Chat Live With Dave Bliss
10/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 8, 2002
WACO, Texas - On Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 1 pm CT, Baylor head men's basketball coach Dave Bliss will make a special visit to chat about the beginning of practice and the upcoming 2002-03 season.
Bliss, prepping for his fourth season at Baylor, is a 28-year coaching veteran and ranks among active the top 20 Division I coaches in victories. The former head coach at New Mexico, Southern Methodist and Oklahoma, he has led teams to 15 postseason tournament appearances, including 11 trips to the NCAA Tournament. Five times Bliss has been honored as his conference's coach of the year, and he is one of only 23 Division I coaches ever to have taken three different schools to the NCAA Tournament (UNM, SMU, OU).
Bliss took over the reigns of Baylor basketball on March 23, 1999, and was given the task of rebuilding a program that had finished the 1998-99 season without a Big 12 Conference win. Bliss proceeded to guide the Bears to a 14-15 record in 1999-2000 and in his second year led Baylor to a 19-12 mark and into the NIT.
Bliss won't hit the chat room until Wednesday afternoon. Feel free to drop him some questions here and we'll save them for his arrival.
