Bruiser Flint

Teams coached: UMass Minutemen, Drexel Dragons
UMass record: 86-72 (.544)
Drexel record: 245-217 (.530)
Overall record: 331-289 (.534)

James Flint
Born July 23, 1965
Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alma Mater: Saint Joseph’s University (BA, 1987)
Graduated from Episcopal Academy in 1983 and went on to play for head coach Jim Boyle at Saint Joseph’s
- Earned All-Atlantic 10 honors as a senior; inducted into the Saint Joseph’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998
Spent two years as an assistant at Coppin State under Fang Mitchell before joining John Calipari‘s staff at UMass in 1989
After seven seasons, Flint took over as head coach in 1996 when Calipari left for the New Jersey Nets
- Went 86-72 in five years as head coach, leading the Minutemen to the NCAA Tournament in each of his first two seasons but was unable to maintain the success Calipari had before him
Resigned in March 2001 and a month later accepted the head position at Drexel, where he coached the Dragons for 15 seasons
- Won 245 games and went to five NITs, winning one CAA title but never making it back to the NCAAs
- Fired from his position in March 2016, leaving the program as its all-time winningest coach
Joined Archie Miller‘s first staff at Indiana as an assistant coach in April 2017
In August 2020, Flint left IU for Kentucky to reunite with his former boss and mentor, John Calipari