Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
Clint Sargent was on Scott Nagy’s staff at South Dakota State, and the Jackrabbits made five postseason trips from 2011-16, including three NCAA tourney appearances.
In eight years with Nagy at Wright State, the Raiders had eight straight winners, including a combined five Horizon League regular-season and tourney crowns.
That’s why his first season as head coach had to feel like a headlong collision — without the air bags.
The Raiders went 15-18 and were eighth in the league, a few notches below their preseason poll rank of fifth.
Sargent isn’t someone who can just brush off losses easily. Few coaches are. And while his faith and family keep him grounded, the last four-plus months have ranked high on the anguish scale.
Asked after a late-season game if it’s harder to sleep after losses as an assistant or head coach, he said: “Both are hard, if you do this job correctly. This year has been something. But I’m just going to continue to say it: It’s an honor to go through it, as disappointed as I am.
