Former Mizzou Tiger Kim English is 4-0 as head coach after George Mason beats Maryland
Missouri Tigers alum Kim English is off to quite the impressive start as a head coach.
English, who played for the Mizzou men’s basketball team from 2008-12, has led George Mason to a 4-0 start in his first year at the helm of a Division I program.
Behind the Baltimore native’s coaching, George Mason upset No. 20 Maryland 71-66 on Wednesday night in College Park, Maryland. The win marks the Patriots’ first over a ranked opponent since taking down No. 18 Kansas State in 2007 and was their first over the Terps.
“It’s a game we expected to win,” English said. “And proud we did.”
Entering the game, the Patriots had started the season with three wins by a margin of at least 20 points for the first time in school history.
“For me, it is great,” English said after the win over Maryland. “...But it’s a quality road win for us, it a fourth win against a team that will finish at the top of their league. That’s the most important thing. I see something in the media where they said it was a big game for us. And our guys know that is the complete opposite of what we preach.
“We didn’t prepare for Maryland any differently than we did Stony Brook, Penn, Morgan State. Our standard is our standard. And I’m really proud of the guys because it keeps us on track with our goals.”
Following his career as a Tiger, English was selected as the 44th overall pick by the Detroit Pistons in the 2012 NBA Draft. He spent time playing in the league and overseas until 2015, when he began his coaching career as an assistant under his former Missouri coach, Frank Haith, at Tulsa.
English, 33, was an assistant at Tulsa from 2015-17, Colorado from 2017-19 and Tennessee from 2019-21 before being hired to take over the George Mason program in May.
This story was originally published November 17, 2021 at 8:28 PM.
