Bradley University’s new women’s basketball head coach hasn’t unpacked her bags, but she’s already planning ahead for the upcoming season. Andrea Gorski officially took the position last month.
As colleges and universities across Illinois feel the pinch of the state budget crisis Gorski says she plans on bringing some dollars -- and fans -- to the school this season.
“What’s going to sell tickets is having an exciting brand of basketball, where fans want to come and watch, and it’s an exciting game, fast, uptempo. To me that’s what’s going to sell tickets,” Gorski said.
Andrea Gorski played basketball for BU and graduated with a degree in business management and administration in 1992. She was previously an associate coach for Southern Illinois University.
In the past three seasons at SIU, she helped turn program around with a record-setting winning season for the school and a bid to the Women’s Basketball Invitational.
Gorski says she’s banking on some of her proven strategies, both on and off the court, to improve Bradley's program.
For starters, that means winning.
“We’re not going to just say, ‘this is what we want,’ we’re going to say, ’this is how we're going to help get what we want,’" Gorski said. "And I think if you have that mentality, and your staff has that mentality and the players understand that, you can make things happen.”
Gorski was inducted into Bradley Athletic's hall of fame in 1996.