Bruiser Flint
{{Short description|American men's college basketball coach (born 1965)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bruiser Flint
| image = Bruiser_Flint_Jan_20_2001.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Assistant coach
| current_team = Arkansas
| current_conference = SEC
| current_record =
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|23}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1983–1987
| player_team1 = Saint Joseph's
| coach_years1 = 1987–1989
| coach_team1 = Coppin State (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1989–1996
| coach_team2 = UMass (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1996–2001
| coach_team3 = UMass
| coach_years4 = 2001–2016
| coach_team4 = Drexel
| coach_years5 = 2017–2020
| coach_team5 = Indiana (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2020–2024
| coach_team6 = Kentucky (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2024–present
| coach_team7 = Arkansas (assistant)
| overall_record = 331–289
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 0–2 (NCAA Division I)
2–6 (NIT)
| championships = CAA regular season (2012)
| awards = 4× CAA Coach of the Year (2002, 2004, 2009, 2012)
4× NABC District Coach of the Year (1998, 2007, 2009, 2012)
| coaching_records =
}}
James "Bruiser" Flint (born July 23, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Arkansas. He was most recently the head coach at Drexel University.
Collegiate playing career
Flint is a 1987 graduate of Saint Joseph's University. While attending St. Joe's, Flint was a member of the school's varsity basketball team. Flint was named to the all-Atlantic 10 team as a senior, and was inducted into the St. Joe's athletic hall of fame in 1988.
Early coaching career
In 1987, Flint became an assistant coach at Coppin State University. Two years later, Flint became an assistant coach under John Calipari at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (or UMass). After Calipari left UMass for the NBA in 1996, Flint was named his successor, becoming the school's 17th head coach. While coach of the Minutemen, Flint compiled an overall record of 86–72. He won an NABC District Coach of the Year award in 1998.{{cite web|title=Bruiser Flint Biography|url=http://www.bruiserflint.com/bio.html|accessdate=March 22, 2012}} Facing pressure after being unable to maintain the Minutemen's level of success that they enjoyed under Calipari, Flint resigned from UMass after the 2000–01 season.http://umassathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/031201aaa.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}
Later coaching career
Flint became the head coach at Drexel on April 5, 2001, succeeding Steve Seymour, who had been fired that March after failing to make the NCAA Tournament in either of his two seasons as head coach. Flint's hiring at Drexel coincided with Drexel's move from the America East Conference, where the school had enjoyed a sustained level of success under former head coach Bill Herrion, to the Colonial Athletic Association (or CAA).{{cite news|title=Drexel hires Flint as new head coach|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=20010405&id=5xoyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BKIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5627,3807522|accessdate=April 2, 2013|newspaper=The Reading Eagles|date=April 5, 2001}}
During his tenure at Drexel, Flint was named CAA coach of the year four times (2002, 2004, 2009, 2012).{{cite web |url=http://www.drexeldragons.com/News/mbball/2009/3/6/caawards09.asp?path%3Dmbball |title=Drexel University Athletics |accessdate=March 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311053353/http://www.drexeldragons.com/News/mbball/2009/3/6/caawards09.asp?path=mbball |archivedate=March 11, 2009 }} He also won an NABC District Coach of the Year award three times (2007, 2009, 2012).{{cite web|title=Bruiser Flint Named District Coach of the Year for the Fourth Time|url=http://www.drexeldragons.com/news/2012/3/21/MBB_0321120529.aspx?path=mbball|publisher=Drexel Athletics|accessdate=March 22, 2012|date=March 21, 2012}} Under Flint, Drexel made five NIT appearances. In 2012, the school won its first CAA Regular Season Championship in 2012, but lost to VCU in the finals of the Conference Tournament. On Selection Sunday, Drexel narrowly missed an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Matt|title=NCAA Tournament 2012: Drexel, Seton Hall, Miami among biggest snubs settling for NIT|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/post/ncaa-tournament-2012-drexel-seton-hall-miami-among-biggest-snubs-settling-for-nit/2012/03/12/gIQA22kq7R_blog.html|accessdate=March 22, 2012|newspaper=Washington Post|date=March 21, 2012}} On March 7, 2016, following the end of Drexel's season, Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.{{cite web|last1=Goodman|first1=Jeff|last2=Borzello|first2=Jeff|title=Bruiser Flint fired by Drexel after 15 seasons|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14920040/drexel-dragons-fired-coach-bruiser-flint|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 7, 2016|date=March 7, 2016}} At the time of his firing, he was the all–time winningest coach in Drexel basketball history.
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = UMass Minutemen
| conference = Atlantic 10 Conference
| startyear = 1996
| endyear = 2001
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = UMass
| overall = 19–14
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = UMass
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = T–2nd (East)
| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = UMass
| overall = 14–16
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–00
| name = UMass
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
| postseason = NIT First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = UMass
| overall = 15–15
| conference = 11–5
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = UMass
| overall = 86–72 ({{Winning percentage|86|72}})
| confrecord = 52–28 ({{Winning percentage|52|28}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Drexel Dragons
| conference = Colonial Athletic Association
| startyear = 2001
| endyear = 2016
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Drexel
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Drexel
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NIT Opening Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Drexel
| overall = 18–11
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NIT First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Drexel
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NIT Opening Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Drexel
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Drexel
| overall = 23–9
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NIT First Round
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Drexel
| overall = 12–20
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Drexel
| overall = 15–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Drexel
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Drexel
| overall = 21–10
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2011–12
| name = Drexel
| overall = 29–7
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NIT Quarterfinals
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Drexel
| overall = 13–18
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Drexel
| overall = 16–14
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Drexel
| overall = 11–19
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Drexel
| overall = 6–25
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Drexel
| overall = 245–217 ({{Winning percentage|245|217}})
| confrecord = 150–117 ({{Winning percentage|150|117}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 331–289 ({{Winning percentage|331|289}})
}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.bruiserflint.com/}}
{{UMass Minutemen basketball coach navbox}}
{{Drexel Dragons men's basketball coach navbox}}
{{Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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