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  • Big News in the MIAA...Tony Hobson at Ft. Hays Retires...

    Wow...he was a great coach

    https://fhsuathletics.com/news/2023/...asketball.aspx

  • #2
    Seems kind of shocking they never made the Elite Eight with four No. 1 seeds in the region.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by LukeMcConnell1 View Post
      Seems kind of shocking they never made the Elite Eight with four No. 1 seeds in the region.
      Agreed. He did win 3 NAIA titles at Hastings College so I guess that makes up for it in a sense.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by LukeMcConnell1 View Post
        Seems kind of shocking they never made the Elite Eight with four No. 1 seeds in the region.
        Yes it does make one wonder why.

        The posts I saw from fans thanked him for the best era of WBB at Hays.

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        • #5
          Thank you Tony and enjoy retirement!

          Originally posted by libertybearcat View Post

          Yes it does make one wonder why.

          The posts I saw from fans thanked him for the best era of WBB at Hays.
          He definitely created an amazing atmosphere, and there is a lot of interest in the WBB program in Hays. Went to look at attendance stats from NCAA. Most recent stats are last year's 21-22 season but average attendance top 5 in the nation:
          # games Total Attend Average Attend
          1 Ft. Hays 18 39,315 2,184
          2 Northern St 13 25,568 1,967
          3 Drury 16 21,961 1,371
          4 Emporia St 14 15,506 1,108
          5 Black Hills 11 12,085 1,099


          What is crazy to look at here is:
          1. most home games of the top 5 all the way until #10 finally has more home games, so it isn't just a couple big crowds
          2. #4 in attendance is 1,000 fewer people per game
          3. FHSU would rank in the top 50 in Division 1 Attendance

          Very similar stats year after year after creating the atmosphere here once he got to FHSU.
          Last edited by TigerAlum; 03-28-2023, 11:30 AM. Reason: Cleaned up the data by putting it into a table.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by TigerAlum View Post
            Thank you Tony and enjoy retirement!



            He definitely created an amazing atmosphere, and there is a lot of interest in the WBB program in Hays. Went to look at attendance stats from NCAA. Most recent stats are last year's 21-22 season but average attendance top 5 in the nation:
            # games Total Attend Average Attend
            1 Ft. Hays 18 39,315 2,184
            2 Northern St 13 25,568 1,967
            3 Drury 16 21,961 1,371
            4 Emporia St 14 15,506 1,108
            5 Black Hills 11 12,085 1,099


            What is crazy to look at here is:
            1. most home games of the top 5 all the way until #10 finally has more home games, so it isn't just a couple big crowds
            2. #4 in attendance is 1,000 fewer people per game
            3. FHSU would rank in the top 50 in Division 1 Attendance

            Very similar stats year after year after creating the atmosphere here once he got to FHSU.
            Was his retirement a surprise, or were there some rumblings from the Tiger family this was a possiblity?

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            • #7
              In retrospect, the writing is there. in the coaching records that I can go back to (2010-11), Hobson has only had one asst coach (excluding GA's) until the 19-20 season, when GA Lunsford became an asst. coach alongside Kahrs.

              Kahrs took over in the 12-13 season after Carrie Hofstetter (now Eighmey) moved onto Hastings College for their HC job. Eighmey would then take the UNK job in the 15-16 season.

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              • #8
                He's 65, 66 but looks much younger. Coaching for 30+years takes a toll, especially with the tough MIAA battles and today's portal/AAU world. I'm sure he just got tired of the game but wanted to leave the cupboard full for his veteran assistant.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by AlexTheHAMMER View Post
                  In retrospect, the writing is there. in the coaching records that I can go back to (2010-11), Hobson has only had one asst coach (excluding GA's) until the 19-20 season, when GA Lunsford became an asst. coach alongside Kahrs.

                  Kahrs took over in the 12-13 season after Carrie Hofstetter (now Eighmey) moved onto Hastings College for their HC job. Eighmey would then take the UNK job in the 15-16 season.
                  Hays, both men and women have always had one assistant until that year. I am sure a money thing in only having one assistant plus a GA (Not sure about the NCAA rule on coaches for d2 basketball, but some of these teams in the league have got a bunch of coaches on the bench). I don't believe a few years ago it was an add an assistant to get ready for retirement, more of a catch up with everyone else.
                  As someone else said he is in his 60s, has coached for 30 years. For all of us that is a career, including him.

                  You can listen to his commentary on it here to which he says he has thought about it for several years: https://hayspost.com/posts/6ebf0f97-...f-c468268340a3

                  Also from new coach: https://hayspost.com/posts/c4f75fcc-...a-fe0795688d64
                  Both of these are around 10 minutes.

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