- Mike Dement
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Mike Dement Sport(s) Basketball Current position Title Head coach Team UNC Greensboro Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1982–1983
1983–1985
1985–1986
1986–1991
1991–1995
1995–2004
2005–presentDuke (asst.)
Cornell (asst.)
East Carolina (asst.)
Cornell
UNC Greensboro
SMU
UNC GreensboroAccomplishments and honors Championships Big South Regular Season Championship (1995)
Ivy League Regular Season Championship (1988)Awards Ivy League Coach of the Year (1998) Mike Dement is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is married to Southern Methodist University women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola.[1]
From Louisburg, North Carolina, he was the head coach for UNCG from 1991 to 1995, leading them from a team with no conference affiliation to the top of the Big South Conference regular season standings in just four seasons. In his last two seasons at UNCG, Dement’s teams went 38–18, including a school-record 23 wins in 1994–95 winning the Big South regular season title.[2]
In 2007–08, Dement won his 300th career game when the Spartans topped The Citadel in Charleston. He enters his 23rd year as a head coach with a mark of 312–313.[3]
Head coaching record
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1986–1991) 1986–1987 Cornell 15–11 9–5 T–2nd 1987–1988 Cornell 17–10 11–3 1st NCAA First Round 1988–1989 Cornell 10–16 7–7 T–4th 1989–1990 Cornell 12–17 5–9 7th 1990–1991 Cornell 13–13 6–8 T–3rd Cornell: 67–67 38–32 UNC Greensboro Spartans (Independent) (1991–1993) 1991–1992 UNCG 7–21 1992–1993 UNCG 10–17 UNC Greensboro Spartans (Big South) (1993–1995) 1993–1994 UNCG 15–12 11–7 1994–1995 UNCG 23–6 14–2 1st UNCG: 55–56 25–9 SMU Mustangs (SWC) (1995–1996) 1995–1996 SMU 8–20 3–11 T–7th SMU Mustangs (WAC) (1996–2004) 1996–1997 SMU 16–12 7–9 T–4th Mountain 1997–1998 SMU 18–10 6–8 5th Pacific 1998–1999 SMU 15–15 7–7 T–4th Mountain 1999–2000 SMU 21–9 9–5 3rd NIT First Round 2000–2001 SMU 18–12 8–8 T–5th 2001–2002 SMU 15–14 10–8 4th 2002–2003 SMU 17–13 11–7 3rd 2003–2004 SMU 10–15‡ 5–10 8th SMU: 138–120 65–74 ‡ Dement resigned 2/27/04; Lineburg coached rest of season.
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2005–Current) 2005–2006 UNCG 12–19 4–10 5th North 2006–2007 UNCG 16–14 12–6 2nd North 2007–2008 UNCG 19–12 12–8 3rd North 2008–2009 UNCG 5–25 4–16 6th North 2009–2010 UNCG 8–23 6–12 5th North 2010–2011 UNCG 7-24 6-12 5th North UNCG: 67-117 44–64 Total: National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion
Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division ChampionReferences
- ^ "Dement, Rompola honeymoon includes lots of phone calls, airline miles". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=3199107. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ 2009-10 UNCG Men's Basketball Media Guide
- ^ "Mike Dement Bio". UNCG. http://www.uncgspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5300&ATCLID=189569. Retrieved December 21, 2009.[dead link]
- UNC Greensboro - Official athletics website
Cornell Big Red men's basketball head coaches No coach (1898–1907) • Walter Haggerty (1907–1909) • David Coogan (1909–1910) • Paul Sternberg (1910–1912) • Albert H. Sharpe (1912–1919) • Howard Ortner (1919–1936) • John Rowland (1936–1938) • Blair Gullion (1938–1942) • Speed Wilson (1942–1946) • Royner Greene (1946–1959) • Sam MacNeil (1959–1968) • Jerry Lace (1968–1972) • Tony Coma (1972–1974) • Tom Allen # (1974) • Ben Bluitt (1974–1980) • Tom Miller (1980–1986) • Mike Dement (1986–1991) • Jan van Breda Kolff (1991–1993) • Al Walker (1993–1996) • Scott Thompson (1996–2000) • Steve Donahue (2000–2010) • Bill Courtney (2010– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
SMU Mustangs men's basketball head coaches Dale Morrison (1916–1917) • J. Burton Rix (1917–1921) • R. N. Blackwell (1921–1922) • H. A. Faulkner (1922–1924) • James W. St. Clair (1924–1938) • F. C. Baccus (1938–1942) • James Stewart (1942–1944) • Roy Baccus (1944–1945) • F. C. Baccus (1945–1947) • Doc Hayes (1947–1967) • Bob Prewitt (1967–1975) • Sonny Allen (1975–1980) • Dave Bliss (1980–1988) • John Shumate (1988–1995) • Mike Dement (1995–2004) • Robert Lineburg # (2004) • Jimmy Tubbs (2004–2006) • Matt Doherty (2006– )
Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball head coaches Jim Swiggett (1967–1975) • Jack Mehl (1975–1978) • Larry Hargett (1978–1982) • Ed Douma (1982–1984) • Bob McEvoy (1984–1991) • Mike Dement (1991–1995) • Randy Peele (1995–1999) • Fran McCaffery (1999–2005) • Mike Dement (2005– )
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Southern Conference North Division Jason Capel (Appalachian State) • John Shulman (Chattanooga) • Matt Matheny (Elon) • Jimmy Tillette (Samford) • Mike Dement (UNC Greensboro) • Larry Hunter (Western Carolina)
South Division Chuck Driesell (The Citadel) • Bobby Cremins (College of Charleston) • Bob McKillop (Davidson) • Jeff Jackson (Furman) • Charlton Young (Georgia Southern) • Mike Young (Wofford)
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