Men's Basketball
| Max Good | ||
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Title | Head Men's Basketball Coach |
| mgood@bryant.edu | ||
| Phone | 401.232.6077 | |
Overall: 240-224, 16 seasons
at Bryant: 131-86, 7 seasons (including 2007-08 season)
During his seven years as coach of the Bryant University basketball team, Max Good has not only built the Bulldogs into one of the best within the Northeast-10 Conference, but has turned the school's men's basketball program into one of the best within the NCAA Division II Northeast Region.
In 2008-09, Good will guide the Bulldogs into their first season as a member of Division I. The school will become an official member of the Division I Northeast Conference in 2012.
Since his arrival at the Smithfield campus in 2001, Good has led Bryant to six-straight winning seasons as well as guiding the Bulldogs to five-straight NCAA tournament appearances including a historic run to the NCAA Division II Championship game in 2005.
Bryant is the only team to have qualified for the last five NCAA Division II tournaments as the Bulldogs posted an 18-13 record and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament in 2008 with a win over C.W. Post. Led by the play of senior Jon Ezeokoli and sophomore Cecil Gresham, the Bulldogs entered the tournament ranked No. 5 in the Northeast Region.
In 2006-07, Bryant posted another 20-win season, while falling one-win short of advancing to the Elite Eight. The Bulldogs defeated Adelphi and Saint Rose in the NCAA Regional Tournament before falling to, at the time, unbeaten Bentley in the regional title game. Bryant's three seniors: Chris Burns, Nate Sudlow, and Dan Hammond graduated as Bryant's winningest class. The trio were part of more than 90 victories during their careers and helped lead Bryant to four consecutive NCAA tournaments and three Sweet Sixteen appearances.
In 2005-06, the Bulldogs, behind the play of all-American and conference co-player of the year John Williams, posted a 21-10 record and reached the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament for the third year in-a-row. Williams averaged 20.3 points per game and set Bryant's career three-point record with 323 and was ranked fifth nationally in Division II with 3.7 three-point field goals made per game.
The 2003-04 season was a breakthrough year for Bryant, as the Bulldogs posted a school-record 23 victories and advanced as far as the NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen, ending the year with a loss at the buzzer in the regional championship game at UMass Lowell. The Bulldogs were awarded the New England Division II Most Improved team award for the second-straight season while senior Romuald Augustin earned All-America honors by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
While many could certainly be content with all of the success from that season, Good's Bulldogs had their eyes set higher than just reaching the regional final game and coming up just four seconds from earning the school's first regional championship was all the inspiration they would need entering the 2004-05 campaign.
In 2004-05, Good led the Bulldogs back to the NCAA tournament and this time and this time, led Bryant to the brink of its first national championship. Behind another record 25 wins (25-9 overall record), Bryant captured its first regional championship with wins over Adelphi, Bloomfield, and rival Bentley, earning a ticket to the NCAA Elite Eight in Grand Forks, ND. At the national finals, Good's Bulldogs advanced to the Division II Championship game with wins over Mount Olive (N.C.) and Tarleton State (TX) before falling to a powerhouse Virginia Union squad, 63-58.
What began as an exploratory visit to the Bryant campus in April 2001 turned out to be the most significant development in recent Bulldogs men's basketball program history as Good was hired to be Bryant's fifth head coach.
Good came to Bryant after spending the 2000-01 season as the head coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He led UNLV to a 13-9 record after taking over the program from former head coach Bill Bayno. Good was in his second season as an assistant coach with the Runnin' Rebels when he was elevated to head coach.
Before joining the staff at UNLV, Good spent 10 seasons as the head coach at Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, Maine, where he amassed an overall record of 275-30, enjoyed three undefeated seasons, won five New England Prep School Athletic Conference championships, registered a 79-game winning streak that spanned three seasons, and coached nine players who reached the NBA and 87 who went on to play Division I college basketball.
Good also spent five seasons as head coach at Eastern Kentucky University, registering an overall record of 96-129 (.427). He was named the Ohio Valley Conference coach of the year in 1987 after leading the Colonels to a 19-11 record.
While well known for his success on the court, Good also saw his players achieve in the classroom. His program at Eastern Kentucky had an 85-percent graduation rate under his watch, and 122 of his 128 players at Maine Central Institute academically qualified for NCAA Division I and II competition following their prep years at that institution.
Good graduated from Eastern Kentucky in 1969 and received a masters degree from that institution in 1970.
In September of 2004, Good was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in Kingston, Rhode Island for his time as coach at MCI.
