Fine, Hopkins Named To FoxSports List Of Top Assistants
7/6/2010 9:14:33 AM | Men's Basketball
Syracuse assistant basketball coaches Bernie Fine and Mike Hopkins tied for third in a recent ranking of college basketball assistants by FoxSports.com. Fine has completed 34 years as an assistant to head coach Jim Boeheim while Hopkins, a former SU player, has logged 15 campaigns on the Syracuse bench.
Fine owns the longest tenure at one school for active assistant coaches in the NCAA Division I ranks. He is the associate head coach at Syracuse.
Hopkins played in 111 games for the Orange before joining the staff as an assistant coach in 1995.
FoxSports.com Rankings
1. Joe Dooley, Kansas
2. Larry Shyatt, Florida
3. Bernie Fine, Syracuse/ Mike Hopkins, Syracuse
4. Steve Robinson, North Carolina
5. Mark Montgomery, Michigan State/Dewayne Stephens, Michigan State
6. George Blaney, Connecticut
7. Steve Wojciechowski, Duke/Chris Collins, Duke
8. Billy Hahn, West Virginia
9. Mike Dunlap, St. John's
10. Greg Gard, Wisconsin
11. Jeff Battle, Wake Forest
12. Kurtis Townsend, Kansas
13. Russell Springmann, Texas; Rodney Terry, Texas
14. Stan Jones, Florida State
15. Patrick Sandle, Pittsburgh
16. Orlando Antigua, Kentucky
17. Paul Lusk, Purdue
18. Steve Forbes, Tennessee/Tony Jones, Tennessee
19. Scott Duncan, UCLA
20. Robert Kirby, Georgetown
21. Dedrique Taylor, Arizona State
22. Dalonte Hill, Kansas State
23. Ron Jirsa, Minnesota
24. Steve Massiello, Louisville
25. Ron Bradley, DePaul
Honorable Mention: Bob Cantu, USC; Melvin Watkins, Missouri; Scott Spinelli, Texas A&M; Tony Benford, Marquette; Craig Neal, New Mexico; Steve McClain, Indiana; Willis Wilson, Memphis; Greg Grensing, UNLV; Rob Evans, Arkansas.
