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Coach Tucker Named Coach of the Year

May 13, 2009 - American Basketball Association (ABA)
Southeast Texas Mavericks News Release


Pro Basketball News, which is one of the most prestigious websites in the USA that covers Professional Basketball on all levels in the USA has selected Southeast Texas Head Coach Steve Tucker as the National Coach of the Year for all of Professional Basketball from all leagues operating in the United States below the NBA. The NBA D League (NBDL), Continental Basketball Association (CBA), Premier Basketball League (PBL), and the American Basketball Association (ABA) all had coaches nominated for this most prestigious award. Yet, the Southeast Texas and ABA's Coach of the Year Head Coach, Steve Tucker was selected as the 2008-09 Pro Basketball News National Coach of the Year!

Tucker's Southeast Texas team compiled a 27-2 record this past basketball season as they won 25 straight games in a row (the third longest streak in pro basketball history). Southeast Texas was ranked #1 in the nation in the ABA's National Power Rankings for a record 11 consecutive weeks as they rolled to the ABA's South Division Championship.

Coach Tucker also became the ABA's winningest Head Coach since the ABA came back as an active professional basketball league in 2001 during this past season. Tucker has an 80-21 record during his three seasons of coaching in the ABA. He was also selected this past season for the third time as an ABA All-Star Game Coach.

"This is a great honor! Pro Basketball News does an excellent job covering all of professional basketball in the USA. If you do not follow that website, you need to include it among your favorites. I'm just really humbled for there are some excellent coaches that coach basketball on this level and to be selected for such a prestigious honor is just really special! I appreciate and am so thankful for it. I have seen a lot over the years in basketball on this level, some good and some bad! Right now, I'm just so thankful to be given such a great opportunity to coach here with this franchise. This is truly a special situation we have here and it has allotted us the opportunity to achieve great success in so many ways!" states Coach Tucker.

Pro Basketball News also selected a First, Second, and Third Team Pro Basketball Minor League All-Pro Team. Southeast Texas power forward and ABA MVP DeRon Rutledge was selected First Team, point guard Tim Pledger was Third Team, and combo guard Anthony Lumpkin was Honorable Mention.

Southeast Texas will tip-off its second season in the ABA this November in Beaumont, TX. More announcements will be coming soon from the second year Professional Basketball Franchise.

Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.



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