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Fresh Start
Dillon Tries to Turn Patriots into a Contender
By Cody Whitlock, Staff Writer, TimesDaily

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Tommy Dillon (right) talks with James Yates, one of his new players, in his office
at Northwest-Shoals. Dillon takes over a program that that won only five games
last year. (MATT McKEAN/TimesDaily)

One of Tommy Dillon's first tests for his Northwest-Shoals basketball team was just that -- a test. Conducting a simple pop quiz in late May, the new Patriots' basketball coach scribbled "5-25" on the white board in the team's locker room.

"What is this?" Dillon asked his team.

"That's May 25, coach," they said.

Incorrect.

"No, that was your record last season," Dillon said.

Dillon has a pretty tough test of his own, as he's been asked to turn around a basketball program that suffered through a lousy season a year ago.

He replaces Barry Pace, who coached the past five seasons.

"We just have to get them to understand that the mentality they had last year is just not acceptable," Dillon said.
 

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