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March 12, 2008
FINALISTS
FOR 2008 HUGH DURHAM AWARD ANNOUNCED
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE:
HughDurhamAward.com
MORE
INFORMATION:
Hugh Durham Biography
(PDF)
 BOSTON
(MA) -- The ten finalists for the 2008 Hugh Durham
mid-major coach of the year award were announced on
Wednesday.
Eight finalists were regular season champions or
co-champions of their respective leagues including
Ronnie Arrow (South Alabama), Keno Davis (Drake),
Steve Donahue (Cornell), Danny Kaspar (Stephen F.
Austin), Bob McKillop (Davidson), Randy Monroe (UMBC),
Mike Rice (Robert Morris) and Brad Stevens (Butler).
Mid-season honoree, Randy Bennett (St. Mary’s) and
William & Mary's Tony Shaver (pictured) who led The Tribe to
within one game of its first-ever NCAA Tournament
appearance, round out the list.
The Hugh Durham Award is given annually to the
nation’s top mid-major coach, as voted on by the
20-member panel. The winner will be presented with the
award at the Final Four in San Antonio.
In 2005 the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Coach of the
Year award was renamed in honor of Hugh Durham who
retired at the end of the 2004-05 season. Durham is
one of just twelve coaches to have led two different
programs to the NCAA Final Four (Florida State, 1972 &
Georgia, 1983). He is the only coach to lead both
teams to their only Final Four appearance.
The previous winners of the award are Gregg Marshall
(Winthrop) in 2007, Pat Flannery, (Bucknell) in 2006
and Bob Thomason (Pacific) in 2005.
2008 DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS
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Ronnie
Arrow |
(South Alabama) |
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Randy
Bennett |
(St. Mary's) |
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Keno
Davis |
(Drake) |
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Steve
Donahue |
(Cornell) |
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Danny
Kaspar |
(Stephen F. Austin) |
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Bob
McKillop |
(Davidson) |
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Randy
Monroe |
(UMBC) |
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Mike
Rice |
(Robert Morris) |
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Tony
Shaver |
(William & Mary) |
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Brad
Stevens |
(Butler) |
Visit the official website of
the Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award
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