Gary Waters

Gary Waters
Gary Steven Watersis an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Cleveland State University. Waters was named the 14th head basketball coach at Cleveland State University on April 6, 2006. Gary S. Waters is a Detroit, Michigan native and a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School; he is also a member of the Ferris State University Hall of Fame. He previously coached at Rutgers University, guiding the Scarlet Knights to the NIT tournament final in...
decision knew program suited trying ways worry
I knew what his aspirations were and I had to make a decision in my mind: 'Do I worry about what his aspirations are or am I trying to make this program better?' And when I thought about the ways to make this program better, there was no better person suited for that position.
accomplish action basketball best coaching course enjoyed family five move opportunity past program team time tremendous work
I have enjoyed coaching the Rutgers basketball team for the past five seasons, and have had the opportunity to work with some tremendous young men. But at this time, I feel that this is the best course of action for me to take for the Rutgers basketball program and for my family. I feel we were able to accomplish a lot here, but it is time for me and my family to move forward.
clean match move program stay time
I feel it's time to move on. My stay here was very good, and it's time to move on. They told me to clean up this program and I did that. It just wasn't the right match in my estimation.
accomplish action basketball best coaching course enjoyed family five move opportunity past program team time tremendous work
At this time, I feel that this is the best course of action for me to take for the Rutgers basketball program and for my family. I feel we were able to accomplish a lot here, but it is time for me and my family to move forward. I have enjoyed coaching the Rutgers basketball team for the past five seasons, and have had the opportunity to work with some tremendous young men.
pulled trying
He should have pulled up. He was trying to get fouled, I know that's what he was thinking.
answers beat kids played today
I thought our kids played hard. Today we just got beat by a better team. They had all the answers today.
essence reprieve
In essence it was a reprieve from Wednesday.
execute fabulous regulation
At times in regulation we didn't execute as well as I wanted us to execute. But I thought we were fabulous in overtime.
tests
I'm optimistic. All the tests have been done and Anthony is progressing. We think he'll play.
fabulous guys kept mean played ran
I think our guys played admirably. I thought Quincy was fabulous in the first half. He kept us in there. I mean without him, we're not in there and we don't have a chance. But I think we ran out of gas.
deserved ending feels grew win
I thought we grew up and we deserved to win a game. But (Syracuse) feels the same way. That kind of ending had nothing to do with us. That was just fate.
coming letting loss people
People still aren't letting me live down that loss to Providence. But we're coming along.
backed credit deal eight four game great kept last minutes
I have to give DePaul a great deal of credit because they could have backed down in that game when we were up by eight in the last four minutes of the game. But they kept fighting.
focused kids leave
I thought our kids focused in on what we wanted to accomplish. They didn't leave anything unturned.