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". His teams won three state Class 4A championships, in 1977, 1978, and 1980, and finished as the runner-up in 1979 by only two points. "I initially stayed behind because our son (Matt) was a senior in high school," Nan said of why she's never left Fayetteville, Ark. At each new place, there was a new challenge and something to build, but it was always worth it, he said. Nan is in her fifth year as Arkansas' director of nursing. Sport makes us better. I hired him from $72,000 to $14,000, and he had kept up with everything through his high school, and he knew so much about recruiting nationally through AAU. A new professional league, and you were seeing more people at college games around that time, too. Ive never fired a person in my life, back to restaurant manager days. Sometimes you just go with the flow, and dont take life so seriously in non-serious moments. I left the high school game in 1980 when Barmore and Hogg called me up. Oct. 28, 2021 Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 11:36 a.m. I have a lot of responsibility, a lot of flexibility, and I argue with my assistants all the time. Blair coached Debra and Kim Rodman on one of his state title teams their brother Dennis used to play Ping-Pong and talk about basketball with Blair at the school. Head Coach. So Blair will walk away this season after making a massive mark in so many places. Over the past 19 seasons, the program . Blair is well-known and well-liked throughout the SEC. Every one of the players he helped coach during that tournament later went on to play in the WNBA. Blair eventually took the leap and made the move, joining Sonja Hoggs staff as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech, which went to four Final Fours and won two national championships while Blair was on the coaching staff. She was the first 6-3 kid who could play all five positions. I just need an arena with 94 feet to be able to compete., - Gary Blair on being honored in opposing gyms this season. So, with both drenched in successful careers, how have the two made a long-distance marriage work? Vic turned it down and came with me to Texas A&M, and Amber stayed. In his eight years with the school, he compiled a 210-43 record, including 25 wins in just his second season as a head coach.