Athletic Round-Up | Winter 2012
MEAC Defensive Player of the Year – the only player in conference history to win the award in back-to-back seasons – after leading the league in rebounding (9.0 per game) last season. For Six, last season’s success was but
another step in the process of turning the Lady Pirates into a national contender. “It’s all about changing the culture,”
he said. “People look at me like I’m crazy when I say this, but I see a day when Hampton knows it’s in (the NCAA Tour- nament) before the MEAC Tournament begins.” While Six is relatively new to the col-
lege scene, his penchant for winning is not. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Six came to the Hampton Roads area in 1985, when he was serving in the United States Air Force, stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton. Playing base-level basketball, Six was
named All-Uni-Com six straight years. Six’s coaching career began in 1991,
when he joined the boys varsity basket- ball team at Hampton High School as a volunteer assistant. Two years later, Hampton High named Six head coach of the girls varsity team – which he prompt- ly took to a 14-8 record. In three seasons, Six captured the Lady
Crabbers’ first-ever Peninsula District championship. In 1995, Hampton High’s girls went 26-4 – the best re- cord in team history at that time – and advanced to the Virginia Group AAA state Final Four. Six then moved to Glouces-
ter (Va.) High School for two seasons to serve as head boys var-
sity basketball coach; to this day, Six is the only boys coach in Glouces- ter history to qualify for the district tourna- ment – and he did it twice. Six returned to Hampton High after
the 1998 season, where he proceeded to turn the Lady Crabbers into one of the best girls basketball program not just in Virginia, but in the country. Hampton High won the district tournament in 2000, leading up to the breakout year in 2001; that season, Six’s team took home the district regular-season and tourna- ment titles before winning the first girls state championship in the 105-year his- tory of Hampton High. The Lady Crabbers went 27-3 that
season, while Six was named Virginia High School League Coaches Association (VHSLCA) Coach of the Year. Hampton High went on to win seven
straight district regular-season crowns and eight straight district tournament titles under Six’s leadership. In 2007, the Lady Crabbers won a second state title, going a school-record 30-2 before finish- ing the season ranked No. 9 in the country.
The VHSLCA again named Six Coach
of the Year, as did the Associated Press. For his high school coaching career,
Six went 331-93 in 14 seasons. On top of his two state titles, Six led his teams to five state Final Fours, nine district crowns and nine district tournament titles. More than 30 of Six’s players received scholar- ships to play college basketball. Now Six is in college basketball him-
self, and while he’s relatively new to the party, it’s become quite clear – both to Hampton University and to Lady Pirate fans – that he’s as comfortable winning at this level as he ever was patrolling the high school sidelines. The spotlight might be bigger and brighter, but the results are the same.
I see a day when Hampton knows it’s in (the NCAA Tournament) before the MEAC Tournament begins.
— David Six
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