Akron locks up coach Keith Dambrot
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July 20, 2012

Akron coach Keith Dambrot has agreed in principle to a new 10-year contract, the school announced Friday.The finalized contract only needs to be approved by the board of trustees.Dambrot has led the ...
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iamtheroo 
GOOOOOD GOOOOOOD
317 Days ago
SalvePatria 
who?
328 Days ago
hobbydog25 
He gets way too much credit for Lebron James who is a freak of nature and not someone created by this coach... He has lived off the Lebron thing for years and cut the legs off the last coach at Akron as a member of his staff to ascend into the job. People who stab others in the back to achieve a position should have no one's respect... Check out this coach's track record at another MAC school where he struggled mightily amid scandal before you crown him one of America's best coaches!
329 Days ago
ryan209999 
He's a good coach. He can develop talent. Unfortunately for dambrot, he coaches in the MAC, will never continually get top tier talent, and will either need to win the conference every year or 25+ games to make the tourney. still a good signing, as e really wants to stay there.
330 Days ago
ryan209999 
He's a good coach. He can develop talent. Unfortunately for dambrot, he coaches in the MAC, will never continually get top tier talent, and will either need to win the conference every year or 25+ games to make the tourney. still a good signing, as e really wants to stay there.
330 Days ago
RyderPresnell 
holding, on the offense. 10 yard penalty, repeat down.
330 Days ago
tystys27 
10 years.... does this guy play hockey too?
331 Days ago
djsfw 
One of the top coaches in college basketball? Is he serious?
331 Days ago
duke basketball sux 
who cares about akron ball lmaooooooooooooooooo
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redhawk724 
that's 17 "offs"
330 Days ago
jdzjweber 
10 year contracts are stupid. now you can settle the remaining 7 years when you fire him after 3. dumba$$e$!!
331 Days ago
Budweiser Light 
Good move by Akron. http://twentyfoursports.blogspot.com/2012/07/london-hoops-olympic-basketball-preview.html Need to lock this guy up.
331 Days ago
StolbyWolby 
Not like this would stop him from leaving for a big time program if they called.
331 Days ago
Tylers2988 
This is the man responsible for developing Lebron's freakish athletic ability into useful skills on the basketball court. He taught him the fundamentals and molded him into the player that he is today. Without Dambrot, Lebron would have been just another 6'8 250-pound power forward with NO passing skills, minimal slashing moves, and poor ball handling. He would essentially be Carmelo, and that would have been his absolute ceiling. This is a very well-deserved extension for one hell of a teacher of the game.
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jpjorgensen420 
you are very wrong. Dambrot was his coach one year in High School. He ran their High School team like a professional team but he did not personally develop lebron.
330 Days ago
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Dre215 
two years
327 Days ago
Uakronkid 
Well deserved.
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jjm2189 
He has an Akron logo for an avatar, he just might be an Akron fan.
331 Days ago
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