Don Meyer

Don Meyer
Don Meyer, PhD
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head Coach Emeritus
Team Northern State
Record 221104 (.680)
Biographical details
Born December 16, 1944 (1944-12-16) (age 66)[1]
Place of birth Wayne, Nebraska, U.S.[1]
Playing career
Northern Colorado
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
19681970
19701972
19721975
19751999
19992010
Western State (asst.)
Utah (asst.)
Hamline
Lipscomb
Northern State
Head coaching record
Overall 923324 (.740)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NAIA national men's basketball championship (1986)
Awards
John Bunn Award (2010)[2]

Don Meyer (born December 16, 1944 in Wayne, Nebraska) is a retired American college basketball coach who completed his career in 2010 as head coach of the men's team at Northern State University.[1] He previously was head coach at Hamline University and Lipscomb University.[1]

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College basketball coaching career

Meyer is currently the most successful men's basketball coach whose career has included at least one stint with an NCAA member school. His career win total includes stints as a NAIA coach. Meyer is the winningest men's coach in NCAA wins.[3] He is the subject of the book, Playing for Coach Meyer written by Steve Smiley, who played for Meyer as point guard (19992004), and who served as an assistant coach from 2006 to 2008. Additionally, Meyer is also the subject of a more extensive biography written by ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney, who has had a close relationship with Meyer since Olney was assigned to cover baseball in Nashville while Meyer was coaching at Lipscomb. "How Lucky You Can Be: The Story of Coach Don Meyer" was released on November 9, 2010.

Pat Summitt cites Meyer as a major influence on her development as a coach, noting in a 2009 interview:

He taught me how to teach others how to play the game. When I started coaching at Tennessee, I was 22 years old. I had four players 21 that were seniors. And I never coached a day in my life. So did Coach Meyer help me? Tremendously.[4]

Accident and cancer

Don Meyer had cancer discovered in his liver and intestines (bowels[3]) during emergency surgery after a car crash on September 5, 2008.[5] His lower left leg had to be amputated below the knee in order to treat the cancer which was discovered during surgery to remove his spleen.[6]

Awards

At the ESPY Awards 2009, Meyer was awarded the Jimmy V (Jim Valvano) Award For Perseverance.

Retirement

On February 22, 2010, Northern State announced that Meyer will be retiring after 38 years of coaching at the end of the 200910 season. Later that year, on June 30, the Basketball Hall of Fame announced that Meyer was that year's recipient of the John Bunn Award, given by the Hall for significant contributions to the sport.[2]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Hamline Pipers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (19721975)
19721973 Hamline 520
19731974 Hamline 1610
19741975 Hamline 1611 NCAA DIII Quarterfinals
Hamline: 3741
Lipscomb Bisons (Volunteer State Athletic Conference) (19751985)
19751976 Lipscomb 1119
19761977 Lipscomb 189
19771978 Lipscomb 216
19781979 Lipscomb 2112
19791980 Lipscomb 1515
19801981 Lipscomb 2511
19811982 Lipscomb 334 NAIA First Round
19821983 Lipscomb 1914
19831984 Lipscomb 305
19841985 Lipscomb 259 NAIA Second Round
Lipscomb Bisons (Tennessee Colleigate Athletic Conference) (19851996)
19851986 Lipscomb 354 NAIA Champions
19861987 Lipscomb 276
19871988 Lipscomb 333 NAIA Second Round
19881989 Lipscomb 382
19891990 Lipscomb 415 NAIA Semifinals
19901991 Lipscomb 354 NAIA Quarterfinals
19911992 Lipscomb 315 NAIA Second Round
19921993 Lipscomb 344 NAIA Quarterfinals
19931994 Lipscomb 296 NAIA First Round
19941995 Lipscomb 307 NAIA Second Round
19951996 Lipscomb 336 NAIA Semifinals
Lipscomb Bisons (TranSouth Athletic Conference) (19961999)
19961997 Lipscomb 306 NAIA First Round
19971998 Lipscomb 268
19981999 Lipscomb 259 NAIA First Round
Lipscomb: 665179
Northern State Wolves (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (19992010)
19992000 Northern State 1314 108 5th
20002001 Northern State 1413 108 5th
20012002 Northern State 208 144 T1st
20022003 Northern State 209 153 1st
20032004 Northern State 247 133 2nd NCAA DII First Round
20042005 Northern State 2110 95 3rd NCAA DII First Round
20052006 Northern State 276 113 2nd NCAA DII Regional Final
20062007 Northern State 218 135 T3rd
20072008 Northern State 294 162 2nd NCAA DII Regional Final
20082009 Northern State 1911 85 7th NCAA DII First Round
20092010 Northern State 1314 911 T9th
Northern State: 221104 12859
Total: 923324

      National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion
      Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

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