INSTITUTE, West Virginia -- It was one of the biggest milestones of West Virginia State men’s basketball coach Bryan Poore’s career, and his jacket and tie didn’t live to see it.
Those were long gone by the start of Monday night’s second half between the Yellow Jackets and the University of Virginia College at Wise. Poore said the jacket often comes off because it gets so hot on the court. The tie normally doesn’t. He shed that at halftime because State’s early play had him hot under the collar.
By the end of the game, Poore had cooled off. And he was the winningest coach in program history.
The Yellow Jackets’ 85-65 win Monday night against UVa-Wise gave Poore, in his 17th season at the helm, his 289th win as State’s head coach, breaking his tie with Mark Cardwell for the most coaching wins in WVSU men’s hoops annals.
“It’s awesome, it really is,” said Poore after his players hoisted him on their shoulders and carried him off the court. “I was just here kind of conducting it, but the players I’ve had through the years are the guys who got me these wins. The players play. But it is special.”
Cardwell coached both football and basketball at State, graduating from the school in 1925 as a two-time football All-American. His 1948 men’s basketball team finished 30-0 and was named national champion among historically black colleges.
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