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MRH Coach Reflects on Days With Coach Spoonhour

Head basketball coach Corey Frazier played for Saint Louis University coach Charlie Spoonhour, who died on Wednesday.

Corey Frazier, head basketball coach at , fondly remembers playing under the direction of Coach Charlie Spoonhour at Saint Louis University.

Frazier played for Spoonhour when the Billikens reached the NCAA Tournament in the 1990s.

He spoke to BillikenReport.com about his former coach, who died on Wednesday:

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"He was real big on being disciplined and making sure we knew what life was about," Frazier said. "Not letting this basketball thing be the only thing. It's also the academic thing, and socially. He even made us take etiquette classes and stuff of that nature. He really cared about us as individuals and us as being productive citizens."

See more quotes and the full story on the BillikenReport.com.

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