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Campus Review
August 15, 2014
Trivia Time
Whodunit?
by John Shiffert
In honor of our cover story this
issue, the ramping up of PACE,
Trivia Time turned to the expertise
of PACE Director Dr. Antoinette
Miller.
In addition to her psych credentials,
Miller is a fan of the greatest con-
sulting detective never to live,
Sherlock Holmes. And, as Kurt-
Alexander Zeller and Miller both
knew, in A. Conan Doyle’s first
Holmesian saga, “A Study in
Scarlet,” the hero of the story,
Jefferson Hope, reached the
denouement of his decades long
quest by holding his long-dead true
love’s wedding ring before the eyes
of the scoundrel who married her,
and was responsible for her death,
and
asking,
“Now,
Enoch
Drebber… who am I?”
If you’ve never read “A Study in
Scarlet,” let’s just say that old
Enoch didn’t leave the room alive.
Also answering with the correct
story, but the wrong character, were
Lou Brackett, Jill Ellington and
Rob Taylor. They at least get a point
for effort.
Sticking with novelists, what really
happened the night the bed fell on
father?
Division II national tournament... a jour-
ney that would be repeated nine more
times under Cox’ leadership.
A native of Edison, Ga., Coleman was a
two-time All-Region selection at Calhoun
County High School. She was later a two-
year letterwinner at Darton, garnering the
team’s Most Improved Player honor as a
sophomore. She earned her bachelor's
degree in education from Clayton State in
May 2006.
A three-time winner of the Whack Hyder
Georgia Women's College Coach of the
Year award, Cox crafted a 267-57 (.824)
record at Clayton State over his 10 years,
with every single team making the NCAA
tournament. From 2010 to 2013, the
Lakers went an incredible 96-6 and were
ranked first in the nation during all three
seasons. His teams have won seven Peach
Belt Conference championships (2005,
2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), four
Peach Belt Conference tournament cham-
pionships (2005, 2007, 2010, 2013), and
four NCAA Division II regional champi-
onships (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) in addi-
tion to 2011 NCAA Division II national
championship that saw the Lakers domi-
nate throughout the tournament, winning
six games by an average of more than 21
points per game.
Along with being the named the Georgia
College Coach of the Year three times, he
has been Peach Belt Conference Coach of
the Year four times, NCAA Division II
Southeast Region Coach of the Year three
times and National Coach of the Year
once.
In addition to his success at Clayton State,
he also achieved similar success in his 14
years of coaching at the junior college
level in Florida. Earlier this year, he was
inducted into the Florida College System
Activities Association (FCSAA) Hall of
Fame for his coaching success at both
Daytona Beach and Valencia.
“It’s an opportunity to build another program,”
says Cox, who also adds that he fell in love
with the city and culture of San Francisco
while he was still coaching in Florida.
“Sometimes you have to step out of your com-
fort zone to grow. It’s going to be an adventure.
It reminds me of when I came here.
“They want to get back to national promi-
nence, and I think we can help them do it.”
In addition to thanking all of his players
from the past 10 years, Cox notes that he
wants to show his special appreciation to
certain people, notably former Clayton
State Athletic Director Mason Barfield
(“He was like a big brother”), former
Clayton State Men’s Basketball Coach
Gordon Gibbons (“He prepared the way
for
us”),
Athletic
Department
Administrative Assistant Pat Keane, for-
mer Athletic Trainer John Zubal (now
head of sportsmedicine at Ferrum
College) and, of course, Coleman, the
heart and soul of Laker women’s basket-
ball.
“In my 32 years of working with coaches
at the high school and college level, I have
never met anyone more suited to the pro-
fession than Dennis Cox,” says Barfield.
“A coach must be able to inspire his play-
ers to want to win for him. They earn this
by how they demand their players to be
more than just a great basketball player. I
saw him take six seniors who won two
conference games the previous year, and
win the conference regular season cham-
pionship, the conference tournament
championship, and advance to the NCAA
tournament. His players trusted him due
to his desire for them to be better people.
“I appreciate his commitment to the uni-
versity, his team, and even more especial-
ly to me. He has always been not only a
great coach in my eyes, but a great friend.
I wish him nothing but the best in this new
adventure.”
Brandon Marshall, Administrative
Coordinator
“Mr. Marshall’s diligence and attention to
detail make him an excellent mentor for
his culturally diverse from Front Desk
staff in the SAC Fitness Center where he
provides experiential learning to his stu-
dent employees in the areas of customer
service and administration. Brandon has
employed students from Iran, Sweden,
Russia, and many other cultures and back-
grounds and has effectively educated each
one on the importance of customer service
by empowering them to provide excellent
customer service to all Fitness Center
members (especially the senior communi-
ty members from which they often receive
compliments and thanks).”
Cox, cont’d.from p. 15
Dream Catchers, cont’d. from p. 11