Mark Lane has been named the new assistant basketball coach at Mars Hill College, head coach Rick Scruggs announced today. Lane comes to Mars Hill from Cape Fear Community College.

Lane is a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and spent five seasons as the assistant coach for the Sea Devils. Coach Lane was instrumental in leading the Sea Devils to two Region 10 Tournament Championships, two regular season titles, two national tournament appearances along with an eighth place finish at the NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas in 2010-11. Lane also helped produce 4 All-Americans, Faronte Drakeford, Emmaunel Andrews, Tavares Speaks and Cephas Ogelsby. Prior to CFCC, Coach Lane was an assistant at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa (2007-08) and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (2006-07).

At Mars Hill, Coach Lane’s primary duties will be overseeing internal operations of the basketball program, travel, film exchange, strength training, recruiting and individual player development.

A graduate of Minot State University in Bottineau, N.D., Lane was named to the all-conference academic team. Following his playing days at Minot State, Lane continued his career overseas. His first stop was Pertemps Birmingham Bullets in Birmingham, England where he was the youngest player in the league. After a year in England he headed to Denmark to play for Horsens IC to finish his professional career. While in Denmark, Mark was a gold medalist recipient and selected to the All-Bosman team. In addition to his playing and coaching experience, Coach Lane has been working basketball camps at Michigan State, Michigan, Marquette and Duke over the summer.

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