we needed to take immediate steps to send that message not only to Tony, but to the rest of our team and to the rest of the athletes who represent George Mason.
basketball far greater lose players responsibility stand teach whether win
What we stand for is far greater than whether we win or lose on a basketball floor. We are all educators. Our responsibility is to teach these youngsters, whether they're basketball players or any other student-athlete we're working with, to set the right example.
basketball player thinking
Just remember, their fans think their players are supermen. We'll we're the kryptonite, and we're going to win.
motivational kids littles
I always tell the kids, You know what's great about going the extra mile? There's very little traffic.
biggest bunch event guys loving playing
We're a bunch of no-name guys playing in the biggest sporting event in the world and loving it.
fun higher kids maybe pressure seeds stress
We don't feel the stress maybe the higher seeds feel because we're emphasizing to the kids to have fun with this and not to put that pressure on themselves, not to put other peoples' expectations on themselves.
concern concerned emphasized foul game good group people smart stuff year
We have emphasized all year long not to put people on the foul line. Does it concern me? Before every game I'm always concerned about stuff like that. So far, we've got a very good group of smart players.
band dancing excited kids players screaming
The players were dancing in the aisles. The kids were screaming 'George' ... 'Mason.' The pep band was playing. If you can't get excited for this, what can you? It was great. You live for this.
formed
Everything that I am as a coach, it was formed there.