Former player DeShawn Sims begins coaching career
Surprised this wasn't posted aalready, bUT former MBB player DeShawn Sims has been named the boys basketball coach of Pershing HS (his alma mater).
Sims was one of the few bright spots during the dark ages in our basketball program. Good to see him start his coaching career locally at his alma mater.
https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2024/04/former-michigan-basketball-star-gets-coaching-job-at-detroit-high-school.html
A+ "let's remember some guys" post- wow that name takes me back.
I am the same age as Deshawn Sims. Thanks for reminding me that I am not young anymore
April 12th, 2024 at 10:53 AM ^
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I really hope May eventually adds someone from Detroit to his staff. DeShawn would be a good start.
I am not sure if MBB has started hiring analysts on the same scale as CFB, but giving Peedi a year or two to develop as a high school coach and then hiring him as an analyst seems like a smart approach.
Congratulations to DeShawn!
I hope this is the beginning of more good things to come.
Always great to hear positive news of former Wolverines. Good luck to this young man. Future is bright.
And the guy that most of us confuse him with – Courtney Sims – is also a high school basketball coach. He coaches a girls basketball team in Massachusetts.
All our Sims are coaching!
And in case you're wondering, former U-M cornerback Myles Sims was a starter at Georgia Tech this year.
My kids play The Sims on the computer.
We might get a "JEEM Harbaugh" out of Phil Simms this fall
I taught my wife's aunt and uncle how to install foreign eSIMs on their phones for their upcoming Mediterranean cruise.
Pershing High School - oh my, that brings back memories.
Pershing was the Detroit public high school that I would have attended - had my family stayed in the city.
Wishing DeShawn and the Doughboys well...
Peedie coaching DoughBoys will have me coming out in support.
Congratulations Coach Sims!!🏀🏀
Excited for him. Also, really like the fact that when he played someone here posted their named one of their goldfish "DeShawn Swims".
Manny Harris better be on his staff or something is off.
just feel obligated to post here because my avatar is manny and deshawn on selection sunday. was a really cool moment for a program which had been down for so long. and then beating clemson and giving blake griffin all he could handle in the round of 32 was pretty cool, too.
Everybody points at Stu & Zack as the program legends who brought us back - and that's fair they were the ones who were b1g champs. But Manny and Peedi staying committed with Beilein were a huge part of it also. The win at home over duke that year was such an awesome moment.
April 11th, 2024 at 12:47 PM ^
Blake Griffin at that point was the 3rd-most dominant player I have ever seen in college (Michael Beasley and Kevin Durant in the 2 years before Griffin). At that time, Griffin was being talked about as one of the greatest prospects of all time. Just a 6-10 mega athlete with a complete game for the time. Michigan being competitive against Griffin and a fairly strong supporting cast on Oklahoma was crazy to watch.
Man, there was a ~5-6 year period where the NBA draft saw mega-freshman that were considered cant-miss prospects that you just haven't seen for the last 10 years or so at least. Not to say there haven't been great 1 and done prospects in that time, but the hype and NBA-ready talent that came out those years was wild.
- 2007 - Oden, Durant
- 2008 - Rose, Beasley, Love, Mayo
- 2009 - Blake Griffin
- 2010 - John Wall
- 2011 - Kyrie Irving
- 2012 - Anthony Davis
April 11th, 2024 at 12:51 AM ^
Willie Mitchell, also an Alum. One of my favorite non-Fab Five players from the 90’s.
I found out he was playing in Korea while I was there. But then like a week later he went to the G-league or some other country.