The University of Southern Mississippi
Reeves says that Dennis O'Boyle is "The best announcer I have ever heard. He has a job for life at Southern Miss."
Coach Reeves: O'Boyle is "... the best announcer that
I've ever heard. He has a job for life at Southern Miss"
WEST ALLIS, WISC. -- Jan. 24, 2004 -- Prior to coming to The University of Southern Mississippi, Coach Rick Reeves was the very highly successful head coach at Liberty University in Virginia where his teams won back-to-back-to-back conference tournament championships, made three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, and posted a 71-16 record over that same three-year period.
His record also includes an undefeated 1997-98 regular season (28-0).
On April 15, 1999, Reeves became the third head coach in Southern Miss women's basketball history. This year, for the 2003-04 season, Reeves enters his fifth season at the helm of the Lady Eagle basketball program. In his first season, Reeves' team finished the season with a 17-13 record and a trip to the WNIT and 12-16 in his second season. His team finished fourth in the conference in his first season after being picked to finish near the bottom. His first victory at Southern Miss was his 200th career win.
His coaching honors include being named the Big South Conference Coach of the Year three times, the Richmond Times-Dispatch Coach of the Year, and VaSID Coach of the Year in 1998. One thing is for sure: Rick Reeves has been to the top of the basketball world, and certainly has heard many of the best public address announcers in his travels.
On the last weekend of January, 2004 Coach Rick was in Milwaukee with his team for the game against the Marquette Golden Eagles. Saturday night January 24, he attended the Racine Prarie game at Heritage Christian High School to watch one of his prospects for next season and was impressed by Heritage public address announcer Dennis "The VOICE" O'Boyle.
According to Reeves, O'Boyle is, "the best announcer I have ever heard."
He met with O'Boyle after the game and told him, "I would like to extend the invitation to you to become our official announcer, so if you're interested in coming to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, you have a job for life."
Heritage athletic director Ernie Welborn was standing nearby and remarked to Coach Reeves, "Dennis is the best. One radio station in town here calls him 'The Voice of God', and we are very happy with his work."
O'Boyle remarked, "We are blessed to have Coach Reeves with us tonight, and I will consider his offer," going on to comment that perhaps the university would arrange a position in the Athletic Department involving some publications production, fund raising and other work, including announcing all home games for football, basketball, baseball and more. O'Boyle said with a smile, "If they can offer a position, salary and benefits commensurate with my abilities and experience, it will make the decision easier to consider. In any case, I would not want to end up living in a single room and going door-to-door selling watermelon seeds just to make ends meet."
Southern Miss is also known as "Brett Favre University". It is the alma mater of the Green Bay Packers quaterback and three-time NFL Most Valuable Player.
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