Michigan’s Beilein Wins No. 600
November 22, 2010 / Winning Hoops
John Beilein thought back to the days when he was a young head coach driving the vans at Erie Community College and Nazareth and Le Moyne in upstate New York.
Those teams would eat at Ponderosa on good nights, McDonald’s on others. He’d be the do-it-all guy, barely have assistant coaches and relied on himself and his players for everything.
The late 1970s and early 1980s are a long time ago – it’s been 33 seasons since Beilein first became a head coach. On Sunday, the Michigan basketball team beat Gardner-Webb, 80-58, for Beilein’s 600th victory – No. 525 at four-year schools.
“I have something from everything, I have the balls from maybe 250 and (400) and 500, Beilein said. We’re putting together this wall – because Erie Community College, Nazareth, Le Moyne – those are a big part of my coaching experience.
“It really helped our coaching staff and our players, because you go back to the mistakes you made when you were a 29-year-old coaching.”
Don’t expect Beilein to coach forever. Beilein, 57, has no plans on being here for 20 more years. He’s said he’d like to retire at Michigan.
And it won’t be as an octogenarian like Joe Paterno.
“No way, Beilein said, laughing. But God bless Joe, he does a wonderful job, but John Beilein will not be coaching that long.”
Michigan’s Beilein Wins No. 600
AnnArbor.com
John Beilein thought back to the days when he was a young head coach driving the vans at Erie Community College and Nazareth and Le Moyne in upstate New York.
Those teams would eat at Ponderosa on good nights, McDonald’s on others. He’d be the do-it-all guy, barely have assistant coaches and relied on himself and his players for everything.
The late 1970s and early 1980s are a long time ago – it’s been 33 seasons since Beilein first became a head coach. On Sunday, the Michigan basketball team beat Gardner-Webb, 80-58, for Beilein’s 600th victory – No. 525 at four-year schools.
“I have something from everything, I have the balls from maybe 250 and (400) and 500, Beilein said. We’re putting together this wall – because Erie Community College, Nazareth, Le Moyne – those are a big part of my coaching experience.
“It really helped our coaching staff and our players, because you go back to the mistakes you made when you were a 29-year-old coaching.”
Don’t expect Beilein to coach forever. Beilein, 57, has no plans on being here for 20 more years. He’s said he’d like to retire at Michigan.
And it won’t be as an octogenarian like Joe Paterno.
“No way, Beilein said, laughing. But God bless Joe, he does a wonderful job, but John Beilein will not be coaching that long.”
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