Head Coach of the 2024 NJCAA National Champion Barton Cougars - Produced 8 NJCAA All-Americans, 41 NCAA D1, and 15 currently playing professional basketball.
Well itโs official...the Cโs went from family of 4 to family of 5! Itโs been a long process but worth every bit of it! Please welcome my newest son Tye Coombs!
#ProudDad
Thereโs definitely some sacrifice that comes with being a coaches son but man there definitely can be some pretty special times! โค๏ธ๐โค๏ธ๐
Panther fans please help us welcome SEKโs own Dariq Williams to the SHO!!!
Dariq is a big-time guard whoโs an absolute highlight film on the court! We are excited to bring him to the SHO!
#SHOtime
@ReekTheFreakk1
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
Not a better Jr College basketball environment in the country! Iโll put the Cougar fans and the Kirkman up against anyone! Thanks Cougar Nation!
#RollCougs
S/O Jeremy Coombs ~ the 2024 NJCAA Div I Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
Led Cougars to:
*1st National title
*Program best 36 wins & 36-1 Overall
*Program best 21-0 record away from home court
*Program 2nd best 27-game win streak
#GoBarton
#GoCougs
Panther fans please help me welcome Deondre Buggage to the SHO!!!
Really looking forward to coaching this young manโฆDeondre is a scoring machine, a great passer, and a bigtime defender!
#SHOtime
@DeondreBuggage
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
Amazing day for "Baylor Bears (NCAAM)" Jo Lual-Acuil. His mom & dad arrived from South Sudan today. First time they will ever see him play for Baylor & mom's 1st trip to USA. They all arrived in Waco 40 minutes before game.
Locker room upgrade complete!!! Thanks to all who helped and a HUGE thank you to my great friend and assistant Clint Isaac and of course my amazing wife Lindsay! We couldnโt have done it without you!
#SHOtime
I'm not sure who needs to know this, but Barton's Mozae Downing-Rivers
@mo_xxiii
has 77 assists compared to just 10 turnovers in the last 10 games for
@bartonhoops
.
Is that good?
We just keep adding GREAT young men to the mix! Excited about this young man! Canโt wait to get in the gym with this years class of Panthers!
#SHOtime
#1
question I get about
@TheRealMylesT_
isโฆโhow does he do against big men?โ
My answerโฆ.36-1 ~ 14ppg, 6.7rpg, 48.3 FG% on the season!
-National Tournament Stats-
2nd Rnd - 22pts 7reb
Elite 8 - 11pts 6reb
Final 4 - 21pts,9reb
Championship 27pts, 13reb
Just a kid having fun and a Dad loving it! (12-23 from deep...52% so far!!!)
Stay on the grind young man...the hard work always pays off! โฆ
@cartercoombs1
โฉ
๐4 YEAR COACHES๐
Joey Locandro (6โ9/275)
โ15.2 PPG
โ8.3 RPG
โ53.3 FG%
Physical, great footwork, soft touch, shoot with range, great rebounder, with a BIG TIME Mullet!
@jUCOadvocate
@JucoRecruiting
Highlights:
๐จ๐จ4-Year Coaches ๐จ๐จ
The 15th best scorer and 5th best rebounder in the Jayhawk Conference!
#14
Joey Locandro 6'9/275 Center from Victoria, Australia
Comments: Big body post with great footwork and soft touch around the basket. Shoots the 3 really well and rebounds great!
Itโs not the shots he blocks or the points he scores that makes me so proud..itโs the person heโs grown into! Just amazing..heโs one of many reasons I coach! He motivates me to make sure Iโm impacting young menโs lives! This young man makes me better! โค๏ธ
๐จ๐จ4-Year Coaches๐จ๐จ Cougar currently in Bartonโs Record Book:
- 4th in made career FTs
- 3rd in career made 3-pt
- 9th in career scoring (1,089 pts in 2 yrs at Barton) (*1,381 pts with Covid year)
My heart is broken over our loss!The
@BartonHoops
and
@GoNeoshoHoops
lost one of their most special family members! I canโt even put words together to express how much Par meant to my family! Please pray for their his loved ones as they go through this terrible loss!
We are heartbroken at the loss of Coach Par Downing this morning. Coach played a huge role in starting our program and was a tremendous friend. We will miss him dearly and we will try to live by the lessons he taught us, both on and off the floor. Love you Coach. RIP
FAMILY!!! This is BIGTIME for our program! AD is one of the best young coaches in the business! Huge things in this young manโs future!!!
#ProudCoach
This young man needs no introduction to the Neosho family as he comes from a long bloodline of basketball studs! Panthers welcome Cougar Downing!!!
Cougar can play the 1 and the 2โฆshoots the lights out of the ball and sees the floor great!
#SHOtime
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
6'7 Freshman SG Brent Moss from Barton Junior College tells me that he's in touch with the following: SIUE, Eastern Michigan, Stephen F. Austin & Southern Utah.
Averaged 9.9 points & 6.2 rebounds.
A name to watch next year in the Juco world.
Sitting here looking around my office this morning surrounded by photos of all my former players!!! Hope you all are doing great...miss you all!!!
#SHOtime
Great turnout for last nights game! Special shout out to the GB middle school basketball team for coming out to support the Cougars! See you boys this evening at your game!
@BartonHoops
Playing for each otherโฆthereโs absolutely nothing better! As legendary coach Dan McGovern saidโฆbunch of very โUNCOMMONโ guys out there not letting the โMEโ disease infect them!
Whatโs a dayโฆgot to watch Freddie Mcswain Jr. at his TBT practice and visit with a little bit! Missed that young man!!! Freddie and his team will be playing on ESPN tomorrow at 11am! Tune in!
#21Pilot
โค๏ธ
Last one of the night!
The SHOโฆWelcome Malik Carson a 6โ7 wing from Rock Creek Christian Academy!
Malik is an athletic, skilled wing that has played for a bigtime prep school & will come right in & be an impact player!
@MalikCarson4
@RocCreekSports
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
Will Smith said it bestโฆโThe separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft."
WORK young manโฆWORK!
NJCAA D1 Team Needed!
Barton Booster Club & Best Western Classic
When: November 15-16
Where: Great Bend, KS
VS: Hutch & Barton
1 SPOT AVAILABLEโฆ
Hotel & VERY GOOD Guarantee available!
@NJCAABasketball
@BartonHoops
Arguably one of the best atmospheres in Juco Basketball!
Congrats to
@danieltitus0
for signing to Coppin State!!! Kid just flat works and I can't wait to see what the future holds!!! Keep making your family PROUD!!!!
So proud of Mylesโฆamazing story, amazing family and an amazing young man! So blessed to have coached him!!!
#Biggerthenbasketball
Thank you to the
@NJCAA
for recognizing him!
The
@NJCAA
has announced Myles Thompson, men's basketball student-athlete from
@BartonSports
, as the 2023-24 Champion Award winner.
Thompson exemplifies resilience, excellence, and passion.
Been thinking a lot about all my former players...miss you guys! You know where Iโm at if you need me! ๐ช๐ผโค๏ธ (Yeah I know...getting old and soft!) ๐ณ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ๐
Two of my former players Gregoryshon Magee played for me back in 2010-2012 and Freddie McSwain played 2014-2016โฆnow they have joined forces in the China Basketball Association.
#proudcoach
Another one of my former players who is a big-time up-and-coming coach! Not just a great coach but a great person and will make Cougar Nation proud!
#GoBarton
#GoCougs
Panther fans please help me welcome big man Myron Washington to the SHO!!!
Myron gives us the size & the post presence we need to go along with our outstanding guard play. Myron fills a need & we are excited to bring him to the SHO!
#SHOtime
@mxglizzy
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
Panther fans please help me welcome Tyler Culbreth to the SHO!!!
Tyler was a standout player at Lee County High School in Leesburg, Ga....where he was class 6A Region 1 All-First Team and Defensive Player of the Year!
#SHOtime
@vampwithwaves
@GoNeoshoHoops
@GoNeosho
My iPhone featured photo today..my little brother..people ask if itโs weird being a lot older then my siblings & my answer is..heck no I got to watch them grow up vs grow up with them! He graduated from Nicholls, got his masters & now runs his own restaurant!
#ProudBigBrother
Austin Downing and Marcus McGovern (son of former Barton HOF Coach Dan McGovern) in Wichita at the PRO-16/NXT tournament and showcase!
#FamilyOverEverything
โผ๏ธ 4 Year Coaches โผ๏ธ
Lookinโ for a KNOCKDOWN SHOOTER??
If so, Christian Bowen Webb (
@22Cbuckets1
) is your guy..๐๐พ
In 11 min per game, CB shot 48-114 from 3 on the season & 31-69 in conference play. (4th)
โ๏ธ WINNER (HS state champ & NJCAA National Champ)
โ๏ธ 3.0 GPA