5/18/2004 - Men's Basketball
Navy Completes Men's Basketball Coaching Staff with Burroughs and Flickner
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy men's basketball coach Billy Lange announced Tuesday that he has hired Eugene Burroughs as an assistant coach and retained Blake Flickner to complete his coaching staff. Burroughs and Flickner join Joe Burke and John Krikorian who came on board in April.
Burroughs joins the Navy staff after spending four seasons as an assistant coach at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. As a member of the Red Foxes program, he played a role in nearly every aspect of the day-to-day operation of the team, including conditioning and working with the backcourt players.
Prior to joining the Marist staff in the summer of 2000, he spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Hofstra University. While at Hofstra, Burroughs coordinated the individual instruction program for each player, as well has handling team travel and game day operations. During the 1999-2000 season, Burroughs helped lead the Flying Dutchmen to a 24-7 overall mark and a 16-2 mark in the America East Conference. That season, Hofstra captured the America East Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Burroughs had a short stint at American University (1996-97) in Washington, D.C. as an assistant coach, where he was responsible for scouting, individual instruction, preseason conditioning and the film exchange program.
A 1994 graduate of the University of Richmond with a degree in speech communication, Burroughs garnered Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) All-Defensive honors as a junior and was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team in 1991. As a co-captain during the 1993-94 campaign, he started in 25 games, leading the Spiders in minutes played (31.1) and assists (4.0), while averaging 8.4 points per game. He dished out 105 assists as a senior, which stands 10th on Richmond's single-season assists leader board. In addition, Burroughs ranks sixth all-time in steals (127) and assists (316) in Spider history.
"I'm excited about the opportunity to be a part of such a prestigious academic and athletic program," said Burroughs. "I feel with the guidance of Coach Lange and our administration, we will have a great opportunity to be successful within the Patriot League."
"I am very excited about welcoming Eugene as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy," said Lange. "He brings a great deal of experience from a coaching and recruiting standpoint. As a former player at the University of Richmond, he is a great example of how to succeed in the classroom, as well as on the basketball floor."
Flickner joined the Navy basketball staff last summer after a two-year stint with the Colorado State men's basketball program where he served as an administrative assistant before taking on the role of Director of Basketball Operations.
Flickner graduated with distinction from Kansas in May of 1998 with a degree in business administration. He earned his Master of Arts Degree in Christian education at Dallas Theological Seminary in May of 2001 where he graduated with honors. Flickner and his wife, the former Mary Nettleton, reside in Arnold.
"The enthusiasm, positive energy and vision Coach Lange has brought to our program is contagious," said Flickner. "I feel proud and blessed to have the opportunity to be a part of the family that is Navy Basketball. My wife and I love Annapolis and the Academy, and we look forward to continuing to build on the outstanding tradition of Navy Basketball fo many years to come."
"Blake is a great young coach with a tremendous amount of energy and enthusiasm for his job," said Lange. "He impressed me immediately with his respect towards the Naval Academy and its basketball program."
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