Roderick Mosley
12/8/06
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Itta
Bena, Miss. --- Former Mississippi Valley Sate University’s head men’s basketball coach Lafayette Stribling has been named as been
named as part of the 2006 induction class to the Southwestern Athletic
Conference Hall of Fame.
Stribling spent over 20 years as the coach of the Delta Devils in Itta
Bena, Mississippi. During Stribling's tenure, the Delta Devils
captured four SWAC regular-season titles and earned 3 SWAC tournament
titles which lead to three trips to the NCAA Tournament (1986, 1992,
1996). Stribling was the winningest coach in Mississippi Valley State
University history, with a record of 315-307.
His accomplishment at Mississippi Valley includes taking a squad that
was down in the early 1980s and turning them into conference
champions. In 1985, his Delta Devil team played on national television
against the number one team in the nation, Duke University. The game,
televised on ESPN, saw Mississippi Valley fight a tough contest
against the Blue Devils. In 1992, his team found national prominence
as they faced more stiff competition, this time national televised on
CBS. He is currently the head basketball coach and assistant director
of athletics of Tougaloo College in Jackson, MS.
Original Release by SWAC Media Relations Office
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