Charlie Spoonhour dies

[lukethedrifter]

I don't remember any of his SLU teams having anyone over 6'2"...but they could sure shoot the 3's.

The plastic spoons all over campus was cute too.

Scott Highmark is listed as 6'4". Couldn't dunk.

[cARdsfan]

He'll always be a SMSU guy, to me. He made that program into what it is -- literally took them from a Division II school to a team that competed well as an upper mid-major in an upper mid-major conference.

We had season tickets to SMS games when I was growing up. I probably saw every home game he coached while at SMS. Great coach and great person.

Not quite as much involvement with SMS as you had, but I'll always remember him from his days there as well. He was THE celebrity in SW MO back in the 80's.

[vnmn23]

Seemed like a genuinely nice guy, and for a college basketball coach-that is saying something.

He really was genuine. I sat next to him on a flight from Vegas to St. Louis before his last season at UNLV. I didn't want to be "that guy" on the airplane, but just said that I enjoyed his time at SLU and SMS. He was appreciative and we talked basketball and baseball for awhile before getting back to his stack of papers.

[TimeForGuinness]

I don't remember any of his SLU teams having anyone over 6'2"...but they could sure shoot the 3's.

The plastic spoons all over campus was cute too.

Scott Highmark is listed as 6'4". Couldn't dunk.

I think they rounded up too much.

[Freed Roger]

Seemed like a genuinely nice guy, and for a college basketball coach-that is saying something.

He really was genuine. I sat next to him on a flight from Vegas to St. Louis before his last season at UNLV. I didn't want to be "that guy" on the airplane, but just said that I enjoyed his time at SLU and SMS. He was appreciative and we talked basketball and baseball for awhile before getting back to his stack of papers.

Was at a Blues game at the Arena upper reaches, and Spoonhour w/ Hrabosky was coming down stairs from the boxes (IIRC the dignitaries had to go thru a crowded gauntlet to get up/down from the boxes). I was standing at the bottom of the stairwell and recognized them -Spoon uses my shoulder instead of the handrail for the last step then stops to thank me and chats briefly. Al looks back with a "come on Spoon"expression.

Trivial - but it is interesting when a brief impression matches the general image.

[lukethedrifter]

I don't remember any of his SLU teams having anyone over 6'2"...but they could sure shoot the 3's.

The plastic spoons all over campus was cute too.

Scott Highmark is listed as 6'4". Couldn't dunk.

I think they rounded up too much.

Height liars