Drake hires Arizona State assistant Phelps
4/21/2008 3:00 PM
By HENRY C. JACKSON
Associated Press Writer
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -Arizona State assistant Mark Phelps was hired as Drake's men's basketball coach Monday, replacing Keno Davis.
Phelps' hiring came less than a week after Davis took the Providence job. School officials said Phelps was their top choice.
Phelps recalled hearing from Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb.
``One day last week, Sandy called me ... and told me about Drake University, about the Drake experience and immediately I just got excited,'' Phelps said after his introductory news conference.
``We had another conversation on the phone. I was up here the next day, and now I'm the coach. It was just a whirlwind,'' he said.
The 42-year-old Phelps spent more than a decade as an assistant to Arizona State coach Herb Sendek, both in Tempe and during Sendek's earlier tenure at North Carolina State. Previously, Phelps was a high school coach in Virginia, compiling a .736 winning percentage over six years at two schools.
He replaces Davis, the first-year coach who led the Bulldogs to one of the best years in school history. Drake compiled a 28-5 record, won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tournament titles, and earned the school's first NCAA tournament berth since 1971 and first national ranking in 33 years.
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