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Article: May I have this dance? Kresse leading Charleston to the big time.(Sports)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 11, 1997
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Tune in American University. You too, George Mason.
Because there's a college basketball program that's overcome all the ordinary small-school obstacles - underpublicized conference, small arena, marginal fan support - and produced extraordinary results.
It's the College of Charleston. And amid the weeping willows of the lush South Carolina coastline, it's living proof of the impossible.
Beloved coach John Kresse, who has spent 18 seasons as the Cougars' top cat, has lifted the program to heights most small schools can't imagine. After leading Charleston to an NAIA championship in 1983, he took the Cougars from NAIA to Division II eight ...