LIU Tells Perri to ‘hit the road jack’
Blackbirds Oust Men’s Hoops Coach Following 20-Win Season
Jack Perri, the last head men’s basketball coach to lead the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds to the NCAA Tournament, has been fired, the Eagle officially confirmed Tuesday morning.
Perri, who guided the then-dynastic Blackbirds to the last of a league-record three consecutive Northeast Conference championships back in 2013, went 77-79, including a 46-42 league record, during his five-year tenure at the Downtown school.
Despite putting up 20 wins this season and boasting the NEC Player of the Year in forward Jerome Frink, the Blackbirds (20-12, 13-5) NEC) suffered a disappointing first-round ousting in the NEC Tournament on March 1 against seventh-seeded Robert Morris at the Steinberg Wellness Center.