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Hopkins On ESPN List Of Underrated Impact Recruiters
Mike Hopkins, Syracuse Orange
Hopkins is really a head coach who is serving as an assistant to Jim Boeheim. He is smart and an outstanding teacher, and he doesn't miss a detail. As a relationship builder, Hopkins is among the best. He listens, and that is uncommon in any profession. Although Hopkins has been labeled the coach-in-waiting for when Boeheim retires, I am annually surprised that some athletic director (or search firm, nowadays) doesn't grab him. He is that good. Of course, I insist that it wouldn't kill Hopkins to get out in the sun a little bit. One would never know he grew up in Southern California based on his opaque skin.
Here is the ESPN Insider article
Mike Hopkins, Syracuse Orange
Hopkins is really a head coach who is serving as an assistant to Jim Boeheim. He is smart and an outstanding teacher, and he doesn't miss a detail. As a relationship builder, Hopkins is among the best. He listens, and that is uncommon in any profession. Although Hopkins has been labeled the coach-in-waiting for when Boeheim retires, I am annually surprised that some athletic director (or search firm, nowadays) doesn't grab him. He is that good. Of course, I insist that it wouldn't kill Hopkins to get out in the sun a little bit. One would never know he grew up in Southern California based on his opaque skin.
Here is the ESPN Insider article
