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Cliff Warren Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team Jacksonville Record 92-90 (.505) Biographical details Born March 8, 1968 Place of birth Silver Spring, Maryland, USA Playing career 1986–1990 Mount St. Mary's Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1994–1997
1997–2000
2000–2005
2005–presentMount St. Mary's (asst.)
Siena (asst.)
Georgia Tech (asst.)
JacksonvilleAccomplishments and honors Awards Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year (2009) Cliff Warren (born March 8, 1968 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at Jacksonville University.
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Playing career
Warren played collegiately at Mount St. Mary's University from 1986 to 1990. Warren was a two-year starter for the Mountaineers, where he finished his career ranked in the top five in assists and top 50 in scoring in the school record book. As a senior in 1989-90, he averaged 10.4 points and 5.0 assists per game, while leading The Mount to its first winning season at the Division I level.
Assistant coach
Warren returned to his alma mater in 1994 to take his first coaching job as an assistant under Jim Phelan.
Warren then served from 1997 to 2000 as an assistant at Siena under Paul Hewitt. Warren spent five years under Paul Hewitt at Georgia Tech. Warren was a part of the coaching staff that led the Yellow Jackets to the 2004 national championship game, losing to UConn.
Jacksonville University
Warren was hired as head basketball coach at Jacksonville University in 2005, following the retirement of legendary coach Hugh Durham.
Warren's first year at Jacksonville saw the Dolphins finish the season with only eight healthy players. They struggled to a 1–26 record, the worst performance in school history. In Warren’s second year, the Dolphins pulled off the biggest turnaround in the country – improving from one win to a 15-14 record and a third place finish in the Atlantic Sun Conference.[1]
The Dolphins reached the finals of the 2008 Atlantic Sun Men's Basketball Tournament, losing to Belmont.
The following year, the Dolphins won their first Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season basketball championship. They also made their first trip to the postseason since 1987 as the Dolphins received an automatic bid to the NIT.[2]
In 2009-10, the Dolphins returned to the NIT and faced the top-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils in the first round. Jacksonville knocked off the Sun Devils on a 3-pointer by guard Ben Smith with 1.5 seconds left. It gave the Dolphins their first postseason win in eight games going back to the 1974 NIT. Jacksonville also reached 20 wins for the first time since 1986.[3]
In 2010-11, the Dolphins finished with a 20-12 overall record, earning wins over Auburn and Florida. The Dolphins had back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1973-74. They were invited to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, Jacksonville defeated East Carolina before falling to SMU in the second round.[4]
Team USA
Warren was an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.[5]
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2005–present) 2005–2006 Jacksonville 1–26 1–19 11th 2006–2007 Jacksonville 15–14 11–7 T–3rd 2007–2008 Jacksonville 18–13 12–4 2nd 2008–2009 Jacksonville 18–13 15–5 1st NIT 1st Round 2009–2010 Jacksonville 20–13 14–6 T–1st NIT 2nd Round 2010–2011 Jacksonville 20-11 13-7 3rd CIT Tournament - 2nd Round Jacksonville: 92–90 66–48 Total: 92-90 National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ http://www.judolphins.com/mbasketball/coaches/
- ^ http://jacksonville.com/sports/college/jacksonville_dolphins/2009-03-01/story/dolphins_win_conference_title
- ^ http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300750009
- ^ http://www.usabasketball.com/bios/warren_cliff.html
- ^ http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/u19/st_marys_randy_bennett__j_2011_03_02.html
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Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball head coaches John Geilen (1948–1953) • Rollie Rourke (1953–1960) • Dick Kendall (1960–1964) • Joe Williams (1964–1970) • Tom Wasdin (1970–1973) • Bob Gottlieb (1973–1975) • Don Beasley (1975–1978) • Tates Locke (1978–1981) • Bob Wenzel (1981–1987) • Rich Haddad (1987–1991) • Matt Kilcullen (1991–1994) • George Scholz (1994–1996) • Buster Harvey # (1996–1997) • Hugh Durham (1997–2005) • Cliff Warren (2005– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Atlantic Sun Conference Rick Byrd (Belmont) • Murry Bartow (East Tennessee State) • Andy Enfield (Florida Gulf Coast) • Cliff Warren (Jacksonville • Lewis Preston (Kennesaw State) • Scott Sanderson (Lipscomb) • Bob Hoffman (Mercer) • Matthew Driscoll (North Florida) • Casey Alexander (Stetson) • Eddie Payne (South Carolina Upstate)
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:- 1968 births
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- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball coaches
- Jacksonville Dolphins men's basketball coaches
- Living people
- Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball coaches
- Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball players
- People from Silver Spring, Maryland
- Siena Saints men's basketball coaches
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