Emanuel Dildy new assistant
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Don't know the first thing about him, but seems to make sense as another guy with deep Chicago roots. Hopefully he can recruit his tail off.
Emanuel is a Chicago guy who comes from a great basketball family.
I assume that means he is related to noted Chicago basketball fixture, Tracy Dildy.
I assume that means he is related to noted Chicago basketball fixture, Tracy Dildy.
He's from Loyola. That's three assistants Collins has hired from Loyola -- Baldwin, Gates and now Dildy.
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EVANSTON, Ill. -- Sullivan-Ubben Head Men's Basketball Coach Chris Collins has announced the hire of Emanuel Dildy to Northwestern's staff as an assistant coach.
"We are thrilled to add Emanuel and his wife, Rebekah, to the Northwestern Basketball family," Collins said. "Emanuel is a Chicago guy who comes from a great basketball family. He's got great energy, passion and enthusiasm for the game. He's going to bring a strong work ethic and character to our program. We're excited to have him join us as we move forward."
"I am tremendously excited to join the Northwestern University men's basketball staff," said Dildy. "I'm extremely eager for the opportunity to help Coach Collins and staff continue to push the NU program to new heights both on and off the court."
Dildy replaces Armon Gates who recently was hired as an assistant coach at Nebraska.
A Chicago native, Dildy joins Northwestern after spending the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Valparaiso. During his lone season with the Crusaders, Dildy was key in the player development of Tavon Walker and Bakari Evelyn, helping them earn Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team and All-Newcomer Team honors, respectively.
During the 2016-17 season, Dildy coached in the Southeastern Conference as an assistant coach at the University of Missouri. Under Dildy's tutelage, Jordan Barnett developed into one of the SEC's most productive perimeter players, leading the team in scoring with an average of 12.2 points per game.
Prior to arriving at Mizzou, Dildy worked for three seasons (2013-16) as an assistant coach at Loyola Chicago. Dildy's player development and recruiting efforts helped lead Loyola to a College Basketball Invitational title in 2014-15 and later helped Loyola earn an NCAA Final Four appearance during the 2017-18 season.
Aundre Jackson ranked among the national leaders and set a Loyola single-season record for field goal percentage (.669) while also setting the school's career field goal percentage mark (.620). Jackson's production led to 2017 MVC Sixth Man of the Year and MVC All-Newcomer Team accolades.
Donte Ingram blossomed into a 2018 MVC Tournament MVP and Second-Team All-MVC honoree. He is one of only 11 Ramblers to record over 1,200 points and 600 rebounds in a Loyola uniform for his career.
Dildy also help coach guard Milton Doyle develop into Loyola's first player to earn First-Team All-MVC recognition. He finished his career with 1,606 points, which places him eighth on Loyola's all-time scoring chart and he also ranks fifth with 459 assists. Doyle capped his career by becoming the first Rambler since 2007 to earn NABC First-Team All-District recognition.
Dildy spent the 2012-13 season as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois, as he broke into the Division I coaching ranks. While at EIU, Dildy was instrumental in the player development of Sherman Blanford, who led the team in rebounding and also went on to earn 2012-13 All-Ohio Valley Newcomer Team and 2013-14 Second-Team All-OVC accolades. Dildy also was key in the recruitment of transfer Reggie Smith who was named to the 2013-14 All-Newcomer team and transfer Chris Olivier who became the team's leading scorer and finished his career fifth on EIU's all-time blocked shots list.
Dildy's coaching career started at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, where he served as an assistant coach for two seasons (2008-10) before spending two seasons as head coach (2010-12). As the head coach, Dildy guided the Statesmen to a 35-27 overall record and led the team to an appearance in the NJCAA 2012 Region IV tournament championship game.
Dildy played for two seasons at New Mexico State before transferring to Eastern Illinois, where he was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a senior. After earning his B.A. in Communications from EIU in 2005, Dildy played professionally in Germany for two years and stateside for one season in the International Basketball League before embarking on his coaching career.
Dildy and his wife, Rebekah, reside in Evanston.
Might be the only time in the history of college football that a coach's commute gets shorter upon changing jobs.
Tried to read up on this hire....Emanuel has an incredibly high ceiling
Loved Baldwin and Gates but they were limited in what they could do recruiting=wise in the city. As a born and bred south sider, Dildy has no such limitation.
Can the kids qualify? Take em one at a time.
Loved Baldwin and Gates but they were limited in what they could do recruiting=wise in the city. As a born and bred south sider, Dildy has no such limitation.
Can the kids qualify? Take em one at a time.
They are cousins. Both of them played at King HS when it was a powerhouse program coached by Landon "Sonny" Cox. This is a good hire for NU. He is experienced and well connected. I thought there was a chance Collins would go after up and coming star Bryan Mullins from Loyola but I think Mullins may need a couple more years of seasoning.
Here's a strange irony about Dildy someone pointed out to me: he replaced Armon Gates at Loyola and now at Northwestern. Kinda freaky, huh?
Tell him to say "no" when Florida comes calling. It will save him the aggravation two weeks later.
That means we should watch very closely the guy who replaces Dildy at Loyola.
Pretty sure he brought in Javon Freeman(3Star) from Whitney Young this year for Valpo.....I am also guessing that he had a lot to do with Milton Doyle coming to LU from Kansas.
What's the story behind him going to Mizzou for just one year, and then Valpo? Seems like a step down.
I think that was the case,,,that he got caught up in the coaching change. I have to say I hope this is the end of the run of LU coaches to NU...Hoping some of that Final 4 money has gone in to assistant coach salaries..we have lost some good ones over the years and have two good ones now in Mullens and Valentine.....But more to the point...in one year Valpo became the team in the Valley with the highest ranked players and that coincides with Coach Dildy going to Valpo....cant connect all the dots ..but again hard worker and good guy.
Maybe he was the odd man out when Mizzou shelled out over $1 million to secure the commits of both Porters by hiring their dad.
rarely do guys keep assistants on their staff unless they have huge ties to their new jobs recruiting base. Not surprising Martin cleaned house when he took over Missouri. Assistant in college are like nomads except for the ones at the highest level of winning programs, they move around like every few years
At NU Collins kept Hardy but he was still gone shortly after. Not too many continue on. If a HC is going to succeed or fail, he wants it to be with his guys
Right that made sense NU grad with ties to the area, but Tavaras had no relationship with CC so even though he took the job at first he left to join a staff with a head coach he knew well.
I have no specific knowledge, but presumably through the Princeton offense coaching brotherhood.
Will he help the super-bliue chip local recruit get the grades and test scores necessary to get into NU?
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