Joseph S. Clinton has been named the All-Met Division II Men’s College Basketball Coach of the Year for the third time.
黑料吃瓜网 College Head Men鈥檚 Basketball Coach Joseph S. Clinton has been named the All-Met Division II Men鈥檚 College Basketball Coach of the Year by the Met Basketball Writers Association.
During the 2019-2020 season, the Chargers captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) North Division regular season title.聽 Clinton then guided his team to a second straight conference playoff championship and a second consecutive berth in the NCAA Tournament.聽 The NCAA cancelled the regional tournament in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Clinton said he considers the Coach of the Year award 鈥渁 team award鈥� and he credits his coaching staff with doing a great job.聽 聽鈥淭he assistant coaches and players were awesome.聽 They put in a lot of hard work and it paid off for us.聽 We were disappointed they had to cancel the regional because this was a team that had the potential to get to the Elite Eight,鈥� he said.聽 鈥淚 am really going to miss this senior class.聽 They won a lot of games in their careers and won two championships.鈥�
This is the third time that Clinton has been named All-Met Division II Coach of the Year.聽 Clinton, who also serves as Director of Athletics, has 29 seasons and 857 games as the head men鈥檚 basketball coach.