James "Bruiser" Flint
Coaching - at UMass
Head Coach, 1996-2001
Head Coaching Record
Season | Overall | Win % | Conf | Win % | Place | Post-Season |
1996-97 | 19-14 | .576 | 11-5 | .688 | 3rd (East) | NCAA First Round1) |
1997-98 | 21-11 | .656 | 12-4 | .750 | 3rd (East) | NCAA First Round2) |
1998-99 | 14-16 | .467 | 9-7 | .563 | 3rd (East) | none |
1999-2000 | 17-16 | .515 | 9-7 | .563 | 3rd (East) | NIT First Round3) |
2000-01 | 15-15 | .500 | 11-5 | .688 | 4th | none |
Totals | 86-72 | .544 | 52-28 | .650 | | |
Flint went 7-3 against his alma mater St. Joseph's.
Flint went 1-1 against Steve Lappas as coach of Villanova. Lappas went on to replace Flint as the next coach at UMass in 2001.
Flint went 1-0 against Drexel, where he would go on to coach after leaving UMass.
Associate Head Coach, 1995-96
Assistant Coach, 1989-95
Coaching - elsewhere
Kentucky (Assistant Coach, 2020-)
Reunites with
John Calipari, filling a vacancy on the Wildcats coaching staff.
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Indiana (Assistant Coach, 2017-20)
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Hired onto Archie Miller's staff in April 2017.
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Drexel (Head Coach, 2001-16)
Coppin State (Assistant Coach, 1987-89)
Playing Career
St. Joseph's Hawks (#14, 1983-87)
Career accomplishments
Ranked 8th at
SJU all time in career assists (402).
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Led the team twice in free throw percentage (79.2% as a senior, 76.0% as a sophomore).
Elected into SJU Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Hawks were 81-40 (.669) in his four seasons.
Hawks went 5-3 against UMass during Bruiser's years as a player.
Senior season (1986-87)
Led the A-10 in assists, averaging 6.1 per game.
His 171 assists led the team, and are 9th-most in a season in Hawks history.
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Second on team, and ninth in the A-10 in scoring, averaging 14.6 points per game.
A-10 Second Team selection.
Won an A-10 Co-Player of the Week award.
Led the team in 3-point shots made (55), free throw percentage (.792), steals (60), and minutes played (1,058).
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Junior season (1985-86)
7th on the team in scoring at 4.1 ppg.
Hawks won both the A-10 Regular Season and Tournament Championships.
Advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Second Round.
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Final season record was 26-6.
Sophomore season (1984-85)
Freshman season (1983-84)
High School
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