Vic Schaefer
Carter & Collins
Texas A&M Women's Basketball
* Feel honored and humbled to have the opportunity at Mississippi State. Tremendous obligation. SEC West and facing the best.
* MSU is a great fit. Starkville is a perfect fit and university is a great fit and similar to Texas A&M. Just feels right.
* Calling our recruits was very hard and it was hard to tell the team. They have grown so much and this team is getting better.
* Blair has been great & he's excited for me. I appreciate that from him. He's allowed me to do what I do & has prepared me well!
* A&M is a special place but this is a new opportunity and sometimes you have to walk through doors like this. It's exciting.
* Sometimes you have to get uncomfortable to find out what you're made of and to develop. It will be hard to walk away from A&M.
* Going to MSU to win championships. That's why we came to A&M and that's what I'm going to do.
* Is MSU a destination job? It might be. I'm 51 and I can't take just any job but MSU is an opportunity to win.
* Won't rush through assembling a staff. Phone has been busy but can get fired hiring your friends. Have to hire the right people.
* Molding players is why we do what we do. These parents give us their kids and we have to prepare them for life and basketball.
* Very rewarding when players appreciate their experience. Going through it is hard but the kids come to appreciate it.
* Pretty special place and will be very grateful for what this place did for [my son] Logan during his critical injury.
* People in this community are what make this place great.
* Focus will be right here in College Station and getting us through game-by-game and week-by-week. Want to be playing in 3 weeks.
* Focus is with those kids. Love those kids and this team. Kids have been through a lot. Looking forward to a great weekend at home!
Sydney Carter
* Happy for Coach Schaefer. Great opportunity for him. Begged him to stay this year. Emotional to see him standing in front of us.
* It will be a "win one for Vic" motto in the NCAA Tournament. He's done so much for us and we have to put everything into this!
* Will be hard for A&M to find someone to teach defense like Vic. That guy IS A&M defense and brings so much to the table.
* Will always remember Vic stomping that foot and calling my name, "Carter!!!" He's so loud and I'll never forget that.
* MSU players should be very grateful because he's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet and he has changed my life.
Skylar Collins
* Heartbroken. Figured this day would come. Great coaching staff. I cried. I'm a senior but still hard to see part of family gone.
* Coach Schaefer will do amazing. He's so passionate and knowledgeable. He'll do a great job at MSU.
* Same fire and passion that Vic coaches you with off the court is the same fire and passion that he loves you with off the court.
Vic Schaefer, seniors meet with media on Tuesday
Quick notes from Vic Schaefer exit press conference
Vic Schaefer* Feel honored and humbled to have the opportunity at Mississippi State. Tremendous obligation. SEC West and facing the best.
* MSU is a great fit. Starkville is a perfect fit and university is a great fit and similar to Texas A&M. Just feels right.
* Calling our recruits was very hard and it was hard to tell the team. They have grown so much and this team is getting better.
* Blair has been great & he's excited for me. I appreciate that from him. He's allowed me to do what I do & has prepared me well!
* A&M is a special place but this is a new opportunity and sometimes you have to walk through doors like this. It's exciting.
* Sometimes you have to get uncomfortable to find out what you're made of and to develop. It will be hard to walk away from A&M.
* Going to MSU to win championships. That's why we came to A&M and that's what I'm going to do.
* Is MSU a destination job? It might be. I'm 51 and I can't take just any job but MSU is an opportunity to win.
* Won't rush through assembling a staff. Phone has been busy but can get fired hiring your friends. Have to hire the right people.
* Molding players is why we do what we do. These parents give us their kids and we have to prepare them for life and basketball.
* Very rewarding when players appreciate their experience. Going through it is hard but the kids come to appreciate it.
* Pretty special place and will be very grateful for what this place did for [my son] Logan during his critical injury.
* People in this community are what make this place great.
* Focus will be right here in College Station and getting us through game-by-game and week-by-week. Want to be playing in 3 weeks.
* Focus is with those kids. Love those kids and this team. Kids have been through a lot. Looking forward to a great weekend at home!
Sydney Carter
* Happy for Coach Schaefer. Great opportunity for him. Begged him to stay this year. Emotional to see him standing in front of us.
* It will be a "win one for Vic" motto in the NCAA Tournament. He's done so much for us and we have to put everything into this!
* Will be hard for A&M to find someone to teach defense like Vic. That guy IS A&M defense and brings so much to the table.
* Will always remember Vic stomping that foot and calling my name, "Carter!!!" He's so loud and I'll never forget that.
* MSU players should be very grateful because he's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet and he has changed my life.
Skylar Collins
* Heartbroken. Figured this day would come. Great coaching staff. I cried. I'm a senior but still hard to see part of family gone.
* Coach Schaefer will do amazing. He's so passionate and knowledgeable. He'll do a great job at MSU.
* Same fire and passion that Vic coaches you with off the court is the same fire and passion that he loves you with off the court.
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