Thursday, December 3, 2009

Road Trip to Bucknell

Last Sunday we traveled to Bucknell and I thought I'd give you a behind the scenes look at that 68-63 win. Also, a mystery came up when my Wedding Crashers DVD went missing on the bus.


Friday, November 20, 2009

Phil-osophy: Game Show

We had a great opening weekend - a record-setting crowd against Virginia on Friday, which was a great game, then we shattered several records in our 102-65 victory over UMES last Sunday. Here is a recap, plus we will see how well sophomore roommates Tope Obajolu and Erin Brown know each other.





Friday, October 30, 2009

Phil-osophy: Media Day

Last Wednesday was basketball media day up at the Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford. It was another long day, but I thought I would give you another behind the scenes look.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

October 16- The Longest Day

Last Friday was a very long day. It was team picture day, the first day of practice, pre-season awards banquet and Midnight Madness. I thought it would be a great day to give you a behind the scenes look.


Saturday, October 17, 2009

Midnight Madness Dance

Check out the team's dance from Midnight Madness yesterday, it really brought the house down.


Tuesday, October 13, 2009

First Guest Blogger!!!

Goodmorning everyone!

This is Jaclyn Goldbarg, one of the Assistant Coaches here at UMBC! I’m excited to be the first guest blogger on Coach Stern’s blog. Though my name can’t be turned into anything very witty like “PHILosophy,” I’d like to take a minute to say hello and share a few thoughts with you all.

First, let me thank Coach Stern for the “extension” he granted me on this assignment… I’m no more than months out of college, and procrastination on homework assignments seems to have picked up right where it left off! Coach asked me to write a blog last week, but my creative motivation was apparently lacking.

And then… yesterday (Monday) morning, driving to work I noticed almost all of the trees have started to turn orange and red and yellow… I got out of my car and it was actually cold outside! Like the real kind of cold, the kind that when you feel it you know exactly what time of year it is…Next, when I walked into the RAC I could smell fresh lacquer and saw the floor nicely refinished and perfectly shiny!...Last night the team did their end of preseason conditioning test and everyone did great, with a lot of big improvements!... So what time of year is it exactly?... All signs point to BASKETBALL SEASON!!!

Now, with only a few days until the first official practice of the year, the team, the staff, and everyone here at UMBC couldn’t more excited! Personally, the first few months of working here have been exciting everyday when I realize I’m actually a college basketball coach!! The transition from playing to coaching has been relatively easy. Everyone in the athletic department here has been welcoming and helpful! The other Women’s basketball Assistants (Coach Godsey and Coach Roche) are awesome on the court and off! Okay fine, Coach Stern is pretty cool too… haha! The players have been great so far! Although I’m only a few years at the most older than them, the girls are all incredibly respectful and great to work with! They’ve worked very hard on the court and in the weight room this preseason and I’m really looking forward to seeing them progress as a team this season!

That’s about all for now… and I’m sure Coach Stern will be wanting his Blog back soon! Have a great week and hope to see you all at Midnight Madness on Friday night!!!!!

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Men's Soccer Halftime Interview

I was the halftime guest on the broadcast of yesterday's men's soccer game on UMBCRetrievers.tv. I chatted with Paul Mittermeier, the voice of the Retrievers, about the soccer program, our upcoming season, and, of course, the future of Phil-osophy.


Friday, September 11, 2009

Touring the RAC

Join me for a guided tour of the RAC. You never know who we'll run into!


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Follow Me at the Retriever Golf Classic

I just thought everyone might enjoy an inside look at this year's Retriever Golf Classic, which took place in June at the Rolling Road Country Club...I know my swing looks a lot like Tigers!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Ah, the First Day of Classes...

Compliance meetings, physicals, team meetings...oh, and classes.

We have 10 returning players, one transfer and only one freshman on our team this year, so everything is going pretty smoothly. You would be surprised how hectic the first week can be when you have a large number of new players like we did last year (8).

Our young ladies do a great job of taking care of our freshmen, so I'm not worried about Kim Browning fitting in at all. Kim is our first freshman not to live with other basketball players. She is living with three soccer players...I guess that's good.

Our players will play pickup today. Coaches can't watch, but I don't want to watch anyway. Pickup is where all of the bad habits are developed - post players act like point guards, the ball never goes inside, no one sprints back on defense, etc.. But they will have fun and draw a crowd of guys who will ooh and ahh at every long 3 or behind-the-back pass.

We will start individual workouts, conditioning and weight training this week, but I'm really excited about one of our new community service projects. Every Friday we will serve dinner to homeless women and their children at My Sister's Place women's center in Baltimore. It will give our young ladies a chance to interact with women who are down on their luck and hopefully put a smile on their faces.

Have a great Labor Day weekend! I will talk to you next week.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

PHILosophy 101

Hello UMBC women's basketball fans! I hope everyone has had a great summer! I'm eagerly awaiting the return of our players and can't wait to embark on another season.

Throughout the year I will give you an inside perspective on the inner workings of a college basketball program. You will hear from me, my assistants, my players and maybe even some special guests.

Thank you to the UMBC Blog team of assistant coach Jaclyn Goldbarg and SID Jess Bernheim for their assistance in maintaining and facilitating this unique site.

Check back frequently, because you never know when I will be feeling PHILosophical!

GO DAWGS!