- Ricky Stokes
College coach infobox
Name = Ricky Stokes
Sport =Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1962|3|29
Birthplace =Richmond, Virginia , US
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College = East Carolina
Title = Head coach
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Player = *
Years = 1980–1984
Team = Virginia
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CoachYears = 1984–1985
1988–1989
1989–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2003
2003–2005
2005–2007
CoachTeams = Virginia (asst.)
Bowling Green (asst.)
Wake Forest (asst.)
Virginia (asst.)
Texas (asst.)
Virginia Tech
South Carolina (asst.)
East Carolina
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BBallHOF =Ricky Stokes is an American former men's
college basketball coach.Player
As a
point guard for the Virginia Cavaliers, Stokes set the record for career games played with 134, a record that he still holds. [cite web|url=http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/VaSID/Records/Men's%20Division%201.doc|title=Virginia Basketball Records] The Cavaliers made theNCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship each year that Stokes was with the team and during the three years that Stokes played along the legendaryRalph Sampson , the team earned a #1 seed. [cite news |url=http://www.cavalierdaily.com/news/2005/apr/26/former-cavalier-point-guard-excels-as-coach/|title=Former Cavalier point guard excels as coach |work=Cavalier Daily |last=Wagner |first=James|date=2005-04-26|accessdate=2008-01-12]Coach
Stokes was hired in 1999 by
Jim Weaver , the new director of athletics at Virginia Tech, to replace the firedBobby Hussey .In his first year as coach, Stokes brought the Hokies their first winning season since the departure of Bill Foster but that year would be his high water mark in Blacksburg. Beginning with the 2000-01 season, the Hokies departed the Atlantic 10 conference and joined the much tougher Big East. Stokes was unable to recruit Big East level talent to Virginia Tech and the team's record suffered accordingly.
The highlight of his four seasons at Tech were blowout wins over #18 cbb link|season=2002-03|team=Connecticut Huskies|school=University of Connecticut|title=Connecticut and rival Virginia his final year. Stokes was dismissed after a third straight losing season and a 10-48 overall record in the Big East. [cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/news/2003/03/10/vtech_stokes_ap/|title=Stokes out at Va. Tech|date=2003-03-10|accessdate=2008-01-12|author=Associated Press|publisher=Sports Illustrated] In none of these three years in the Big East was Virginia Tech able to qualify for the conference post-season tournament under Stokes.
Coaching record
CBB Yearly Record Start
type = coach
conference = yes
postseason = no
poll = no
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rivalryteam2 = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = Virginia Tech
conference=Atlantic 10 ,Big East
startyear = 1999
endyear = 2003CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 1999-00
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 16-15
conference = Atlantic 10
confstanding = 8-8
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 2000-01
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 8-19
conference = Big East
confstanding = 2-14
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 2001-02
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 10-18
conference = Big East
confstanding = 4-12
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 2002-03
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 12-17
conference = Big East
confstanding = 4-12
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Virginia Tech
overall = 45-70
confrecord = noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name = cbb link|team=East Carolina Pirates|school=East Carolina University|title=East Carolina
conference=Conference USA
startyear = 2005
endyear = 2007CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 2005-06
name = East Carolina
overall = 8-20
conference = Conference USA
confstanding = 2-12
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = no
season = 2006-07
name = East Carolina
overall = 6-24
conference = Conference USA
confstanding = 1-13
postseason = no
ranking = no
ranking2 = noCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = East Carolina
overall = 14-44
confrecord = noCBB Yearly Record End
rivalrygame = no
overall = 59-114
poll = no
polltype = no
polltype2 = no
References
External links
* [http://ecupirates.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/stokes_ricky00.html East Carolina bio]
* [http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/mktg/east/Ricky-Stokes.cfm Bouncing Back] ("East Magazine" article)
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