Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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When a pressure-laden game goes down to the wire, or the game is won on a last-second shot, many people at- tribute a come-from-behind victory or those last second heroics to 'luckf' Others dispel the outcome by simply saying it's 'destiny' or 'talent.' But any student of basketball knows that in the final analysis 'coaching' pays off. 'Coaching' wins the close ones. While emphasis is placed on talent, the major ingredient 'Many have been given the opportunity to coach in this life . . . few have been gifted enough to enrich others' lives and reap the benefits of this talent. Carlisle Hostetter is one of those gifted few, and athletes at Lees-McRae are better for itf' - Don Baker in any successful program is coaching. When the game goes down to the wire the players who are well-coached do not become 'rattled.' They do not become disorganized. They have a plan and with methodical ingenuity that plan is set into motion by the coach and the players, well- trained and disciplined in the art of offense and defense, produce. Many coaches attribute a close loss or a losing season to 'player attitudes' or 'lack of talent' or 'lack of desire and pride' on the team's part. They evade the fact that games are won and lost for the most part because the team and the individual players were not prepared. The coach was simply 'out-coached.' Instead of using motivation they flosing coaches! use alibis. It's refreshing to see a coach admit he didn't have his team prepared, and the other team and coach turned in a better peformance. Hostetter never alibis. Of course, he seldom loses. Hostetter 's team slipped past Brevard, 55-543 edged Co- Stewart Lanier drives off screen by Barry Mayo, fx. lumbia, 66-633 came from behind as the buzzer sounded to defeat Spartanburg Methodist, 55-54: defeated Brevard again on the Tornadoes' home court in a come-from-be- hind win, 65-60, after being down nine pointsg escaped USC-Lancaster's home court advantage, 60-57: edged North Greenville, 63-62, with :17 seconds left in the game: and defeated Spartanburg Methodist, 69-67, on the Pio- neers' home court for the first time in ten years. Hostetter wears the distinctive label 'coach' with pride and lives up to the definition of that profession. Hostetter's label of coach is more than a title. He wears the label well and warrants the respect of his peers and colleagues. He 'commands' respect - not 'demands' respect - of his players, and he is genuinely the epitome of the word 'coachf' Basketball 101

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'Xover the yearsj we've tried to have fun out there, win or lose, and that's what it's all about. fl know l've loved coaching over the years and l've learnedj to build up their egos . . . give incentive to win . . . instill pride . . . motivate them. - Hostetter I w I r W7 Hostetter gets involved every game . . . planning his strat- egy, then instructing what offenses and defenses to run . . . shouting encouragement . . . applauding his players' suc- cesses . . . accepting their errors . . . and in practice as in the contest, totally immersed in ucoachingf' You don't berate players and expect them to perform for youf' v ' wx' W- .: s K Q n . ai 4. .ff Q E' S l.m,,,mNLNN 'Y' X3 fi ' 3 , - r. g M- ,ami V , ,... A ' ' 4-f 'N 1 my 1'ii iw V , Q if i -itt ,. s tsss r ,, . .krb K Ik. it I K: K yn f Q e,.k L. sf. K 4+5:,.+ ,Li ityfgj I J.. X nk t rf-. . K I K K 'MQ 100 Basketball lt' ,OQQQOQ 4 5 A li O I I 0 xx A ,L 7' O

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102 Basketball Dr. Crain presents MVP Award in the Bobcat Classic to Lees-McRaes Peltre Williams. Lees-McRae College won the championship of the Bob- cat Booster Club Tournament by defeating Brevard Col- lege 55-53 in a nip-and-tuck contest that saw the Bobcats come back from a 12-point deficit to take their fifth victo- ry in six starts. A sticky Bobcat defense held Brevard to only 18 points in the second half, as Lees-McRae completely shut down Ricky Chatman, who had scored 13 points in the first half, and overcame a 39-29, ten-point lead to pull within three points on two buckets by Gary Strickland with 12 minutes to go, 41-38. With :14 seconds Barry Mayo hit the game-winning shot on a ten-foot jumper to take a 55-53 lead. Brevard had a chance to tie with :09 but Chatman's shot came off the rim and Strickland got the rebound and was fouled by Chatman with :02 seconds remaining. A present for Peltre. 3 il 1