Eric Konkol Talks About His First Week
3/29/2022 5:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. –– A week after being introduced as The University of Tulsa's 31st head basketball coach, Eric Konkol sat down to discuss his first seven days as the leader of the Golden Hurricane basketball program.
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On March 22, Konkol and his family was welcomed by over 500 fans at the Welcome Party and Press Conference at the Donald W. Reynolds Center.
Konkol returns to where he began his start in collegiate coaching. He was a student assistant coach for Tulsa's 2001 NIT Championship team under Head Coach Buzz Peterson.
He spent the previous seven seasons aas the head coach at Louisiana Tech, where he compiled a 153-75 record. He won 46 games in his first two seasons, the most for any previous LA Tech head coach, and his 153 career victories is the third-highest win total in school history. Konkol's teams produced six seasons with 20+ wins and finished among the top 3 in Conference USA standings five of his seven years.
LA Tech completed the 2021-22 season with an overall 24-10 record and a 12-6 league mark. The Bulldogs finished the season with a 75.2 scoring average.
Before that, Konkol had collegiate coaching stops first at Tulsa, then Tennessee, George Mason and Miami (Fla.).
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