Southwestern Community College men’s basketball coach Todd Lorensen has been named the JUCO Coach of the Week for week eight of the college season by HoopDirt.com.
HoopDirt.com is a Web site, created and operated by college basketball coaches, focusing on issues pertinent to those in the college basketball community.
In Lorensen’s Coach of the Week online announcement, HoopDirt.com attributes this honor to the phenomenal season underway by the Spartans.
The announcement reads, “Sitting at a perfect 16-0 and the owner of the #2 ranking in the NJCAA national rankings, Coach Lorensen’s squad is looking ready for another deep run come the end of this season.”
Other week eight Coach of the Week winners include the following by class:
NCAA DI: Randy Bennett, Saint Mary’s NCAA DII: Nelson Haggerty, Midwestern State (TX) NCAA DIII: Chris Martin, Loras College (IA) NAIA: Larry Cordaro, LSU Alexandria
Next up for the Spartans will be Kirkwood Community College at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, in the college’s Student Center gymnasium.
As a HoopDirt Coach of the Week, Lorensen will be in the running for the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by the Hoop Group, which will be announced following the 2016-17 college basketball season.
Time change for
Saturday SWCC
There’s been a bit of a change from the orignal schedule for Saturday’s Southwestern Community College men’s and women’s basketball games against Kirkwood.
The women’s game will tip off at 1 p.m., with the men’s game at 3 p.m.