University of Richmond Athletics
Behind-The-Scenes Guys Featured On Sportsline Monday At 5:30
02/07/2016 | Men's Basketball
Two of the hard-working, behind-the-scenes newcomers to the men's basketball staff will be front-and-center on Monday's edition of the Spider Sportsline from 5:30-6:30pm at Joe's Inn Bon Air. The popular radio show featuring head coach Chris Mooney can be heard on ESPN 950AM, SPORTS FM 100.5 and RichmondSpiders.com. It is also available on mobile devices.
Director of Basketball Operations Steve Thomas and Video Coordinator Calvin Hunt will join the Spider college basketball discussion on Monday's show.
Thomas comes to Richmond from Virginia Tech where he served as Director of Student-Athlete Development. He worked for one year there after coming from Oregon as a graduate assistant on their basketball staff.
Along with his video responsibilities, Hunt also assists the staff with advanced statistical analytics. He provides in-depth reports and analysis to supplement the coaching staff's preparation and evaluation.
Joe's Inn Bon Air is located at 2616 Buford Road in the Bon Air Shopping Center at the corner of Buford Road and Forest Hill Avenue, just a short distance from campus. Plenty of free parking is available.
Fans, alums and corporate partners are encouraged to attend, enjoy food and drink from Joe's Inn menu, and talk Spider and college basketball. Listeners can call-in during the program at 804-622-0950. Emails can be sent anytime to spidersportsline@richmond.edu or tweet @spidervoice with questions that may be read and answered on the air.
New this season, a live video webcast of the show will be available on the Spider Athletics YouTube page. A video archive of each week's show will be posted on the same page and each show will also be archived for audio playback in ESPN 950's Audio Vault.
Spider Club members can register at Joe's Inn Bon Air during the program by showing their Spider Club membership card to win a Spider Fan Pack of great prizes at the end of the season. Chances of winning increase by attending and registering each week.
Mondays are already special at Joe's Inn Bon Air as kids age 12 and under eat free with a paid adult entree, and now they will be able to meet Coach Mooney and guests while enjoying dinner during the show. Joe's Inn Bon AIr will offer additional food and drink specials during the show.
Joe's Inn Bon Air is open seven days a week serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, Monday through Saturday 9am to 10pm, and Sunday 9am to 10pm. A Sunday breakfast buffet is offered
9am to 2pm.
The Spider Sportsline is held at Joe's Inn Bon Air Mondays 5:30-6:30pm during the college basketball season. Please note, there will be NO show Monday, February 15 as the Spiders will be traveling to their game at Davidson Tue. Feb. 16.
