Cleveland State’s Gary Waters joined Bruiser Flint, Willis Wilson and Jay Wright as the only coaches to capture two fashion championships. Waters had to out-style Wright in the national semifinals before defeating Kerry Keating in the championship. The Santa Clara head coach became the first to advance to the Fashionable 4 as both a head coach and an assistant. Keating appeared in the Assistant Coach Fashionable 4 in four straight seasons (2004-07). Virginia Tech’s Seth Greenberg silenced the critics by making the Fashionable 4 for a second consecutive season. Most fashion experts thought it was a complete fluke that Greenberg made it to the Fashionable 4 in 2007.

Melvin Watkins advanced to the Fashionable 4 as a head coach, with Texas A&M, in 2001. Seven years later he was crowned Best-Dressed Assistant Coach at Missouri. Bacari Alexander (Ohio) made his third appearance in the Fashionable 4 in four seasons. Pittsburgh’s Orlando Antigua made his second straight appearance, while Brion Dunlap (Mount St. Mary’s) made his first.

THE 2009 FASHIONABLE 4

Head Coach Tournament
Seth Greenberg (Virginia Tech)
Kerry Keating (Santa Clara)
Gary Waters (Cleveland State)
Jay Wright (Villanova)

Assistant Coach Tournament
Bacari Alexander (Ohio)
Orlando Antigua (Pittsburgh)
Brion Dunlap (Mount St. Mary's)
Melvin Watkins (Missouri)