Saudia Roundtree may be out as coach!!

[Bigboy]

Word is that Saudia Roundtree(head womens basketball coach) may soon be the next coaching casualty in aggieland. Is this a rumor or what? If anyone has any knowledge of this holla back.

[christy]

YES my sources tell me the same thing AND I AM PISSED

[Brandmasta]

In her best season she won 6 games. And that's dating back to her days at Mo Brown. I dont have strong feelings one way or the other, but shouldnt she be able to produce than 6 wins after 3 seasons?

I dont know her personally, so I may feel a little differently if I did, but I dont know.

[DOOMS]

Peace out sister.

The one problemo (well two) I have is will they bother to replace her with someone that can do better? She wasn't a program builder and mentor as much as she is an x's and o's coach. We put her in a bad position from jump street. Shoulda probably hired Bachelor (the dude that Scandrett suggested we hire who's now getting his behind handed to him at UMES).

If we're just gonna hire somebody else that isn't ready to build a program or gonna wait until the damn season starts before we hire somebody, then what's the point? Just keep her and let her finished what she has slowly and painfully begun.

[da heretic]

I agree, Doomsday. If we're not gonna hire someone who's better, then let her stay 'til her contract ends. Please let's not make the same mistake three times in a row.

Considering Roundtree didn't have any coaching experience, I don't count her one season at Morris Brown as experience, it was a horrible hire. Cristy obviously won't agree with me on my last point, but there were several people infinitely more experienced than her that applied for the job.

I gotta correct you on something, Doomsday. UMES went 10-8 in the conference and, like, 12-15 overall. Bachelor did a hell of a job in his first year. He also beat us this past season.

[DOOMS]

Yeah, you right. He went .500 with that scrub squad and we didn't take him because Scandrett was on the way out.

I'm kinda tired of stupid hires for stupid reasons.

[TOPPDOGG]

A&T begins hunt for women's basketball coach

3-25-05

By Bill Hass Staff Writer
News & Record




GREENSBORO -- N.C. A&T has started a search for a new women's basketball coach after parting ways with Saudia Roundtree.

Roundtree, 30, coached the Aggies for three seasons. She received a five-year contract when she was hired in July 2002. The remaining two years will be honored, an A&T spokesperson said.

A&T classified the departure as a "personnel issue" and declined to say if Roundtree was fired or resigned. Her last day was Wednesday. Roundtree could not be reached for comment.

The women's program has had nine straight losing seasons. The last winning record came in 1995-96, when the Aggies went 18-11.

In three seasons, Roundtree's teams went 24-61 and were 19-35 in MEAC games. This past season, after the Aggies started 0-4 in the conference and 1-12 overall, they improved in the second half to pull up to 9-9 in the MEAC and 10-18 overall.

A&T was eliminated by South Carolina State in the first round of the MEAC tournament, the third straight time they have lost their first game.

Roundtree was hired in July 2002. She inherited a program that had gone 13-74 in the previous three seasons and was coming off consecutive seasons of four wins.

Her first team went 6-12 in the MEAC and 7-21 overall and her second was 4-14 in the league and 7-22 overall.

Roundtree, a native of Anderson, S.C., played two years at Kilgore Junior College in Texas and two years as a point guard at Georgia. In 1996 she led the Bulldogs to the NCAA championship game and received the Boost/Naismith award as the national player of the year.

After college, Roundtree played three seasons in the American Basketball League, the now-defunct rival to the WNBA, before knee injuries curtailed her career.

Her first coaching job came as an assistant at Morris Brown, where she became interim coach in mid-December.
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If she was fired for misconduct, then we should not be honoring the last two years of her contract.

If she was fired for performance issues, then say so.

I'm tired of getting that same 'ol line from our athletic dept. when the latest coach has been fired.

[da heretic]

Ouote: "I'm kinda tired of stupid hires for stupid reasons."

I couldn't agree with you more, Doomsday. I wonder what kind of "personal issue" is the article talkin about? Could it be the roster situation, or the number of scholarship players that never suited up for the team that Roundtree signed?

Roundtree was a bad hire from the jump.

[Bornthrilla]

I just heard from a good source that A&T has already hired a new women's basketball coach and its....



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Patrica Cage-Bibbs, formerly of Hampton University.

[DOOMS]

If that's the case I'm sorry for doubting.

[Aggie One]

Now that was a stroke of genius on Renick's part. One of these days we might just stop doubting his judgement and just let him do his thing.

We'll win the MEAC women's title within two years with her as coach.

[Aggie One]

When thinking of Hampton University Lady Pirates Basketball on the Division I level of athletics, Patricia Cage-Bibbs is the only name that comes to mind.

With over 18 years of collegiate coaching experience, there is no doubt that Hampton University Lady Pirates Head Coach, Patricia Cage-Bibbs, is a force to be reckoned with. Entering her seventh year at Hampton University, Coach Bibbs has made it evident in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and to non-conference opponents, alike what it takes to be a great coach.



In what might have been her finest piece of coaching for her career, she established Hampton University Women’s Basketball as an MEAC Champion (Regular Season and Tournament) once again during the course of the 2002-03 season on the way to the best single-season conference record for HU Women’s Basketball since the 1987-88 National Championship team went perfect throughout the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). Under the guise of Bibbs’ “never say quit” and relentless “Pressure Cooker” (full court press for the entire game) attitude, Hampton swept through the MEAC like a hurricane from the bay, winning 17-of-18 regular season conference match-ups with just a 10-player roster—not including three wins during the MEAC Tournament. The defensive-minded Bibbs also put some offense into the equation with her newly formed “Fun and Run” offense that is not afraid to shoot the ball almost 90 to 100 times a game.

“I have always respected her ability to produce a winning program with what is given to her,” states Gary Blair (head women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M University). “She is a good coach, an even better person, and has a great relationship with her kids. She built a powerhouse at Grambling State, and she has now done the same thing at Hampton University.”<br>
If one year is enough to make the whole Hampton University campus start believing once again in the history of a powerful and winning program like Hampton University, then the future must be brighter than the stars above. Throughout the 2002-03 season, attendance jumped by over 2,300 fans to see the legendary coach stake her claim as the second-winningest coach in the history of the program at HU. But the road towards greatness has also been one to watch for Bibbs at Hampton.

In just her first season as head coach at Hampton University, Bibbs took the Lady Pirates basketball program into uncharted waters. She inherited a young team consisting of five starting guards and guided them to a 1997-98 MEAC regular season Co-Championship honor with an overall record of 22-7 (16-2 MEAC). In that very same season, the Lady Pirates finished as the MEAC Tournament Runners-Up, falling to Howard University, 70-78. Thus, proving the fact Bibbs’ existence in the MEAC would heighten the parity of conference competition for years to come.

“Pat is a terrific coach, and she is well respected around the country,” exclaimed Britt King (former head women’s basketball coach at Fresno State University). “I was impressed with her ability to get so much out of her players.”<br>
During the 1998-99 campaign, Bibbs implemented her own philosophies and tactics into the Lady Pirates basketball program. She began by making a move that would first shock, but ultimately surprise, all those who were looking in with doubtful eyes.

Without hesitation, Bibbs, first, recruited an entirely new team, with the exception of three players … MEAC Player of the Year (Danielle Dawson), MEAC Rookie of the Year (Felicia Bryant) and forward (Dionne Cleveland). After that, she continued the framework by adding a more demanding and challenging non-conference schedule. A schedule, in fact, that would promote and denote what Lady Pirates basketball was and still is all about. On this new non-conference schedule, Bibbs elected to face three nationally ranked opponents, including national powers Duke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt. On the season, Bibbs proved to the nation that Hampton University could play and win against anyone as they finished with an 18-10 overall record, while catapulting to their second MEAC regular season title.

But development is what Bibbs is all about. By not peering into the past of Bibbs, you will be unable to see that she did the same turnaround just a few years prior to her arrival to her new “home by the sea”.

Before setting sail to Hampton University at Hampton University, Bibbs served as the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at her proud alma mater of Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana. During her 13-year tenure with the Lady Tigers program, Bibbs led the Lady Tigers program to 244 victories, six Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) titles—three of which came in a four-year span.

In 1996-97, Bibbs became the first coach in SWAC history to lead a team to an undefeated season (14-0) throughout conference play. In what is unmistakably an illustrious career as a collegiate head women’s basketball coach, Bibbs has compiled an overall record of 354-194, along with eight Coach of the Year (seven SWAC / one MEAC) awards in 18 years … just missing another possible MEAC Coach of the Year honor for the outstanding 2002-03 season with the Hampton University Lady Pirates.

But to truly understand the coaching career and where it started for Patricia Cage Bibbs, you must first go to the source of it all. Bibbs’ coaching career began with successful high school stints in her home state of Louisiana. She began at Ruston High School in 1974, where she stayed three years with the Bearcats program. In 1977, she moved to Dubach High School where she completed a six-year stay. During her six years at Dubach, Bibbs led the Hornets to six state playoff appearances. Perhaps her finest moment came in 1983 when she led the Hornets to the Louisiana State Championship, on their way to setting two Louisiana state records—at the time—for most points scored in tournament play. Her exceptional leadership earned her the 1981 and 1983 Louisiana High School Coach of the Year award.

Patricia Cage Bibbs is a native of Choudrant, Louisiana. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Physical Education from Grambling State University in 1972. She later went on to receive a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from Grambling State in 1974. She is happily married to Ezil Bibbs, a former professional football player with the New York Giants. They are the proud parents of two daughters, Sabrina (29) and Satin (15). Bibbs also has two beautiful granddaughters via Sabrina, Dezireé and Kiana.

[da heretic]

Y'all gonna make me crack a nut!!!

God, please let coach Bibbs be the one!!!!

[Aggie One]

She'll run off a Don Corbett type dominance in the women's game, the likes that hasn't been seen in this conference since the eighties when Howard did it.... except it won't be under the table like Bison.

She should and will lock down ever star player in this area from day one with the resources that Renick will give her.

She is a class act, a true quality D-1 caliber coach, a fantastic recruiter and and helluva X's and O/s mind who players love and love to play for.

I must say I never thought she would be available or even interested in the job here as good as she is. That salary package had to be in the works and real tight to seal the deal that fast - less than a week after canning Roundtree.

Now if Jerry can find him a smart ball handling PG and a mad bomber at the 2 spot to go along with the 2 new incoming power forwards he 's about to sign, Corbett Gym should be packed for years to come. ;D

[B]

Aggie One,

Who are the two new power forwards Eaves is going to sign? ;D