Stan Heath
Stan Heath
Stanley Heath, IIIwas the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida. Heath formerly served as basketball coach of the University of Arkansas and Kent State University, the latter of whom he led to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Basketball Tournament. He led all three programs to at least one NCAA Tournament...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 December 1964
focused games hard minutes worry
It's just one of those games that it's hard to get out of your mind. More importantly, for 40 minutes we were focused on Auburn and we didn't worry about that.
games protect
It's important for us to protect home. I know I say that a lot, but it is important. We have 14 (SEC) games left, but this is the most important one.
games incredible kids south
Those kids are hurting. That was an incredible effort. I have never experienced games like this where they just go south on you in different ways.
continue games home hopefully win
We want to continue to play well and hopefully win on the road. From now on, there are no more home games and all games are on the road.
best fans games gave looking somebody
Awesome! Somebody is looking over us. We never gave up. One of the best games I've ever been a part of. The fans were incredible.
close games similar situations
They've had some similar situations that we've had. They've had some close games that didn't go their way.
games guys hard knew lost played
I knew we had lost two games by not very much, but played hard doing it. I told the guys I wanted them to play hard, but I also told them to have fun.
good handling job tried
We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry. McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
good handling job tried
We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry, ... McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
break couple days game heart hungry job next sacrifices talked
We talked about how much the game hurt, but we don't want it to break their confidence. The next couple of days we have to find out how hungry we are. Are they going to make sacrifices and put their heart out there to get the job done?
continues knows support sure work
We will support him and he knows that. We will make sure that he continues to work hard.
defensive florida game good half held man pick second steven using
With Florida you have got to pick a poison. I thought in the second half by using man where there was more one-on-one coverage, Steven (Hill) really held his own. I thought he had a really good game on the defensive end.
few identified late players
We identified a few players late and we really feel like we got the player we wanted.
contagious dug lost ourselves streak winning
It would be a big boost. We lost the first two and dug ourselves a hole. Winning is contagious. We want to get on a contagious winning streak as we go down the stretch.