Background
He was most recently the head coach at Drexel University, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was born and raised.
He was most recently the head coach at Drexel University, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was born and raised.
Flint is a 1987 graduate of Saint Joseph"s University. Flint was named to the all-Atlantic 10 team as a senior, and was inducted into the Saint Joe"s athletic hall of fame in 1988. 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 National Basketball Association 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, including a 52–28 in-conference record.
Facing pressure after being unable to maintain the Minutemen"s level of success that they enjoyed under Calipari, Flint resigned from UMass after the 2000-2001 season. 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 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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 Civil Aeronautics Administration).
During his tenure at Drexel, Flint was been named Civil Aeronautics Administration coach of the year four times (2002, 2004, 2009, 2012). Under Flint, Drexel made five National Institute of Technology appearances. On Selection Sunday, Drexel narrowly missed an at-large berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament.
On March 7, 2016, following the end of Drexel"s season, Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with the team
At the time of his firing, he was the all–time winningest coach in Drexel basketball history.
He won an NABC District Coach of the Year award in 1998. He also won an NABC District Coach of the Year award three times (2007, 2009, 2012). In 2012, the school won its first Civil Aeronautics Administration Regular Season Championship in 2012, but lost to VCU in the finals of the Conference Tournament.
While attending Saint Joe"s, Flint was a member of the school"s varsity basketball team
