The winter of 1912 at Cape Evans was a sombre one, with the knowledge that the polar party had undoubtedly perished. Prior to that, he served as head coach at Marquette University, where his team reached the 2003 NCAA Final Four. In 1901 at the port of Littleton in New Zealand, the captain of Ringarooma was asked to assist Robert Falcon Scott as he readied his ship Discovery, for an exploration foray into the uncharted, wastes of Antarctica. Crean, considered one of the toughest men in the expedition, had led a pony across the Barrier and had thus been saved much of the hard labour of man-hauling.Soon after heading north on the 700-statute-mile (1,100 km) journey back to base camp, Crean's party lost the trail back to the Beardmore Glacier, and were faced with a long detour around a large The gamble at the icefall succeeded, and the men reached their depot two days later.When the party was finally free of the glacier and on the level surface of the Barrier, Evans began to display the first symptoms of With over 100 statute miles (160 km) still to travel before the relative safety of Hut Point, Crean and Lashly began hauling Evans on the sledge, "eking out his life with the last few drops of brandy that they still had with them".Scott's party failed to return. "Later that year, Marquette accepted an offer to leave Conference USA for the On April 1, 2008, Crean was hired as head coach of the With a depleted roster and damaged recruiting lure, Crean's first three seasons saw consecutive losing records of Despite his difficult early years at Indiana, Crean did much to establish goodwill with the fans. His guidance of the Indiana program to success from "unthinkable depths" was regarded as one of the most remarkable rebuilding projects in NCAA basketball history.In 1995, Crean returned to Michigan State as assistant coach under the leadership of In his nine years with Marquette, Crean's teams earned five NCAA Tournament bids, one more than the previous four Marquette coaches had in the 16 years prior to his arrival. Thomas Aaron Crean is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach for the Georgia Bulldogs of University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Then fate played its hand. Crean was a member of three major expeditions to Antarctica during the Thomas Crean was born in 1877 in the farming area of Gurtuchrane near the village of Crean's initial naval apprenticeship was aboard the training ship Crean came back to regular duty at the naval base at Crean departed with Scott in November 1911, for the attempt at the Crean's biographer Michael Smith suggests that Crean would have been a better choice for the polar party than Edgar Evans, who was weakened by a recent hand injury (of which Scott was unaware). Crean was previously the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. Oates and Edgar Evans has perished earlier on the return journey.Crean letter to J. Kennedy, January 1913, SPRI, reprinted in Smith, p. 172Admiralty Certificate of Qualification for Warrant Officer, 17 August 1917, referenced in Smith, p. 300(fee usually required to view full pdf of service record)Interview with his daughter, Mary O'Brien "RTÉ – Charlie Bird on the trail of Tom Crean"
Thomas Crean was born in 1877 in the farming area of Gurtuchrane near the village of Annascaul on Corca Dhuibhne in County Kerry, Ireland, to Patrick and Catherine Crean. Crean's basketball philosophy emphasizes fast breaks and transition offense.
White pudding - prime Irish back bacon, pearl barley, rusk and seasoning. Like Scott, Shackleton trusted Crean:Upon reaching Elephant Island, Crean was one of the "four fittest men" detailed by Shackleton to find a safe camping-ground.The 800-nautical-mile (1,500 km) boat journey to South Georgia, described by polar historian Caroline Alexander as one of the most extraordinary feats of seamanship and navigation in recorded history, took 17 days through gales and snow squalls, in seas which the navigator, The party made its South Georgia landfall on the uninhabited southern coast, having decided that the risk of aiming directly for the This trek was the first recorded crossing of the mountainous island, completed without tents, sleeping bags, or map—their only mountaineering equipment was a carpenter's After returning to Britain in November 1916, Crean resumed naval duties. During his tenure there Crean recruited, developed and coached a number of skilled players that made significant contributions in both the NCAA and NBA, including Over his final seven seasons at Marquette, Crean compiled an aggregate record of 160-68 (.702).
Tom Crean lies buried a few kilometres from the South Pole Inn, in a family tomb he built with his own hands and his memory is served across the road from the pub where his statue, a privately funded bronze sculpture, is the only recognition in honour of this brave Irishman in his country of birth. Indeed, there is no reliable evidence of Crean giving any interviews to the press.Crean's older brother was Cornelius Crean, a sergeant in the In 1938, Crean became ill with a burst appendix. 569–70. The 2002-03 season was one of the best in Marquette history. Work parties were duly dispatched to help with the final preparations, and Tom Crean was most likely amongst their numbers. Modern re-calculations based on photographs have placed this furthest south at 82°11'S (Crane map, p. 215).Crean, Royal Navy service record, referenced in Smith, p. 72Scott, Diary, 4 January 1912, reprinted in Smith, p. 123Crean, letter to unknown person, 26 February 1912, reprinted in Smith, p. 143Crane, pp. Honouring Tom Crean: a centenary expedition with the Crean family By Bill Sheppard and Aileen Crean O’Brien
A member of the Discovery crew, a man by the name of Harry Baker wa… Crane, p. 157Crane, pp. The team made a Final Four appearance for the first time since winning the NCAA Championship in 1977. One of ten siblings, he attended the local Catholic school, leaving at the age of 12 to help on the family farm. When he returned to Kerry, he put all of his medals away and never again spoke about his experiences in the Antarctic.