Head Men's Basketball Coach at Roane State Community College. 2x TCCAA Conference Champions. 2x Appalachian District Coach of the Year. Sic Parvis Magna.
Fun fact: if you don’t graduate from a JUCO with a 2.5, you can’t go Division 1.....so you may want to start asking about graduation rate when looking into picking your JUCO......some of these people have you fooled
Thankful for every opportunity I’ve earned in my short coaching career! Excited to announce that I’ll be joining Coach Kevin Burton’s staff at Union College next season!
I got into coaching to help players achieve their goals. It’s a shame when people make it about them and not trying to help young people grow on and off the court
Over the last 3 years, we’ve set all kinds of awesome milestones as a program! Today, we were able to have back to back 20 win seasons for the first time in program history! Grateful to have had a lot of great players carry our program, and myself, to new heights!
#GoRaiders
Grateful to have had such an amazing boss and mentor the last 6 years! There’s no doubt that he leaves big shoes to fill! I’m incredibly excited about the opportunity to attempt to fill those shoes as the Interim Head Coach at Roane State!
#GoRaiders
Most wins in the last decade of our program ✅
Region 7 Tournament Champions ✅
First ever NJCAA Tournament appearance ✅
Another year of a 100% graduation rate for our sophomores ✅
Heck of a year for our guys! And can’t wait for what’s to come!
#RaiderGang
My last season as a player began exactly 7 years ago to the day. Now tonight I get the blessing of my first game as a head coach. How time flies! Excited to lead these great men into battle tonight!
#FirstOfMany
Everyday for the last week, I’ve prayed for just one more day to lead this team! One more day to be apart of what these young men were accomplishing! This is a special group! Toughest bunch of dudes around! Couldn’t ask for more!
#GoRaiders
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#HutchBound
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What a year for our program! We had a blast the last few days at Hutch. Wasn’t the outcome we wanted, but our players have taken us to new heights! Can’t wait to get back working with our guys, and finding the next batch of guys to keep pushing new levels! Always
#RaiderGang
!
Phones been ringing A LOT lately about 6’5” G/F
@Kavan_Hill5
lately!
✔️ 16 PPG (4th in conference)
✔️ 8 RPG (6th in conference)
✔️56% from the field (7th in conference)
✔️45% from 3PT averaging 3 made 3’s per game (4th in conference)
Don’t be late to the party!
@JUCOadvocate
6’1 Freshman PG
@DemierreB
filled it up last night in a 94-64 win vs. Chatt State! Ended with 24 points and went 11-13 from the field and added a highlight to his 💼!
#CobraTime
@JUCOadvocate
#SCTop10
What a wild three games! Grateful that God gave me one more go-around with these guys! Tough, coachable, resilient guys who never give up! Couldn’t ask for a better group! God is Good!
Rebound King 👑
After scoring 5⃣7⃣ points and grabbing 4⃣9⃣ rebounds for
@RSCCBasketball
last week, Walter Campbell has been named the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Men's Player of the Week! 🏀
#NJCAAPOTW
Having respect for your players isn’t coddling them and telling them what they want to hear. Respecting your players is being honest and telling them what they need to hear to improve themselves and the team dynamic.
Developing guys who had no recruitment out of high school into guys who other colleges love is by far the most fun part of coaching! Absolutely love coaching my
#HiddenGems
!
Recruiting thought of the day: If players would stop picking their school on a name, title, gear, and other material things, and pick more on what the program is going to do for them as a player, maybe the transfer rate wouldn’t be so astronomical.
If only people understood how emotionally difficult coaching can be. My heart breaks every year for the guys who’s season didn’t end how they wanted. Could not be more proud of the fight and grit we displayed this year! Thank God for this blessing of being deeply invested!
I couldn’t be more grateful for everything the amazing people at Roane State have done for me the past 4 years, especially Coach Nesbit! I will miss RoCo dearly! Everyone in the school’s administration are top notch people! It was an amazing blessing to work there.
Saw a pretty impressive stat the other day! We led the entire NJCAA in defensive rebounds per game and we were 7th in total rebounds per game! Biggest starter was 6’6”! Not too shabby for a team of guys who are “too small!”
#ToughnessWins
I think one of the coolest things about Freed-Hardeman winning the NAIA National Title is how
@CoachDStutts
did it against the “norm.” In a time of transfers galore, he has DOMINATED the high school recruiting scene and built over time. No shortcuts! And it’s paid off!
Thankful to have made it to 27! Days like today make me reminisce on how grateful I am for everyone in my life, and how much I miss those I’ve lost along the way. Hope everyone has had a blessed day.
The final
#NJCAABasketball
DI Men's rankings are HERE ⤵️
6⃣ Mineral Area
7⃣ Triton
8⃣ Daytona State
9⃣ Northwest Florida State
🔟 Indian Hills
Full Rankings |
Not the outcome we wanted but man did our guys fight in the 2nd half. Not many people could be down 20 at half and cut it back to 3 with 10 minutes left. Lot of heart with this group. Proud to be a Raider!
One of the best wings in the country 🤷🏻♂️ can’t put it any simpler than that! No brainer D1 guy! Works like he’s the worst guy in the gym every day! Can’t say enough good things about this guy!
No better feeling than sending out grade reports and hearing your guys have attended every class and haven’t missed an assignment!
#NotYourTypicalJUCO
#CharacterMatters
When I say our program operates differently than any other JUCO in the country, I mean it. Ever heard of a JUCO having TWO Valedictorians in the same signing class? 🤷🏻♂️
#JUCOIsForEveryone
Best advice I’ve ever been given was by my high school assistant coach after I signed: “no matter how good you are, your coach will ALWAYS be trying to find someone better. You have to prove your worth every single day.”
#EarnYourKeep
Big games from a lot of our guys last night to push us to 3-0
@SebasDaOnly1
- 18 points, 6 rbds, 3 assists, 3 steals
@devin_perry2
- 17 points, 8 assists
@ceariusw4
- 14 points, 15 rebounds
@Marrizle_1
- 12 points, 3 assists, 3 rbds, 3 steals
@kavonb12
- 12 points, 7 rbds
Nothing is more fun than officiating AAU Basketball. Championship games are the best when a team loses and suddenly you’re “pathetic” and a “disgrace.” Perfect chance to show God’s love and say thank you and wish them a Merry Christmas
Lamar Odom had 12 strokes and 6 heart attacks while in his coma and lived to talk about it, but people don’t believe in God and his ability to work miracles 🤦🏻♂️
No one deserves it more! All those insane hours you’ve put in, all the blood, sweat, and tears. Grateful to get to coach such a loyal, high character guy. We’re not done yet though 💯
Union Collegeis looking for some future Bulldogs so we will be holding two open tryouts this month:
Friday June 21st at 6 PM
Sunday June 30th at 3 PM
DM if you have any questions.
A school having a kid reschedule a visit solely due to the player trying to recover from being banged up all season and not being able to play pickup on their visit, when every possession they played this year is on Synergy 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
Some of the best players I’ve had the privilege of coaching were guys who were under the radar. No offers. On their last chance. Because they knew they had no choice but to grind. They fought to earn everything! They weren’t entitled and uncoachable!
#TheDogsFindAWay
Satan desires to make us feel guilty, hopeless, ashamed, lonely, unlovable and powerless. However, our God tells us we are clean. We are always good enough. We are always forgiven. We are always loved. Rejoice in that for we are never alone.
Wow, what a finish!
@RSCCBasketball
sunk a three-point shot at the buzzer to win tonight’s game and advance to the finals. The Raiders will take on Dyersburg State on Tuesday. Join us in the gym at 4pm!
#GoRaiders
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📸: Chris Barger
After driving for two days straight, and fighting off the snowpocalypse of Tennessee, the
@RSCCBasketball
team has finally made it to Hutch!
#RaiderGang
Your Roane State Raiders will be taking on Southwest TN in the first round of the TJCAA Region 7 Tournament this Saturday at 8 PM CST! Exciting weekend coming up full of great games!
The best part of coaching is getting to see your players grow up, graduate, get married, get their dream job, and become successful! Nothing compares to that!
Congrats
@SebasDaOnly1
! Been the goal since day 1! Super proud of the work you’ve put in, and the toughness you bring! Glad we could be a part of your story! Now let’s keep writing it!
#NotDoneYet
Such an amazing accomplishment for an amazing young man! Not many can have these numbers and not be a volume, low percentage guy! Oh and he had 41 tonight too!
@SebasDaOnly1
#EfficientBucketGetter
Congratulations goes out to Roane State Sophomore
@SebasDaOnly1
on becoming only the 2nd player at Roane State to reach the 1,000 point mark. Amazing accomplishment!! 👏 🏀
Hands down the hardest pill I’ve had to swallow as a coach. Such a tough gritty performance this week by our guys to make it to the conference championship game! We will be back sooner than later.
#FirstOfMany
Friday night
@DeMierreB
became the first ever Roane State Raider to break the 1000 point mark! Help us congratulate this amazing young man on his achievement!
#TheCobra
It’s days like today that make me incredibly grateful for the incredible group of young men I get to impact every day, the amazing boss I work for, the past players who have impacted my life, and my family and friends that support me unconditionally!
#GodBless
#HappyThanksgiving
Big road win for the Raiders! Moving up to 6-3 on the season!
Come out Monday to Randy Nesbit court for our final game of the semester against Snead State!
#GoRaiders
Watching “skills” trainers these days bugs me. Some of y’all need to get your money back. If your player is being taught how to do 72 dribble moves and not being taught how to shoot or finish at a higher level, those moves are useless.
#BucketsMatter