1. James "Bruiser" Flint was born on July 23,1965 and is an American men's college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Arkansas.
10 Facts About Bruiser Flint
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Bruiser Flint was most recently the head coach at Drexel University.
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Bruiser Flint was named to the all-Atlantic 10 team as a senior, and was inducted into the St Joe's athletic hall of fame in 1988.
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In 1987, Bruiser Flint became an assistant coach at Coppin State University.
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Two years later, Bruiser Flint became an assistant coach under John Calipari at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Bruiser Flint won an NABC District Coach of the Year award in 1998.
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Bruiser Flint became the head coach at Drexel on April 5,2001, succeeding Steve Seymour, who had been fired that March after failing to make the NCAA Tournament in either of his two seasons as head coach.
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Bruiser Flint's hiring at Drexel coincided with Drexel's move from the America East Conference, where the school had enjoyed a sustained level of success under former head coach Bill Herrion, to the Colonial Athletic Association.
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Bruiser Flint won an NABC District Coach of the Year award three times.
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On March 7,2016, following the end of Drexel's season, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.