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April
2, 2010
Mike
Young recipient of 2010 Hugh Durham National Coach
of the Year Award
 INDIANAPOLIS
(IN) -- Slow and steady wins the race, such is the
case with Wofford head coach Mike Young. In his
eighth season on the job he claimed the program’s
first ever NCAA Tournament bid by leading the
Terriers to both the Southern Conference regular
season and tournament championships.
For his accomplishments Young has been named the
recipient of the 2010 Hugh Durham Award. The award,
which is voted on by a 20-member selection panel
that includes current and former head coaches and is
chaired by Hugh Durham, is presented annually at the
Final Four to the top mid-major coach in the
country.
Young’s team got stronger as the season progressed,
going 18-2 during this calendar year en route to a
26-9 overall record. That record is the best in
school history, as are the 15 wins in Southern
Conference play. Playing against a schedule that
included the likes of Pittsburgh, Michigan State,
Illinois and South Carolina, Wofford’s average
losing margin was an extremely respectable 5.6
points per contest.
The other finalists were Randy Bennett (St. Mary’s),
Tad Boyle (Northern Colorado), Todd Bozeman (Morgan
State), Steve Donahue (Cornell), Cliff Ellis
(Coastal Carolina), Ben Jacobson (Northern Iowa),
Greg Kampe (Oakland), Billy Kennedy (Murray State),
Bob Marlin (Sam Houston State), Fran McCaffery
(Siena), Randy Rahe (Weber State), Tony Shaver
(William & Mary), Brad Stevens (Butler) and Blaine
Taylor (Old Dominion).
In 2005 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of
the Year award was renamed in honor of Hugh Durham,
the coaching legend who had retired at the end of
the 2004-05 season. Durham is one of just 12 coaches
to have led two different programs to the NCAA Final
Four (Florida State in 1972 and Georgia in 1983). He
is the only coach among that group to have led both
schools to their lone Final Four appearance.
The previous winners of the award were Bozeman last
season, Keno Davis (Drake) in 2008, Gregg Marshall
(Winthrop) in 2007, Pat Flannery (Bucknell) in 2006
and Bob Thomason (Pacific) in 2005.
THE AWARD
SELECTION COMMITTEE
The
selection committee is chaired by Hugh Durham
(former Head Men's Basketball Coach, Florida
State University , University of Georgia and
Jacksonville University).
GREG AMODIO
Director of Athletics, Duquesne University
DAVID ADELMAN
Associate Director, Joy of the Game/Rising Stars
MIKE BREY
Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of Notre
Dame
FRANK BURLISON
Senior Writer, Long Beach Press Telegram
BOBBY CHAMPAGNE
Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of North
Alabama
BARRY COLLIER
Director of Athletics, Butler University
TOM
CONRAD
Scouting, Orlando Magic
RECE DAVIS
Anchor, ESPN Television
BRIAN DOYLE
Head Men's Basketball Coach/Assistant Director of
Athletics, Centerville High School
JOE
DWYER
Co-Founder, CollegeInsider.com, AllCoachNetwork.com
ROBERT DWYER
WFAN Sports Radio, New York
RICH ENSOR
Commissioner, Metro Atlantic Athletic Association
SETH GREENBERG
Head Men's Basketball Coach, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University
EHUD KNOLL
Senior Writer, CollegeInsider.com
ANGELA LENTO
Co-Founder, CollegeInsider.com, AllCoachNetwork.com
LOU MONACO
Contributor, Patch.com
LUTE OLSON
Former Head Men's Basketball Coach,
University of Arizona
BO RYAN
Head Men's Basketball Coach, University of Wisconsin
JOHN STANSBERRY
Senior Writer, CollegeInsider.com
MIKE VILLAMOR
Information Director, Big West Conference |