2014-15 Carson-Newman Men’s Basketball Media Guide Dave Gorman Assistant Coach 12th Year Salem State Ray Likely Assistant Coach First Year Carson-Newman 8 Coach Gorman enters his 12th year as an assistant with the Eagles. Prior to joining the staff at Carson Newman, Coach Gorman was the head boys’ basketball coach at Sevier County High School in Sevierville (2001-2003) and the head boys’ basketball coach at Hull High School in Hull, Massachusetts (1998-2001). His teams at Hull went to the state tournament three consecutive years, with two of those seasons resulting in sectional quarterfinal appearances. Coach Gorman’s coaching career began at Melrose High School in Melrose, MA, where he was the head junior varsity and assistant varsity boys’ basketball coach from 1992-1997. During his time at Melrose High School, the varsity squad quali-fied for the state tournament five consecutive years, won a close to 75% of its games, and was sectional finalists in 1996. Coach Gorman’s other coaching experiences include serving as the head junior varsity/assistant varsity basketball coach and head track coach at Dundalk High School in Baltimore, MD., and assistant football coach at Northwestern High School in Baltimore, MD. In addition to his coaching experience, Coach Gorman was a high school referee at the varsity level in football, baseball, and soccer for over a decade and was a member of the Eastern New England Football Association, Eastern New England Baseball Umpires Association, and the Eastern Massachusetts Soccer Officials Associations. Professionally, Coach Gorman is in his 12th year as a special education teacher in the Sevier County Schools. He is also an Adjunct Instructor at Liberty University in Lynchburg VA., and a dissertation chair at Nova University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Coach Gorman earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Salem State University, his M. Ed. from Cambridge College, his Ed. S. from Tennessee Technological University, and his Doctorate from Liberty University. Ray Likely is in his first season as an assistant coach at Carson-Newman. Likely finished his four-year career for the Eagles with 175 career points and 137 rebounds as one of C-N's more reliable role players in 2014. "It was obvious to me over the last couple years that Ray had a great feel for the game," Carson-Newman head coach Chuck Benson said. "He took on a role that enabled him to look at things from a coach's perspective and he embraced that role. When I finally approached him about becoming a coach, he decided he wanted to go down this path to see if col-lege coaching is his place in the world." That role has enable Likely to make coaching decisions when he was a player at C-N. It was Likely who called the play that helped the Eagles defeat Newberry in 2013 at Eleazer Arena in overtime 89-83. With 14 seconds left, the Eagles got the ball into the high post to Cody Henegar (South Pittsburg, Tenn.). A bounce down to the right block found a cutting Collin Crane (Knoxville, Tenn.) wide open from point blank range to tie the game at 71. Likely is heavily involved with scouting and film breakdown. His primary responsibility is recruiting. Eagle fans can follow Likely on Twitter @coachlikelycnu.
Carson-Newman Men's Basketball Media Guide 2014-15
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