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March 23,
2011
FINALISTS FOR 2011 CLARENCE "BIG HOUSE" GAINES AWARD
BOSTON (MA) -- The seventeen finalists for the 2011
Clarence "Big House" Gaines Division II Coach of the
Year award were announced on Wednesday.
The winner will be announced at the
CollegeInsider.com awards banquet on April 1 in
Houston, site of the men’s basketball championship.
The Clarence Gaines Award, which is presented
annually to the top Division II basketball coach,,
is named in honor of the former Winston Salem State
head coach. One of the true legends of all-time,
Gaines retired from Winston-Salem State University
in 1993 with a record of 828-446. At the time he was
the winningest active basketball coach in NCAA
history. During his 47-year tenure as coach and
athletic director at WSSU he coached professional
basketball greats Cleo Hill (first African-American
from an historically Black college and university to
be drafted No. 1 by the National Basketball
Association, St. Louis Hawks, 1961) and Earl "The
Pearl" Monroe Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
2011 CLARENCE "BIG HOUSE" GAINES AWARD FINALISTS
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Lennie Acuff |
University of Alabama-Huntsville |
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Darrell Brooks |
Bowie State University |
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Rick Cooper |
West Texas A&M University |
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Robert Corn |
Missouri Southern State University |
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Jim Crutchfield |
West Liberty University |
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Scott Davenport |
Bellarmine University |
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Terry Evans |
University of Central Oklahoma |
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Randall Herbst |
University of Mary |
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Steve Kinder |
Humboldt State University |
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Jay Lawson |
Bentley University |
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Matt Margenthaler |
Minnesota State University |
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Dip Metress |
Augusta State University |
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Ron Niekamp |
University of Findlay |
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Pryor Orser |
Colorado School of Mines |
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Josh Schertz |
Lincoln Memorial University |
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Greg Sparling |
Central Washington University |
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Fred Watson |
Benedict College |
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