Countdown to Racer Hoopalooza: Hiring Scott Edgar

MBB: The former Racer coach reflects on his journey to Murray

Kenny Roth (left) and Scott Edgar have known each for nearly 40 years. (Photo: Murray State Athletics)

(The 2023 edition of Racer Hoopalooza will be the weekend of July 28th and 29th, as Murray State Basketball honors the Scott Edgar-era Racers from 1991-1995. I recently spent two hours sitting with Coach Edgar in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, picking his brain about his time leading Murray State to three Ohio Valley Conference championships and two trips to the NCAA Tournament.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll roll out more of my conversation with him as we talk about the players, the teams, and the moments that made his four years in Murray so special. I look forward to bringing all of that to you as we closer to Hoopalooza.)

Growing up in Pittsburgh, and being a collegiate standout at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown in both basketball and baseball, Scott Edgar never thought he’d one day end up in coaching.

“Like most kids, you want to be a professional,” Edgar said. “Both games were great to me, basketball and baseball. Like I tell kids, at some point in time, somebody’s going to tell you, ‘Hey, you’re not good enough to play at the next level or even this level.’ Then you’ve got to go do something else. I just fell into coaching.”