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Bruiser Flint
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Arkansas
Conference	SEC
Biographical details
Born	July 23, 1965 (age 59); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1983–1987	Saint Joseph's
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989	Coppin State (assistant)
1989–1996	UMass (assistant)
1996–2001	UMass
2001–2016	Drexel
2017–2020	Indiana (assistant)
2020–2024	Kentucky (assistant)
2024–present	Arkansas (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	331–289
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	CAA regular season (2012)
Awards
	4× CAA Coach of the Year (2002, 2004, 2009, 2012); 4× NABC District Coach of the Year (1998, 2007, 2009, 2012)

James "Bruiser" Flint (born July 23, 1965) is an American men's college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach at Arkansas. He was most recently the head coach at Drexel University.

Collegiate playing career

Flint is a 1987 graduate of Saint Joseph's University. While attending St. Joe's, Flint was a member of the school's varsity basketball team. Flint was named to the all-Atlantic 10 team as a senior, and was inducted into the St. Joe's athletic hall of fame in 1988.

Early coaching career

In 1987, Flint became an assistant coach at Coppin State University. Two years later, Flint became an assistant coach under John Calipari at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (or UMass). After Calipari left UMass for the NBA in 1996, Flint was named his successor, becoming the school's 17th head coach. While coach of the Minutemen, Flint compiled an overall record of 86–72. He won an NABC District Coach of the Year award in 1998.^[1] Facing pressure after being unable to maintain the Minutemen's level of success that they enjoyed under Calipari, Flint resigned from UMass after the 2000–01 season.^[2]

Later coaching career

Flint became the head coach at Drexel on April 5, 2001, succeeding Steve Seymour, who had been fired that March after failing to make the NCAA Tournament in either of his two seasons as head coach. Flint's hiring at Drexel coincided with Drexel's move from the America East Conference, where the school had enjoyed a sustained level of success under former head coach Bill Herrion, to the Colonial Athletic Association (or CAA).^[3]

During his tenure at Drexel, Flint was named CAA coach of the year four times (2002, 2004, 2009, 2012).^[4] He also won an NABC District Coach of the Year award three times (2007, 2009, 2012).^[5] Under Flint, Drexel made five NIT appearances. In 2012, the school won its first CAA Regular Season Championship in 2012, but lost to VCU in the finals of the Conference Tournament. On Selection Sunday, Drexel narrowly missed an at-large berth in the NCAA Tournament.^[6] On March 7, 2016, following the end of Drexel's season, Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team.^[7] At the time of his firing, he was the all–time winningest coach in Drexel basketball history.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UMass Minutemen (Atlantic 10 Conference) (1996–2001)
1996–97	UMass	19–14	11–5	3rd (East)	NCAA First Round
1997–98	UMass	21–11	12–4	T–2nd (East)	NCAA First Round
1998–99	UMass	14–16	9–7	3rd (East)
1999–00	UMass	17–16	9–7	3rd (East)	NIT First Round
2000–01	UMass	15–15	11–5	4th
UMass:		86–72 (.544)	52–28 (.650)
Drexel Dragons (Colonial Athletic Association) (2001–2016)
2001–02	Drexel	14–14	11–7	T–3rd
2002–03	Drexel	19–12	12–6	T–2nd	NIT Opening Round
2003–04	Drexel	18–11	13–5	2nd	NIT First Round
2004–05	Drexel	17–12	12–6	T–4th	NIT Opening Round
2005–06	Drexel	15–16	8–10	T–7th
2006–07	Drexel	23–9	13–5	4th	NIT First Round
2007–08	Drexel	12–20	5–13	10th
2008–09	Drexel	15–14	10–8	6th
2009–10	Drexel	16–16	11–7	6th
2010–11	Drexel	21–10	11–7	5th
2011–12	Drexel	29–7	16–2	1st	NIT Quarterfinals
2012–13	Drexel	13–18	9–9	7th
2013–14	Drexel	16–14	8–8	4th
2014–15	Drexel	11–19	9–9	T–6th
2015–16	Drexel	6–25	3–15	9th
Drexel:		245–217 (.530)	150–117 (.562)
Total:		331–289 (.534)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion