The big 6-0-0
Yeah, I know, it's still football season. But Lakewood boys basketball coach Dan Wright picked up his 600th win Tuesday night, and you can check out the video right here.
Column right here.
Next up: Freddie Dyles, longtime Gibbs coach who sits atop the all-time Tampa Bay wins list with 674.
(P.S. Randy Shuman, Bogie coach, picked up his 400th win over the weekend.)
The St. Petersburg Times High School Sports blog is written and compiled by the Times preps sports staff from Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties. We invite your participation in the comments area.
Coach Wright Is One Of The Worst People I Have Ever MET!!! Lakewood Is GOING DOWN.......CT TEARIN" UP!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: | November 28, 2007 at 11:59 AM
completly right clearwater will dominate anyone....east lake last night hahaha...
Posted by: wooden otb | November 28, 2007 at 12:00 PM
yea i guess clearwater is gonna tear up Lakewood again huh...jus like they did last year...wait no the year b4 that....no the year b4 dat....still no......ummm.....when was the last time they beat lakewood!?!?!?.....i no...its been awhile...but good luck tornadoes
Posted by: ... | November 28, 2007 at 10:24 PM
I had a chance to see the CLW/Bogie game last night. CLW is a good team with Luke and will win their Pinellas County games(except for Lakewood). They need to keep Luke healthy.As he goes, CLW goes. I have also followed Lakewood and Dan Wright. Lakewood is the better team. They are quicker and with better athelets. CLW will have a difficult time playing the uptempo game needed to beat Lakewood.
Posted by: | November 29, 2007 at 08:03 AM
i wouldn't even give him the title of coach.
Posted by: | November 29, 2007 at 10:45 AM
he does nothing to prepare these young men for the future. he condones and even perpetuates poor attitude and behavior on his bench. out in the world, he is pompous...a buffoon who thinks people should bow down him because of his notoriety. he is unethical.
Posted by: | November 29, 2007 at 10:46 AM
10:46 Evidently you do not have a clue about what Dan Wright is all about or you are some frustrated coach or kid who has ran up against a wright spartan team over the years. Dan Wright is a very good caoch but he is even a better man and mentor to all who come thru the program that is why he has so many young men lives he has influnced and their parents singing his praises he also has something that none of the north county coaches have ever earned and will never get a state title as a basketballplayer and 2 titles as a basketball coach. 10:45 you are correct he has earned a higher title than coach he is a "mentor" "positive role model" and "best basketball coach in pinellas county" I am not a lakewood fan nor a south county resident. but as they say on the street "game alway recoginizes game"
Posted by: | November 29, 2007 at 11:50 AM
thats real
Posted by: | November 29, 2007 at 12:06 PM
10:46, it is amazing how you throw all those negative comments toward Coach Wright without any facts to back it up. Coach Wright has spent his life uplifting kids. He has sent the most kids in the county to college and is probably the most strict coach in the county. Please stop discrediting this good man without cause. Why is he unethical? How does he perpetuate bad behavior? I guess it is true, when you are the best there are always people trying to tear you down.
Posted by: Prep Fan | November 29, 2007 at 02:01 PM
I agree with 1045.
Posted by: | November 30, 2007 at 02:53 PM