Women's Hoops Blog

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Friday, December 14, 2007

Thanks to Pilight who points us to the GeorgiaTrend and their lengthy profile of Georgia coach Andy Landers.

Tracing Landers' journey from Roane State Junior College to Athens, Georgia, the article notes that "over 28 years as head coach, Andy Landers has firmly established Lady Bulldog basketball as an elite program, with a No. 4 ranking in the all-time Associated Press women’s basketball poll and a 96 percent graduation rate."

But perhaps more impressive is what the great Teresa Edwards has to say:
“Every job offer that comes across my plate, every harebrained scheme I’ve ever tried, he knows about it,” says Edwards, who just completed her first season as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. “His door has always been open, to all of his players, and somehow we don’t get jealous.

“It’s because he has this unique ability to love us for who we are – he doesn’t treat everyone the same because we’re not all the same. I never hesitate to dial his number. And he’s great about laying it out there. Man, he tells it like he sees it. [Former UGA All-American] Katrina McClain and me sometimes debate if we want to hear what he really has to say or not.”