Assistant Coach David Cox Leaves Georgetown for Rutgers; Darryl Prue To Be Named Next Hoyas Assistant Coach
by CasualHoya on May 13, 2010 5:51 PM EDT
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PrintAccording to Rutgers insiders, Georgetown Assistant Coach David Cox has decided to leave Georgetown and join Mike Rice's staff at Rutgers. We have learned that current video coordinator Darryl Prue will be elevated to assistant coach to replace the departed Cox.
Darryl Prue
Cox has been a valuable member of JT3's bench and has played a large role in the recruitment of this year's top-20 class, most notably with Moses Abraham and his ultimate decision to choose Georgetown over Indiana. Our source indicated that JT3 was trying to get Georgetown's 'powers that be' to match the offer Cox received from Rutgers in an attempt to keep Cox at Georgetown.
Coaching shakeup after 'The Jump':
Below is Prue's bio, per GUHoyas.com:
Darryl Prue is in his first year as the video coordinator at Georgetown, but he is no stranger to the men's basketball program, having served as a member John Thompson III's staff from 2004-05 to 2006-07.
Prue rejoins the Hoyas after spending the last two years as an assistant to Todd Bozeman at Morgan State University.
After graduating from West Virginia in 1990, Prue spent 11 years on the international basketball circuit, winning three league championships.
A native of Washington, D.C., Prue guided Dunbar High School to a No. 1 national ranking by USA Today in his junior season. His many honors include two First-Team All-Met selections and Third-Team All-American (Street & Smith) status as a senior.
Prue lettered all four years at West Virginia, while earning a bachelor of arts in physical education. He was honored as the Co-Rookie of the Year in the Atlantic 10 as a freshman, received Second-Team All-League honors his sophomore year and First-Team recognition his last two years. Prue was named an Honorable Mention All-American his junior year.
He resides in Maryland and has one daughter, Chelsie-Marie (16).
As reported yesterday, Cox has been instrumental in securing a number of recent Georgetown recruits, and his connection to local AAU team DC Assault has been valuable. Current assistant Kenya Hunter will be expected to fill Cox's substantial recruiting shoes as JT3's new #1 recruiter.
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Bad news bears...
There goes Jordon Goodman and many of the stars we had lined up for 2011
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
LOI is Binding
As long as Moses signed, it is binding. I think players can only get a release if the head coach bounces.
by The Ambassador on May 13, 2010 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions
True...
But did he sign his LOI yet? He has until Wednesday I think
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 13, 2010 7:01 PM EDT up reply actions
crappity crappity crap
no doubts about it, this is bad.
My doublestuffed oreos fell on the floor of my mom's basement. Save me swagman!
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on May 13, 2010 6:41 PM EDT reply actions
eh, short term it’s a loss, we almost definitely will lose goodman.
But JTIII does the majority of the heavy lifting on recruiting. I doubt it affects the guys we’ve been on for a long time who have gotten a chance to talk to JTIII and visit campus. Plus it’s happening early so there’s plenty of time to make up any ground we lose as a result.
Long term this is goign to be a net plus for recruiting. He was called Taub for a reason.
ha
balla called him Taub…
Not sure how much Cox’s Assault connections helped but it was nice to have.
You are right though, JT3 recruited the heavyweights of past/current teams: Summers, Wright, Freeman, Clark, Monroe
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 13, 2010 7:03 PM EDT up reply actions
speaking of Summers
What about bringing Broadus back?
Good talk.
Casual Hoya
by Hire Esherick on May 13, 2010 7:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Broadus
I’m not sure the toxicity has worn off from his tenure at Binghamton yet, but he certainly deserves another shot somewhere.
I would love for him to be back on JT3’s bench – the guy could convince a vegan to eat a hamburger.
I need to go home.
Casually.
Agreed on all accounts
Broadus is the perfect guy for the job. But I doubt people in Healy or McDonough would want to deal with the headache of Pete Thamel setting up shop on campus.
On a related note I randomly ate lunch next to Cox and Hunter at Chipotle a few days ago. Made a note of it but didn’t wait around to creepily see what they ordered.
wait...
if you ate next to them you must have already seen what they had ordered as they wouldn’t have sat down without their food
- casual sherlock
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