"I just look at those guys and I think back to what they went through. Pluto says it's a story that's "beyond LeBron." Cleveland State really wanted to keep him," Pluto said. "So, he's bringing in Dru Joyce not just because of this connection. Dambrot taps Joyce for helpĭambrot has been at Duquesne for five years, and the program is struggling. Romeo Travis and Dru Joyce III went on to play in Europe for more than a decade. Dru Joyce II became the head coach at St. Mary.Īfter two years, Dambrot left to become the head coach at the University of Akron, where he stayed for 13 years. He is a graduate of East Liverpool High School and Ohio University, with a degree in Business Admin. That group became known as the "Fab Five" when Romeo Travis transferred to St. Dru Joyce II was born and raised in East Liverpool, Ohio. V.' So the next thing you know, the father, Dru Joyce II, wanted to stay connected with the group, so he left Butchel to go over there," Pluto said. And they said, 'Well, if he's going to St. "What nobody realized, is the sway Little Dru had over these other three kids. The assumption was that they were going to go to Buchtel, but all of a sudden Little Dru III decides, 'I want to play for coach Dambrot, he likes little guards,'" Pluto said. "At the time, Dru Joyce II was an assistant coach at Buchtel on Akron's West Side. "I said to Keith Dambrot, 'Just imagine had they gone to Buchtel.' And he goes, 'Boy, everybody's life would probably be different.'" - Terry PlutoĪfter playing together at the community center, the time came when the group had to decide which high school they would attend. Joyces father and brother are both basketball coaches in Ohio. And this tall, gangly kid named LeBron James," Pluto said. Joyce is a close friend of LeBron James and was his teammate at St. And they brought a kid named Willie McGee and a kid named Sian Cotton. "Dru Joyce II brought his son, Dru Joyce III. Buy a discounted Paperback of Beyond Championships Teen. Vincent-St Mary and Joyce was called "Little Dru," since his dad was Dru Joyce II.ĭambrot was holding clinics for young players at the Akron Jewish Community Center. Booktopia has Beyond Championships Teen Edition, A Playbook for Winning at Life by Dru Joyce II. Pluto says their relationship goes back 25 years, when Dambrot was the head coach at Akron St. Keith Dambrot, the coach of the men's basketball team at Duquesne, offered Joyce to join him as his associate coach this month.
Joyce applied for the head coach job when Gates departed earlier this year but didn't get it. Passed over for one job, landing anotherĭru Joyce III has spent the past three years as an assistant coach at Cleveland State University under Dennis Gates. Now, commentator Terry Pluto says former coach Keith Dambrot and former player Dru Joyce III are reuniting as coaches. Mary’s boys high school basketball team made headlines with future NBA superstar LeBron James. It’s been more than 20 years since the Akron St.
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