BLIKNS Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Last I herad he was an assistant at the University of Denver(Sun Belt Conference).Didn`t he coach at Country Day for a few years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 He is listed on the U. of Denver web site as an Asst. Coach. I remember being impressed by him while watching practices. He had great communication skills and really seemed to know the game well. I never could figure out why he hasn't been named as a HC somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 charles love told me once that the main reason justin came to saint louis university was greg lackey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamontcranston Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 Derek Thomas who was an assisstant at SLU during the Spoon years and is now the head coach at Eastern Illinois basically said the same thing about Marquee Perry on a radio interveiw a few months ago on KFNS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlee Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 I believe Derek is at Western Illinois not Eastern Illnois Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cujaysfan Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 lack is still at DU. he doesn't seem to need to be a head coach - although if denver offered him - he would probably take them up on it. loves the colorado lifestyle. don't think he will be going anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 I always heard that he was an a**. I have no personal knowledge of this but heard it from several persons who were around the basketball program then. He obviously was not held in high regard because when Spoon left he recommended Lackey for the job and he hardly got a sniff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tseugnekillib Posted May 27, 2004 Share Posted May 27, 2004 It's possible you never met the real Greg Lackey. I feel that Spoon keep a pretty tight lid on his assistant coaches at public gatherings. It was as if Spoon didn't want any Billiken bball info leaked out. If you eliminate any of your recruiting info from getting leaked out, the fans never know who you missed on! I ran into GL at a private party while he was still a SLU assistant and he was a pleasant guy. I also ran into GL at a local high school holiday tournament when he was coaching at MICDS. Again, he was a very open and a pleasant guy willing to talk high school or college basketball with a Billiken fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 Greg was a pretty cool guy, and I remember one conversation that we had about his time with the Don Haskins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted May 28, 2004 Share Posted May 28, 2004 As I said, I had no personal knowledge of him just what others had told me. Apparently he did have two sides as I guess most of us do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dribbler Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 Greg took the bullet for Haskins at UTEP, and thus ended up scrambling for a job. Spoon hired him and we were better off as a result. Greg was always willing to speak at the tip off club meetings, and was always very candid. I remember that at a pre-season meeting he was asked how the offense would run now that Larry would be playing. He said that they would give the ball to Larry and watch him score. Greg was also responsible for bringing H Waldman to us. He is a nice man and a good coach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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