Norfolk State girls’s basketball is trying to hold its maintain on the HBCU/MEAC basketball world and it seems to have its man to interchange Larry Vickers Jr.
Present Coppin State head coach Jermaine Woods is reportedly finalizing a deal that may have him substitute Larry Vickers as this system’s head coach. The information was first reported by Liv Antilla and confirmed to HBCU Gameday by a supply.
The Norfolk, VA native lately led Coppin State to a 19-15 report, ending its season within the second spherical of the WNIT. A kind of wins was in opposition to Arizona State.
Woods went 30-40 in his first two seasons at CSU. In his first season as head coach, Woods guided the Eagles to non-conference wins Winthrop, Saint Peter’s and St. Francis (Pa.) and a fifth seed within the MEAC Event. Mossi Staples and Jewel Watkins each earned Second Crew All-Convention honors whereas Watkins was positioned on the league’s defensive crew. In a victory over Delaware State, CSU set a then school-record with 12 3-pointers and the squad set a single-season report with 181 3-point area objectives.
Throughout Woods’ second season as head coach, Coppin State superior to the MEAC Semifinals for the primary time since 2016 and posted spectacular non-conference street wins at FIU and Pittsburgh. The victory in opposition to the Panthers was CSU’s first-ever in opposition to a Energy Convention program. Incomes the 4 seed within the MEAC Event, Laila Lawrence and Religion Blackstone earned main MEAC awards, 1st Crew All-Convention accolades and BOXTOROW HBCU All-America honors. Angel Jones additionally picked up 2nd Crew All-Convention recognition.
Woods began his taking part in profession at Belmont-Abbey earlier than ending out at Christopher Newport College the place he was a D3 All-American. He began his teaching profession at Virginia Tech earlier than transitioning to Outdated Dominion and Wake Forest. He joined the Baltimore-based HBCU as affiliate head coach in 2020.
Now he’s returning again dwelling to take cost of a program that gained 30 video games and is the three-time defending MEAC Event champion. Final month Woods acquired a style of being again dwelling throughout the MEAC Event.
“I didn’t sleep in any respect. I haven’t been sleeping. Haven’t eaten both. So I must eat. I’m going to have a great meal immediately,” Woods mentioned throughout the MEAC Event. “Individuals are feeding us good. We’ve good, fancy eating places each day, and individuals are caring for us.”
Along with to consuming properly, Jermaine Woods now has the duty of maintaining Norfolk State on prime of the HBCU and MEAC hill and maintaining it as top-of-the-line mid-major applications within the nation.
