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Dan Hipsher Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Assistant Coach Team University of Alabama Dan Hipsher (born December 6, 1954) is a current men's basketball assistant coach at the University of Alabama, Alabama, United States.
In 1977, he graduated from Bowling Green State University, where he was captain of the basketball team for 2 seasons.
From 1981 to 1989, Hipsher served as an assistant coach at the University of Dayton under Don Donoher. His first head coaching position was at Wittenberg University, where he compiled a sparkling 97-18 record while winning four North Coast Athletic Conference titles and two NCAC Tournament titles. He left Wittenberg for Stetson University, where he served as head coach for two years.
From 1995 to 2004, he served as men's basketball head coach at the University of Akron. During his nine seasons as Akron head coach, Hipsher guided the team to a 112-137 record. He was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 1998.
After Akron, Hipsher was hired by Stan Heath at the University of Arkansas. When Heath was fired in 2007, Hipsher followed him to the University of South Florida. Hipsher worked two seasons under Heath at USF.
In April 2009, Hipsher accepted an assistant coaching position at The University of Alabama under Anthony Grant. Grant played at Dayton during Hipsher's stint as an assistant for the Flyers.
Hipsher once received a job recommendation from legendary coach, Bob Knight. Knight answered his mobile phone during a speech in Nashville, Indiana to recommend Hipsher to an unknown caller. [1]
External links
- Hipsher's Arkansas assistant coach profile
- Hipsher's hiring at Arkansas
- Hipsher's coaching record
- Hipsher's hiring at USF
Stetson Hatters men's basketball head coaches Unknown (1900–1901) • No team (1901–1903) • Unknown (1903–1904) • No team (1904–1907) • Unknown (1907–1908) • No team (1908–1909) • Unknown (1909–1910) • No team (1910–1911) • Neil Jones (1911–1912) • No team (1912–1913) • Steve Jordan (1913–1914) • S. B. Jennings (1914–1915) • Dutch Hollander (1915–1917) • No team (1917–1919) • Pug Allen (1919–1924) • Herbert McQuillan (1924–1935) • Chet Freeman (1935–1938) • Brady Cowell # (1938–1939) • Ben Clemons (1939–1941) • Brady Cowell (1941–1942) • No team (1942–1945) • Brady Cowell (1945–1946) • Ben Clemons (1946–1949) • Bob Trocolor (1949–1950) • Loren Ellis (1950–1951) • Jay Pattee (1951–1952) • Dick Morland (1952–1957) • Glenn Wilkes (1957–1993) • Dan Hipsher (1993–1995) • Randy Brown (1995–1997) • Murray Arnold (1997–2001) • Derek Waugh (2001–2011) • Casey Alexander (2011– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Akron Zips men's basketball head coaches No coach (1901–1904) • Earl Williams (1904–1908) • Dwight Bradley (1908) • Walter East (1908–1909) • Clarence Weed (1909–1910) • Frank Haggerty (1910–1915) • Fred Sefton (1915–1924) • James W. Coleman (1924–1925) • Fred Sefton (1925–1927) • Red Blair (1927–1936) • Paul Bixler (1936–1939) • Thomas Dowler (1939–1940) • Russell Beichly (1940–1959) • Tony Laterza (1959–1968) • Wyatt Webb (1968–1975) • Alex Adams (1975–1976) • Ken Cunningham (1976–1980) • Bob Rupert (1980–1984) • Bob Huggins (1984–1989) • Coleman Crawford (1989–1995) • Dan Hipsher (1995–2004) • Keith Dambrot (2004– )
Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball Arenas Foster Auditorium (1939-1968) • Coleman Coliseum (1968-present)Current coaches Seasons 2009–10 • 2010–11 • 2011–12Rivalry Iron Bowl of BasketballConference affiliations Southeastern Conference (SEC)The University of Alabama • Tuscaloosa, AL Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year 1979: Fant | 1980: Bibb | 1981: Iba | 1982: Kestenbaum | 1983: Kerns | 1984: Hanks | 1985: Bibb | 1986: Newell | 1987: Kerns | 1988: Kerns | 1989: Newell | 1990: Vardeman | 1991: Vardeman | 1992: Kerns | 1993: Weltlich | 1994: Kresse | 1995: Hipsher | 1996: Lee | 1997: Kresse | 1998: Kresse | 1999: Tillette | 2000: Maestri | 2001: Driesell | 2002: Green | 2003: Slonaker | 2004: Maestri | 2005: Scruggs | 2006: Sanderson | 2007: Bartow | 2008: Byrd | 2009: Warren | 2010: Laing | 2011: Byrd
Categories:- 1954 births
- Living people
- Akron Zips men's basketball coaches
- Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coaches
- American basketball coaches
- Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball players
- Dayton Flyers men's basketball coaches
- South Florida Bulls men's basketball coaches
- Stetson Hatters men's basketball coaches
- United States basketball coach stubs
- American basketball biography, 1950s birth stubs
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