Meet Head Coach Mike Cole


Coach Cole hard at work.
Mike Cole took over the reins of Lincoln Patriots' basketball in 2000. At that time, Lincoln had lost a lot of prestige in the Capital Conference and had not been among the best in the area for some time. Since then, Cole has lead the Pats to a record of 75-51, including two 2nd place finishes in the Capital. This year, Cole hopes to bring Lincoln its first conference championship since 1986.

Before coming to Lincoln, Cole was the head coach at Emford High School, a much smaller upstate school. In three seasons under Cole, Emford lost only 16 games, and …
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Meet Assistant Coach Marty Groom


Coach Groom is not happy
Marty Groom came to Lincoln in 2000 with Coach Cole. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the girls basketball team at Hillville High. Groom and Cole played high school ball together at Jefferson, with Groom graduating a year later in 1986. They have remained close friends since and Marty jumped at the chance to work with Mike.
"To work at such a large school with such a good friend, is an opportunity I couldn't pass up. It has been a great time working with these kids at Lincoln and watching Mike take them from above average to …
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Q&A With Coach Cole


With Lincoln taking on Washington this Friday night in a battle for first place in the Capital Conference, we thought Coach Cole could give us an idea of what we should look forward too. Geena Kelley interviewed.

GK: Coach Cole, the Pats are 6-0 in the conference this year. Did you expect to be this good?

CC: Absolutely. We have a talented and more importantly, confident group of kids, which can be seen in the way they play every game.

GK: You have a HUGE game coming up against Washington on Friday. What will be Lincoln's keys to winning the …
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