One day newly appointed Morehead State women’s head coach Tom Hodges was discussing with his assistants how to drum up some national attention for his team. Rather than doing it the traditional way off adopting some lock-down defensive scheme or running a new hybrid uptempo type offense, the entire staff turned a joke into reality when Hodges decided to dress in an outlandish, seizure-inducing suit for games like PGA touring pro John Daly.
Of course, Daly is know for wearing some pretty unflattering plaid and odd-colored get-ups to tournaments and Hodges apparently is no different as he chose to wear a purple, yellow, and white suit with matching white shoes to patrol the sidelines in the team’s season opener against Kentucky.
Hodges, unofficially the youngest head women’s coach in the nation at only 28 years old, decided on a whim to send an email to Daly’s flashy apparel sponsor LoudMouth Golf about their brainy idea, and to their surprise LoudMouth willingly supplied the entire staff with the outlandish clothes.
A University of Kentucky player even commented that she thought they were part of the half-time entertainment before realizing they were the opposing coaching staff. Here’s Hodges statement on his flashy attire:
“It’s a little bit outside my comfort zone, but anything that gets Morehead State in the headlines and puts our great university front and center, I’m all for it”
Hodges also revealed that LoudMouth Golf had sent him an additional 15 pairs of pants that he described as the “wildest, craziest things you ever have seen!”
The wild outfits succeeded in drawing the program some attention, but as for the actual game, the Eagles got blown out by the Wildcats 82-48. But at least Hodges very gorgeous blond assistant coach Christian Stefanopolous looks cute in those plaid pants.
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen also provides content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
