Mount Fan Blog: Tony Bethel to join Mount staff

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Tony Bethel to join Mount staff

Sources close to themountfanblog.com have confirmed that former NC State point guard Tony Bethel has been named the final assistant coach on Robert Burke's coaching staff.

If the name Bethel is familiar to Mount fans it should be. Tony's brother Eric was a Mount guard on the NCAA tournament team that lost to Michigan State in Milwaukee. Eric had a huge shooting night in the NEC championship game win vs Central Connecticut State to help propel the Mount to the Dance.

Bethel is a Maryland native who served on Sidney Lowe's staff at NC State and should be officially announced before November 11.

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BigJoeC12:11 PM
Good Decision!!!
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Raffensperger has loved the Mount as long as he can remember, which basically means 1981 - and remembers the true #GloryDays of Memorial Gym. He remembers the players from those days to the athletes who play at Knott Arena today. And if it's a #MountMayhem day, it's going to be a good day.

He holds a Syracuse University degree in broadcast journalism. He has broadcast high school, college & minor league levels of all sports in his past and regularly covered high school football for his hometown paper. So the blog does make a little sense.

Raffensperger worked professionally as a CPA for many years, but the chronic inflammatory immune disease Sarcoidosis made it impossible to continue that in a manner he found acceptable. Since then, he has spent more time around the Mount St. Mary's basketball program and values Coach Dan Englestad, his staff, and the players' impact on him. The blog was much more active, but the advent of Twitter (follow @themountfanblog) has made writing a little less important. But he hopes that the balance swings back in favor of more traditional content soon.