Browsing Tag Ed Cooley
Opportunity knocks for Johnson, Stags against Siena
By Keith Connors at March 8, 2010 | 1:13 pm | 168 Comments
Head coach Ed Cooley had seen enough. With eight minutes to play, just moments after Niagara guard Anthony Nelson connected on a three-point shot to stretch the lead to eight, Cooley tossed the clipboard and coach speak aside and turned to his trusted senior. “There was a time and point that we were down with eight and I looked Anthony Johnson in the eyes and I more...
Stags rally late to earn trip to MAAC final
By Tom Cleary at March 8, 2010 | 12:14 pm | 126 Comments
As seen in this morning's Connecticut Post, our editor-in-chief, Tom Cleary, recaps men's basketball's semifinal win over Niagara. ALBANY, N.Y. -- A weekend that started with a trip to the hospital for Fairfield men's basketball coach Ed Cooley will now extend into Monday night, as the Stags advanced to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament championship more...
Connors Corner: Wake up in the morning feeling like Joe Frager
By Keith Connors at March 5, 2010 | 3:38 pm | 50 Comments
As we sit in the pressroom in the depths of the Times-Union Center, in the shadow of Marist’s game against Canisius and its impending quest to stretch their consecutive league championships streak to an unprecedented five straight, it seems as if the storyline of the night should be the Red Foxes postseason dominance. But if you’re on North Benson Road there’s more...
Sports Blog: Q&A With Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ed Cooley
By Keith Connors at February 24, 2010 | 10:21 am | 309 Comments
Heading into an important weekend in the MAAC and coming off of a loss to Vermont in the Bracket Buster game, Head Coach Ed Cooley realizes that the pressure is on. With just two games to go, games against Iona and Niagara will play a major role in determining where Fairfield will be seeded in the upcoming MAAC tournament. I sat down with Cooley on Tuesday to talk about more...
A Very Cooley Christmas
By Keith Connors at December 9, 2009 | 10:44 am | 577 Comments
[caption id="attachment_24843" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Ed Cooley signed a multi-year contract extension with Fairfield last Friday."][/caption] Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Unless, of course, you’re a college student. Then, throw in a hellacious finals week sure to be chuck full of term papers, endless nights at the library, and, more...
Ed Cooley’s Perspective on His First Hundred Games
By Keith Connors at December 2, 2009 | 10:37 am | 15 Comments
[caption id="attachment_22840" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Ed Cooley"][/caption] Game one: I suffered a double-overtime loss to American. We’ll get better. Game two: I suffered an overtime loss to Holy Cross. Fool me once ... oh, it’s fine. We’ll get better. Game five: Hasheem Thabeeet. He’s good. Game six: Success! My first career win as a head more...
