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Published on: 4/11/2003
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Rob Flaska Assistant Coach
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Assistant Coach Rob Flaska
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With a reputation as a great recruiter and several stints as a head coach on the junior college level, Rob Flaska brings a wealth of experience to Arkansas. Flaska, who joined Stan Heath's staff on April 5, came to Arkansas after working the four previous seasons under Billy Tubbs at TCU.In his four years at TCU, the Horned Frogs went 21-11 in 1999, 18-14 in 2000, 20-10 in 2001 and 16-14 in 2002. Flaska, who earned a master's in business administration from Indiana State in 1984 and a bachelor's in business administration from Michigan Tech University in 1982, helped put together recruiting classes at TCU, which were ranked best in the Western Athletic Conference in 1999 and 2000 by Basketball News, Basketball Times, Street & Smith's, Sporting News and Dick Vitale's, while the '99 class was rated 13th-best and the 2001 class 34th-best in the nation by Hoop Scoop.Before going to TCU, he was the head coach for three seasons at Florida Community College in Jacksonville, Fla., with records of 18-14 in 1996, 23-10 in 1997 and 23-7 in '98.His teams were nationally ranked in '97 and '98 with the '97 club reaching the Region XIII finals and finishing second in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Mid-Florida Conference.While at FCC, Flaska had 10 players sign scholarships with Division I schools.Flaska, who played at Michigan Tech and set school career records for steals and assists, began his coaching career as an assistant at Indiana State in 1983 and 1984, and as an assistant at Detroit Mercy in 1985 and '86.He was the head coach at Mott Community College in Flint, Mich., from 1987-91 with his clubs going 13-14, 25-9, 26-8, 28-6 and 29-7 with NJCAA Division I Michigan Eastern Conference championships and Michigan Community College Final Four appearances in 1989, '90 and '91.Mott won the state title in 1990, and was the Region XII champion and a national finalist in 1991.Flaska was voted conference Coach of the Year in '89, '90 and '91, and Region XII Coach of the Year in '91.At Mott, 32 of his players moved on to play at four-year schools while 16 of his final 17 recruits earned their degree.Flaska, who prepped at Glen Lake High in Maple City, Mich., and helped his team win the 1977 state title and earned all-state honors in 1978, also worked as an assistant at Texas-Pan American in 1992 and at Trinity Valley CC in 1994 and '95 before going to Florida Community College in 1996.While at Texas-Pan American, he served a stint as interim head coach and recruited Greg Guy, who led the country in scoring in 1993, to UTPA.Flaska is the father of a son, Charlie.