1. Karl Bernard Hobbs II was born on August 7,1961 and is an American men's college basketball coach, currently the associate head coach at Georgia Tech.
19 Facts About Karl Hobbs
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Karl Hobbs is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team.
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Karl Hobbs was born and raised in Roxbury, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston.
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At Cambridge, Karl Hobbs played point guard alongside future NBA star Patrick Ewing.
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Karl Hobbs played for the Rhode Island Gulls of the USBL in July 1985 before returning to Connecticut and finishing his Bachelor of Science degree in family studies in the summer of 1986.
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Karl Hobbs joined Jarvis's staff as an assistant coach at Boston University in 1988 and remained there as an assistant through 1993.
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When Dave Leitao left Calhoun's staff to become the head coach at Northeastern University, Karl Hobbs was elevated to his position as the top recruiter.
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Karl Hobbs is credited as the recruiter who brought Richard Hamilton, Caron Butler and Khalid El-Amin to UConn, among others, and he was vital in the development of Ray Allen, who still credits him for the development of his strong jumpshot.
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On May 7,2001, Karl Hobbs was named the head coach at the George Washington University after previous coach Tom Penders resigned following a lack of success and a number of scandals in Foggy Bottom.
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Karl Hobbs won his first Atlantic 10 Conference Championship in 2005, the first in GW history, and then added the second in 2007 in Atlantic City.
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Karl Hobbs was known for his enthusiastic demeanor on the sidelines.
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Karl Hobbs is known for his intensity, fast substitutions and frequent whistling and hollering.
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Karl Hobbs's teams were typically characterized by their frenetic, trapping defense which has led the Colonials to be one of the top teams in steals.
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Yet, after making it to the NCAA tournament the following season, Karl Hobbs's squad missed the A-10 tournament for two consecutive years leading fans to call for his firing.
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Karl Hobbs added former Michigan Head Coach Brian Ellerbe to his staff to replace Darrell Brooks, who left to become the head coach at Bowie State University.
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The Colonials finished the season with a winning season for the first time in three years, and Karl Hobbs had two players receive conference postseason honors for the first time in three years as well.
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Karl Hobbs's arrival came on the heels of a series of sanctions on the UConn program for recruiting violations.
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Karl Hobbs and fellow assistant Glenn Miller were assistant coaches when Ollie was a player.
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Karl Hobbs joined the staff of his former George Washington assistant coach Steve Pikiell at Rutgers, assuming the role of associate head coach.