STEWART THIS MORNING. IT IS HARD TO GET YOUR JERSEY RETIRED HERE AT THE COP AND CENTER. ONLY TWO OF THEM OFFER MEN’S BASKETBALL ON THE CORNER. JOE PACE AND LARRY STEWART. THEY BOTH PLAYED IN THE NBA. NOW LARRY IS BACK TO RUN THE SHOW HERE AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM, TRYING TO RETURN THE EAGLES TO THE GLORY DAYS OF WHEN HE USED TO ROAM THIS COURT. THE EAGLES HAVEN’T SAWED IN A WHILE. THEY HAD A HIGH PROFILE COACH IN WAYNE DIXON, BUT HE STRUGGLED TO DEVELOP A STRONG CULTURE AND CONSISTENT WINNER. SO COPPIN TURNS TO THE BEST PLAYER IN SCHOOL HISTORY, LARRY STEWART. HE LED THE EAGLES TO THEIR FIRST EVER NCAA TOURNAMENT. HE’S COACHED AT HBCUS THE LAST 14 YEARS, INCLUDING MORGAN STATE, AND HE HAS A TRUMP CARD. STEWART PLAYED FIVE YEARS IN THE NBA. EACH AND EVERY PLAYER, YOU KNOW THAT YOU SPEAK TO OR RECRUIT OR THAT’S ON YOUR TEAM. THEIR DREAM IS TO PLAY PROFESSIONAL AND SO I’VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND SO I WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THEM. AND HE KNOWS HOW TO WIN IN WEST BALTIMORE. WHERE DO YOU THINK IT’S IMPORTANT, THOUGH, TO POINT OUT LIKE, LOOK, WE DID THIS HERE, IT CAN BE DONE HERE? YEAH, I MEAN, MOST DEFINITELY. LIKE I SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ON IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY THEY DON’T EVEN YOU KNOW, YOU PROBABLY IT’S HARD TO PULL UP VIDEO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT RESUME, THOUGH, ONLY LASTS SO LONG. BUILDING A FOUNDATION THAT CAN SURVIVE THE TUMULTUOUS WORLD OF COLLEGE BASKETBALL REQUIRES THE STRONGEST OF CULTURES TO COACH STEWART. HERE’S WHAT THAT MEANS. IT’S ABOUT LOVE. IT’S ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY. IT’S ABOUT SOCCER FIGHTING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET AGAIN, YOU CAN GET 15 OF THOSE GUYS WITH ALL TEN TOES BOUGHT INTO THE CULTURE OF, YOU KNOW, NO ONE IS ABOVE THE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AMAZING THINGS CAN HAPPEN. AND COACH STEWART JUMPING IN WITH BOTH FEET TO START THE SEASON, NOVEMBER 6TH AT VIRGINIA TECH IN JUST A FEW DAYS LATER, NOVEMBER 9TH, TOWSON COMES HERE TO THE PC COVERING COPPIN PETE