I’D LIKE TO THANK FLYNN CLAYMAN WHO IS AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY THUNDERBIRDS IN CEDAR CITY, UTAH IN THE BIG SKY CONFERENCE IN NCAA DI COACHED BY TODD SIMON FOR SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON 2021-22 CAMPAIGN WITH THE CANNON NETWORK. HE SHARED, “MY ADVICE TO YOUNG COACHES IS TO HAVE A GROWTH MINDSET AND CHECK YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR. THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM NEVER KNOWS THEY’RE THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM, BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN LISTENING AND LEARNING THAN TALKING. YOU CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM EVERYONE WHETHER THEY’VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL OR NOT ,THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO LEARN, ESPECIALLY FROM THOSE OLDER THAN YOU. SECONDLY INVEST IN THE PEOPLE NOT THE STATUS OF A PROGRAM. E PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR BEST NET WORK AND YOUR BEST REFERENCES. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD JOB. NO MATTER WHERE YOU WORK, IF YOU TAKE THE JOB, HAVE A VISION AND PLAN FOR GROWTH AND SUCCESS. FROM THE DAY TODD SIMON TOOK
THE SOUTHERN UTAH JOB UNTIL TODAY, THE PROGRAM HAS ELEVATED 207 SPOTS IN THE NATIONAL KENPOM RANKINGS. THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO HIS LEADERSHIP AND WELL AS THE UNIVERSITIES LEADERSHIP, ON DOWN TO THE STAFF, PLAYERS, MANAGERS
AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. CEDAR CITY AND SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY ARE GROWING AT AND EXPONENTIAL, BECAUSE IT IS A SPECIAL PLACE TO BE. WE ARE RETURNING AS DEFENDING REGULAR SEASON BIGSKY CHAMPIONS, THE NATIONS 3RD HIGHEST SCORING OFFENSE AT OVER 84PPG, AND HAVE FOUR ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS RETURNING. TEVIAN JONES AND JOHN KNIGHT III ARE BOTH CONSIDERED IN THE RUNNING FOR BIGSKY PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND MAIZEN FAUSETT AS WELL AS DRE MARIN WERE TWO OF THE MOST EFFICIENT PLAYERS IN THE NATION LAST YEAR. ”