John Beilein
John Beilein
John Patrick Beileinis an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball head coach at the University of Michigan. He is the 16th head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The 2015–16 season is his ninth at Michigan. Beilein has won 665 career games at four-year universitiesand 732 games altogether, including those at the junior-college level. He has previously coached the West Virginia Mountaineers, Richmond Spiders, Canisius College Golden Griffinsin Division I as well as Le Moyne College, Nazareth Collegeand Erie...
direction excited games good national possibly speaks teams television top unless year
We're very excited about our television schedule. To go from one or two national games a year to possibly double-digit games on national television is good news, but you can't get on television unless you play the top teams in the country. It speaks well about the direction of our program.
against ended higher kids played recruit result richmond saying staff tape type watched win
We had played against him in the A-10 when I was at Richmond, so as a result I watched him on tape and ended up saying to my Richmond staff 'These are the type of kids we need to recruit if we want to win at a higher level.
balls behind dive easier loose
We couldn't have done it without the crowd. It's a lot easier to dive for those loose balls when the crowd's behind you.
might shots won
Two more shots and we might have won this game.
everybody hard looks open pitt played tremendous tried
Everybody just looks at the stats as the telltale sign. Pitt just played tremendous defense. We tried to get open looks. It was very hard to get them.
game good luck players shot
Tonight's game wasn't about who had better players or better coaches. That shot was all about luck. We had some good luck and they had some bad.
good
We just try to get good shots. We take what's given.
fortunate liked road though tough trip win
We just had a really tough road trip at Pitt, Georgetown and at Seton Hall. There's not too many times you feel fortunate to win one out of three. But I do feel that way, even though we would have liked to win them all, or two out of three.
deeper five jamie returning sort year
We have five returning players, and Jamie is six. So, we'll probably go a little deeper into the year before we sort things out.
start
Now we just go back and teach. We start over.
looked mike overly practiced
Mike practiced and looked good. We are not overly concerned.
caught created deep knew maybe playing problems wore
Maybe we got a little fatigued there. We keep playing and playing and maybe that caught up with us a little. I created the problems a little. I knew that we were not going back to Morgantown for one day. That wore on us, because we're not a deep team. We need rest.
anybody feed green
We've never had anybody like this. It's something we try to feed off of. He's essentially got a green light. He disciplines himself.
edge guys listened meetings wish
I wish they listened to me that attentively in some of our meetings because our guys were on the edge of their seat.