- Mike Pugh
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Name = Mike Pugh
Sport =Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1950|12|9
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Auburn,Alabama
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College = Huntingdon
Title = Head coach
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Championships = 1978 AISA State Championship
1985 AHSAA 5A State Championship
CurrentRecord = 9-17 (.346)
OverallRecord = 614-277 (.689)
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CoachYears = 1974–1981
1983–1989
1990–1994
1995–2001
2001–2007
2004–present
CoachTeams = John T. Morgan Academy
Southside High School
Carroll High School
Enterprise StateOpelika High School
Huntingdon
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BBallHOF =Carl Michael "Mike" Pugh (born
December 9 ,1950 inAuburn, Alabama ) is the head men'sbasketball coach atHuntingdon College inMontgomery, Alabama .Education
Mike Pugh attended
Auburn High School , graduating in 1969, andAuburn University , where he received abachelor's degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1974. He later earned amasters degree inphysical education fromAlabama State University in 1987.cite pressrelease|url=http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/athletics_news/may_07/05_14_07_mbkb|title=Mike Pugh Named New Hawks Men's Basketball Head Coach|publisher=Sports Information Department, Huntingdon College|date=2007-05-14 |accessdate=2008-03-28]Coaching career
Pugh began his coaching career at John T. Morgan Academy in
Selma, Alabama in 1974. At Morgan, he served as head basketball coach, interimheadmaster ,athletics director , assistant football coach and head track and field coach. Pugh's basketball team amassed a 177-32 record in eight seasons, winning the Alabama Private Schools Association state championship in 1978 and reaching the state semifinals six times. His track squads won two further state titles. In 1983, Pugh was named head basketball coach at Southside High School, also in Selma. Pugh led Southside to seven consecutive playoff appearances, five area championships, state runner-up in 1986, and anAlabama High School Athletic Association state title—the school's first—in 1985.In 1990, Pugh left Southside to coach at Carroll High School in
Ozark, Alabama , where he spent five seasons, winning two area championships. Pugh began his first college coaching stint in 1995 at Enterprise State Junior College. At Enterprise State, Pugh was athletics director, head coach of both the men's and women's basketball teams, department head of the Department of Physical Education, and Director of Intermurals. In seven seasons, Pugh's teams won 110 games of 186. Pugh left Enterprise State forOpelika High School inOpelika, Alabama in 2001. Pugh turned around a moribund Opelika program, winning two area championships and taking the school to its first playoff appearance in the 90–year history of the program in 2003.Pugh was named head men's basketball coach at
Huntingdon College on May 14, 2007. In his first year, Pugh improved the Hawks' record by six games, taking the team to the semifinals of theGreat South Athletic Conference Tournament. After 35 seasons, Pugh sports and overall record of 614-277. [cite pressrelease|url=http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/athletics_news/may_07/05_14_07_mbkb|title=Mike Pugh Named New Hawks Men's Basketball Head Coach|publisher=Sports Information Department, Huntingdon College|date=2007-05-14 |accessdate=2008-03-28, cite pressrelease|url=http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/mens_athletics/mens_basketball|title=Hawks End Season With 84-65 GSAC Semifinals Loss to Top Seed Maryville|publisher=Sports Information Department, Huntingdon College|date=2008-02-29 |accessdate=2008-03-28]References
External links
* [http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/mens_athletics/mens_basketball Huntingdon College Basketball]
* [http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/athletics_news/may_07/05_14_07_mbkb "Mike Pugh Named New Hawks Men's Basketball Head Coach"]
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