![]() ![]() When you prepare that way and train that way, you’re prepared when your name is called and the lights are the brightest.” “Our mentality is to prepare at an elite level every single day. “The opponent that’s right in front of us gets the same level of intensity of preparation as the one coming up after,” he said. The following week features a big early-season test against a University of North Carolina team ranked 19th in the Associated Press preseason poll.īut Kelsey said he doesn’t view games against ranked opponents like UNC any differently than he will the scrimmages. ![]() The Cougars have a pair of closed-door scrimmages over the next few weeks before their opening game against South Carolina State at TD Arena on Nov. “So many people that have been a part of that tournament, they’re blown away.” “People get to see what we’re all about,” Kelsey said. “He’s high-energy, he’s an engaging guy and you will recognize that with his teams.” “Pat Kelsey has been a winner wherever he’s been,” said Debbie Antonelli, a longtime ESPN analyst and Mount Pleasant resident. Kelsey, a Cincinnati native, comes with a weighty resume: The fifth all-time winningest coach in the history of the Big South Conference, he averaged nearly 21 wins a season over the last nine years with an up-tempo Winthrop University team, including three conference titles. In March, Kelsey, 46, was named to head the college’s basketball program, following in the footsteps of Earl Grant, who left to coach at Boston College. But we do that by being excellent today, in the next repetition of the next drill,” he said in a recent telephone interview. ![]() “The goal for us every year is to win championships. With the regular season looming on the horizon, Kelsey is finding joy in the little things. After a whirlwind last six months that saw Pat Kelsey accept the position of head men’s basketball coach at College of Charleston, move his family from Rock Hill to the Holy City, and recruit nearly a dozen players to fill out the Cougars’ squad, he is happy to take things one small step at a time. ![]()
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