SMOKEY GAINES R.I.P.

[1975SHjoe]

A tribute to Smokey is on the detroittitans.com web site. He was 80, dies from cancer.

[Hoopster_Now_In_DC]

A tribute to Smokey is on the detroittitans.com web site. He was 80, dies from cancer.

RIP- Probably the most successful coach in program history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPkvZnsD2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdrAxBqlXo

[ptctitan]

A tribute to Smokey is on the detroittitans.com web site. He was 80, dies from cancer.

RIP- Probably the most successful coach in program history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPkvZnsD2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdrAxBqlXo

For a coach, Smokey Gaines did have the most successful consecutive two-year winning percentage in program history. Too bad that we could not have afforded a higher salary for him so he could have stayed.

Vitale's final year as coach and Smokey's first year as coach produced the best two-year record in program history, 50-8 for an .862 winning percentage.

Perry Watson's 1997-99 winning percentage was .806; and, he won 50 games in those two seasons.

However, Royal Campbell had a 25-5 record for the three seasons of 1910-11 to 1912-13 for a winning percentage of .833 versus Gaines's .823.

It's hard to say how Smokey would have fared under the new austerity that began affecting our school in the early 1980s. But his two years and Perry's two years are the best coaching runs here in recent history. Here's hoping that Coach Davis can join them soon.

[Commissioner]

A tribute to Smokey is on the detroittitans.com web site. He was 80, dies from cancer.

RIP- Probably the most successful coach in program history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPkvZnsD2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdrAxBqlXo

For a coach, Smokey Gaines did have the most successful consecutive two-year winning percentage in program history. Too bad that we could not have afforded a higher salary for him so he could have stayed.

Vitale's final year as coach and Smokey's first year as coach produced the best two-year record in program history, 50-8 for an .862 winning percentage.

Perry Watson's 1997-99 winning percentage was .806; and, he won 50 games in those two seasons.

However, Royal Campbell had a 25-5 record for the three seasons of 1910-11 to 1912-13 for a winning percentage of .833 versus Gaines's .823.

It's hard to say how Smokey would have fared under the new austerity that began affecting our school in the early 1980s. But his two years and Perry's two years are the best coaching runs here in recent history. Here's hoping that Coach Davis can join them soon.

As I recall the issue with Coach Gaines was less salary than the inability to provide resources for the program. Is that true? You would know better than I.

[Commissioner]

A tribute to Smokey is on the detroittitans.com web site. He was 80, dies from cancer.

RIP- Probably the most successful coach in program history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSPkvZnsD2k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VdrAxBqlXo

For a coach, Smokey Gaines did have the most successful consecutive two-year winning percentage in program history. Too bad that we could not have afforded a higher salary for him so he could have stayed.

Vitale's final year as coach and Smokey's first year as coach produced the best two-year record in program history, 50-8 for an .862 winning percentage.

Perry Watson's 1997-99 winning percentage was .806; and, he won 50 games in those two seasons.

However, Royal Campbell had a 25-5 record for the three seasons of 1910-11 to 1912-13 for a winning percentage of .833 versus Gaines's .823.

It's hard to say how Smokey would have fared under the new austerity that began affecting our school in the early 1980s. But his two years and Perry's two years are the best coaching runs here in recent history. Here's hoping that Coach Davis can join them soon.

As I recall the issue with Coach Gaines was less salary than the inability to provide resources for the program. Is that true? You would know better than I.