Starting season
#29
tomorrow in college coaching! 4 states - NAIA (3 years), JUCO (9 years) & D1 (16 years). To say I have been blessed is an understatement!
GEAUX Tigers!
These were dropped at my house today! He is still taking care of me & my family! There is only one - Mike McConathy - he always goes out of his way for others in so many ways! Thankful God put him in my life - Legendary Coach & Amazing Person!
LIFE is GOOD!
My FAMILY has moved to BATON ROUGE! We appreciate all our FRIENDS in NATCHITOCHES that planned & attended our going away party! We were truly humbled!
#FriendsNotAcquaintances
Just a 4 hour bus ride left before I see my family tonight- not easy being a coach’s wife or kid! I am a blessed husband & dad! So excited to spend all day tomorrow with them & eat cake and ice cream after we sing Happy Birthday to Jesus - a family tradition!
#blessed
#thankful
God is good! Today is a great day! After a rough 14 days of battling COVID it was great to back with out team today! If anyone is dealing with COVID now or in the future and I can help in anyway please reach out!
A LOUISIANA LEGEND stopped by campus today!As a little kid I watched his Crowley HS teams (1980’s) play in my dad’s basketball tournament at Lake Arthur HS! Great coaching career with a FINAL FOUR run at LSU in 2006!
Be thankful for your little blessings that are BIG in life - thankful that God has blessed me at 47 to still be able to run (especially after all those years of playing basketball on concrete) this morning with my 13 year old daughter Gracie!
#blesseddad
Today I paused during a busy day and thanked God for family, friends, coaches, former players, and others I have met along this journey! I am blessed beyond deserving!
I miss seeing this guy (Cuttin) and breaking bread with him - he always lifted me up on the tough days & we celebrated the great days together! So glad to hear he is doing better!
#TheLegend
#IfYouKnowYouKnow
So proud & excited about Gracie’s decision to commit to Coach Gamble & Coach Butler at
@blinncollegevb
that has such a storied program with a great winning tradition!
Time to focus now on a great senior season at UHigh!
REFLECTION...on the bus ride home from conference tourney! In a time where EVERYONE can make excuses with everything we ALL have been through - so PROUD to be a part of a staff and players that didn’t make EXCUSES but kept growing together!
LIFE LESSONS of Demon Basketball!
Happy 20th Anniversary - AMY - YOU are simply amazing! YOU make me strive to be a better Christian, Husband & Father! YOU are the rock of our family-loving & selfless. WE have been each other’s biggest fans on great days and raincoats during the storms of life! I Do (Cherish You)
When you grow up with next door neighbors that become your brothers & you move away - this is what happens when they show up at your house for the weekend!
#LoveYourBrother
A staple in Coach McConathy’s life and basketball programs has always been to do for others! This morning our staff did a little early morning work - doing some clean up on campus - before going into the office and Prather coliseum!
#doforothers
Big night in Natchitoches for the Natchitoches Central HS volleyball team and my wife who is an assistant coach! They started the program 4 years ago and today won the 5A District Title! The Lady Chiefs are now 15-3 on the season!
#buildingaprogram
Happy Birthday - Coach McConathy who is the definition of a servant leader! Helped him stripe parking lots, cut grass, & coach in the NCAA Tournament! Louisiana’s all-time winningest college coach but more important are all the lives he’s impacted for Christ through basketball!
Coach McConathy constantly talks about the fact that EVERYONE needs a COACH - not in basketball but in life - to help them, encourage them & LOVE them! COACH EVERYDAY...
Happy Anniversary to the most selfless person - who is the foundation of our family! She makes this journey called “LIFE” fun!May we always - “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler.”(Let The Good Times Roll) Truly a blessed husband!
Excited to return to the state of Missouri to play Missouri State tonight - got my start 25 years ago in coaching when my college coach,Tom Fifer, at Missouri Valley College hired me at age 21 as his asst. coach! Looking forward to seeing some former teammates & coaching friends!
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Amy after 23 years nothing has changed from that
special day -
“I DO CHERISH YOU!”
YOU have been AMAZING this year in making Baton Rouge - home for our family!
Thankful for God’s grace & mercy! A father & son bond is strong! A father that coaches his son is even stronger! Jace is doing good & doctors are running test! Keep praying for Jace, Chad, their family & the Missouri Valley College team! God is good!
#Family
#LoveYourBrother
Happy Birthday - Caige! You are a true blessing! In Dec 2011 - I drove your mom 100mph to the hospital in Jackson, MS - she was having severe complications! With all the technology in the world they could not explain how it was fixed - we know God has special plans for you!
Happy Anniversary to the best I ever got to sign
(including 3 different college all-time leading scorers) - you are the one that holds our family together! Blessed husband!
#coacheswivesareheavensent
Congrats to Coach McConathy - the 2023 LABC Mr. Louisiana Basketball Award Winner! Thanks for being a great ambassador for basketball in our state! Relationships, his word & helping others were always most important!
#ServantLeader
#3NCAAtourneysWith2wins
#HumbleAndNotAboutHim
Thankful for the -
PAST…PRESENT…FUTURE…
Especially for everyone who has helped & welcomed our family to Baton Rouge during our transition to new schools, new teams & new jobs - so many special people that we now call family! Truly blessed!
Merry CHRISTmas!
#FollowHisPlan
Starting YEAR 30 in college coaching-blessed to be touched by so many great people in my travels & thankful for the players!
I wanted to do what my dad did for 40 yrs -he was my hero! Much appreciation for Amy’s & the kids support!
#StillLearning
#KeepServing
#LoveYourBrother
Last night we sat on opposite benches but in life we are BROTHERS! When adversity hits in your life - you truly find out who your true friends are! I have been so blessed to have so many true friends throughout my life! Coach Mason
@CoachMason1906
thanks for being there for me!
My first & last hero is my Dad! He taught me hard work, serving others & to talk to my pillow at night (pray)! He gave up coaching basketball for me - so I would love the game - selfless! Happy Birthday - your legacy lives on through me! Miss going to gyms with him! RIH ❤️
Our family is THANKFUL & BLESSED to call Natchitoches home - the oldest city in LOUISIANA! Happy Thanksgiving from “The City of Lights.”
LOVE YOUR BROTHER!
So proud of our team on this grind trip!
2/17 Bus to Tulsa
12/18 Play Tulsa
12/19 Bus to play Missouri State
12/20 Fly to Spokane
12/21 Play Gonzaga
12/22 Play Gonzaga
12/23 Bus to play Washington State
12/24 Fly home and arrive home at 11pm just in time for Santa to arrive!
And God said - let there be lights (electricity) in Natchitoches, LA!
Thankful for those who work so hard to restore it - workers have traveled from all over our country to help Louisiana residents! Continued prayers for everyone in Lake Arthur & south Louisiana for electricity!
Hats off to our athletic dept., staff, police and volunteers that teamed up to make the HS Football State Championships such a huge success on our campus!
Great to hear from people who it was their first time on campus talk about our beautiful campus & neat town!
@NSUDemons
It is a great day when family stops by - we love you
- AUNT D! Everyone knows how selfless & helpful to all you are! Thanks for all you did for our players and especially Gracie & Caige - you have always been a blessing to the Moore family!
#OneMoore
Thankful to begin my 25th season of college coaching today-working for these great men-Mike McConathy, Louis Bonner, Mike Marquis & Tom Fifer! And so many great players, asst coaches, GA’s and managers! My dad was the best example! And grateful for the support of my amazing wife!
What is true love of a father on earth? ONE WHO IS WILLING TO GIVE UP WHAT THEY LOVE MOST FOR THEIR SON! My dad gave me that gift! RIP - Wilbert C. “Nooky” Moore - your legacy lives on through me & those who knew you! Love & miss you!
#afatherslovelastforever
So proud of CAIGE today - something way more important than scoring a basket, catching a pass, hitting a home run or making an A on a test! He made his first communion today! May he always serve the Lord and someday lead a home that serves the Lord!
Great to have “Coach Will” my high school coach at Lake Arthur HS at the PMAC today! Thankful for all he has meant in my life and he has always been there for me! But the greatest lesson I learned from him was how to be a LOYAL assistant coach - when he was my fathers assistant!
The worst thing about going into stores with a safety mask over your face is the inability to share a SMILE with people - GOD made smiles to brighten others day! Find another way to bless others in some way today and make their day!
Picked 10th finished 4th - proud of the resolve within our team (players & coaches) this season! We controlled our own destiny today - here we come Katy! Men of March!
#marchgladness
NSU has secured the No. 4 seed in the Southland Conference Tournament. First game for the Demons is Thursday.
@Twibbs24
scores 20 and
@ZelenbabaJovan
adds 15 points.
In 25 years of coaching I have gone with so many of our players to get an MRI on their knee - just different when it is your own daughter! I knew no matter what all would be okay when I heard KLOVE playing as we walked in the MRI room!
Thankful for great news today!
#GodIsGood
So awesome early every morning before practice when I am greeted with “Good morning Cuttin” (Cajun for cousin) we are so blessed to have “Coach Championship” (Coach Black) on our staff - he truly bleeds Demon Purple!
Awesome evening at the Meet the DEMONS Scholarship Auction tonight at the events center! Thankful for the great support we get from our community & boosters! Had a great date too by my side!
Honoring my MOM with the annual Suits & Sneakers game! Special thanks to
MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann, and Houston Methodist for extending her life 10 years so I had more time with her! Her FIGHT has been a lasting example in my life!
@CoachesvsCancer
@NABC1927
#NeverGiveUp
Happy Heavenly Birthday to my hero-MY DAD-been 19 yrs since he passed- I miss him everyday! He stepped away from coaching me in HS- so I would love the game - what a GIFT from a FATHER - to give to a SON! He gave up what he loved for me to love it- my mom told me after he passed!
My sister
@kleblanc1
, niece and family came to watch the Tigers tonight! Appreciate my sister - she has always supported my playing and coaching career - traveling all over the county! Shorter drive down I-10 today!
#WeGrewUpInABasketballFamily
Today is a blessed day for the Lance family at Missouri Valley College! Jace returns to the floor to play for his dad tonight! His story is an amazing example of faith!
Love Your Brother!
@LancecLance
@jace_lance
Basketball creates special bonds -
@AramieBrooks
and I lost our moms during the same season at NSU while he was playing for us! His juco WBB team at SAU-Tech is ranked
#7
in country and 8-1 on season! So proud of him as a man, father, and coach!
#LoveYourBrother
#ProudCoach
He has always been & always will be a LOUISIANA man!
Selfless, humble, passionate, caring and a WINNER!
Working for him for 16 years - I know all he did in OUR state to help basketball! LEGENDARY player, coach and most importantly - person!
We are pleased to announce that former long-time Northwestern St. coach Mike McConathy will receive the LABC’s 2023 Mr. Louisiana Basketball award at the LABC’s 49th annual awards banquet on May 6
Thankful for the little things in life - I haven’t been in a gym and heard a basketball bounce since March 12th when our Conference Tournament was cancelled! TODAY was a good day! Stay Safe & Stay Positive! Fork em’ 😈
Happy Birthday to a LOUISIANA BASKETBALL LEGEND as a PLAYER, COACH, and most importantly as a PERSON!
3 NCAA tournaments/2 wins but more importantly - he impacted the life of everyone he met - would give you the shirt off his back!
#MoreThanJustACoach
#Winner
#ServantLeader
Not just a basketball coach...
My dad served in the U.S. ARMY before playing basketball at McNeese State and going on to win over 400 games as a coach! Thankful for the lessons he taught me of doing for others and giving. To all those who have served “Thank You” for your service!
Had a legendary baller Steve “Franchise” Francis
@SteveFrancis_3
- from JUCO (San Jacinto College/Allegany JC), D1 (Maryland) and the NBA (Knicks/Rockets) stop by today!
Been wearing this pin for over 20+ years since my juco coaching days!
Coaches vs. Cancer means so much to so many of us!
So proud of the example my mom set in her fight against it!
#WeWillFindaCure
Great day of basketball at NSU for our ELITE Camp!
140 players attended with a lot of talented young men! Thanks to the parents/coaches that brought them! Also, thanks to the other college coaches that came to recruit! Please pray for protection from the hurricane for everyone!
Hard to believe he was called to heaven almost 18 years ago! Happy Birthday to the one & only Coach “Nooky” Moore (would of been 86 today) who I had the blessing to call DAD! Thanks for the life lessons, giving spirit & guidance in our profession!
So awesome to see one of my former players - Brandon Powell (from Dunham HS) - from my early years in coaching as a juco head coach at John Wood CC!
#BothJucoProducts
Miss seeing this LEGEND everyday - he could always put a smile on my face!
So THANKFUL for those who continue to go see him, help him and haven’t forgotten about him - he is LOVE! Happy Mardi Gras - COACH BLACK! As always we are closer than cousins - you are my Cuttin!
Had a chance to see some special people at our Missouri game! Two of my college teammates from Missouri Valley College! Three of my former players from my time as head coach at John Wood CC (25 years ago)! And Ms. Cathy who always supported us at NSU!
BASKETBALL has
BLESSED ME!
This picture in my office was given to me over 20 years ago by one of my juco players from the Caribbean - no gyms on his island! With no gyms open - get outside in that driveway or backyard and get 400 shots up today! That same player led the nation in FG % in NAIA after juco!
Today was a great day - all 20 hours of it! Early morning practice then on the road recruiting - saw some really good teams & players! 6 hours of windshield time & 8 hours of gym time! Best part was my daughter joined me for the trip - as a dad those are special times!
Great to see
@Dr_Maggio
at our open practice on Saturday! In life there are true friends and acquaintances - he is the best at truly caring for others! Thankful to have learned a lot from him! Thanks for all you did for our family when we needed help!
#TrulyCaredForEveryStudent
Congrats to Amy for being named TEACHER of the YEAR at Westdale Heights Acad. Magnet! Teaching is truly her calling & her love for students is amazing! Never under estimate the impact of a teacher that believes in a child! Recognized at all 6 schools she has taught!
@ebrpschools
Happy Birthday to MY HERO! I just wanted to be called - COACH - like you!A title you taught me was more than just being on a basketball court! Although Gracie & Caige never met you - they know everything about you - my memories have become their memories!
#GreatlyMissed