Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 14 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award presented by Just Play Solutions which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2017-18 college basketball season.
Past weekly and yearly winners can be found below this week’s recipients.
Nominations for next week’s award can be emailed to: [email protected].
The Week 14 winners are:
NCAA DI: Donte’ Jackson – Grambling State University
Coach Jackson’s Tigers took two more victories this week, pushing their win streak to 11 games. On Monday, Grambling State defeated Texas Southern 78-55 to take over sole possession of first place in the SWAC and extend their win streak to 10. Then, on Saturday, the Tigers won their 11th straight, a school record, 71-64 over Jackson State. Grambling State has not lost since January 6th, and will look to continue their winning ways on Saturday at home against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
NCAA DII: Grady Brewer – Morehouse College (GA)
Morehouse College, led by Coach Brewer, continued its stellar run this season with two more wins this week. The Maroon Tigers came away with a convincing victory over Livingstone College 77-53 on Tuesday, then defeated Albany State 76-63 on Saturday. This win improved Morehouse to 22-1 overall (16-1 SIAC), and #1 in the NCAA DII South Region (#11 overall). The Maroon Tigers will try to win their fifth straight as they take on Fort Valley State on Monday.
NCAA DIII: John Krikorian – Christopher Newport University (VA)
Coach Krikorian led his Christopher Newport squad to two clutch victories this week and finished the regular season off strong. The Captains came up with a huge 75-71 win against Mary Washington to set up a regular-season conference champion deciding game against York College, ranked #8 in the country. Christopher Newport took a thrilling 81-71 victory over York to finish the regular season at 20-5 (14-4 CAC). The Captains will now head into the CAC tournament with the top seed for the third straight season.
NAIA: Josh Gamblin – Mid-America Christian University (OK)
Mid-America Christian University won three big games this week, including two over nationally ranked opponents. Coach Gamblin’s squad knocked off 7th overall University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma 101-90 in a critical SAC match-up, then defeated #20 Wayland Baptist University 81-80 on a three pointer with under 10 seconds remaining in overtime. Following these two huge wins, the Evangels took down Oklahoma Panhandle State University 104-85 to improve to 17-10 overall (11-8 SAC). MACU finishes their regular season on Saturday against Southwestern Christian University.
JUCO: Jared Phay – College of Southern Idaho
Coach Phay’s Golden Eagles continued to play extremely well this week, winning two more games and knocking off a top-10 team. College of Southern Idaho traveled to Utah to take on 7th ranked Salt Lake CC on Thursday. They came away with a hard-fought 81-79 overtime victory to improve to 24-4 overall. The Golden Eagles then blew out Colorado Northwestern CC 101-65 to pick up win #25 on the season. CSI plays their last regular season game against Snow College on Thursday.
[Coach of the Week written and compiled by HoopDirt.com contributor AJ Nelson]
2017-18 HoopDirt.com / Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week Winners
NCAA DI: Fran Dunphy – Temple University
NCAA DII: Pryor Orser – Colorado School of Mines
NCAA DIII: Kevin Bettencourt – Endicott College (MA)
NAIA (co-winner): Wayne Wagner – Viterbo University (WI)
NAIA (co-winner): Matt O’Brien – Southwestern College (KS)
JUCO: Mark White – Tallahassee Community College
NCAA DI: Porter Moser – Loyola University Chicago
NCAA DII: Andy Bronkema – Ferris State University (MI)
NCAA DIII: Justin Lunt – University of Puget Sound (WA)
NAIA: Keith Adkins – Life University (GA)
JUCO: Don Tuley – Seminole State College (OK)
NCAA DI: Chris Mack – Xavier University
NCAA DII: Darrell Walker – Clark Atlanta University
NCAA DIII: Pat Juckem – University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh
NAIA: R-Jay Barsh – Southeastern University (FL)
JUCO: Steve DeMeo – Northwest Florida State College
NCAA DI: James Whitford – Ball State
NCAA DII: Adam Bohac – Southern Nazarene University (OK)
NCAA DIII: Hilliary Scott – Lynchburg College (VA)
NAIA: Vinay Patel – Oklahoma City University
JUCO: Tommy Guerin – Borough of Manhattan Community College
NCAA DI: Steve Pikiell – Rutgers University
NCAA DII: Jeff Burkhamer – University of West Florida
NCAA DIII: Steve Howes – Catholic University (DC)
NAIA: Kyle Blankenship – Louisiana State University – Shreveport
JUCO: Hank Plona – Indian Hills Community College (IA)
NCAA DI: Mike Young – Wofford College
NCAA DII: Bart Lundy – Queens University of Charlotte
NCAA DIII: Mike Schauer – Wheaton College (IL)
NAIA: Kelvin Starr – The Master’s University (CA)
JUCO: Evan Lavery – Rock Valley College (IL)
NCAA DI: LaVall Jordan – Butler University
NCAA DII: Rodney Watson – University of Southern Indiana
NCAA DIII: Eric Bridgeland – Whitman College (WA)
NAIA: Jeff Sherman – Central Methodist University (MO)
JUCO: Brian Peabody – Pima Community College (AZ)
NCAA DI: Tad Boyle – University of Colorado
NCAA DII: Jeff Boschee – Missouri Southern State University
NCAA DIII: Ron Rose – Illinois Wesleyan University
NAIA: Jesse Watkins – College of Coastal Georgia
JUCO: Chris Hackett – Frank Phillips College (TX)
NCAA DI: Joe Mihalich – Hofstra University
NCAA DII: Lennie Acuff – University of Alabama Huntsville
NCAA DIII: Guy Rancourt – Lycoming College (PA)
NAIA: Paul Peck – Lindsey Wilson College (KY)
JUCO: Chris Lovell – Bossier Parrish Community College (LA)
NCAA DI: Mike White – University of Florida
NCAA DII: Bob Pietrack – Fort Lewis College (CO)
NCAA DIII: Jeff Brown – Middlebury College (VT)
NAIA: Nelson Jones – Allen University (SC)
JUCO: Aaron Butcher – Ancilla College (IN)
NCAA DI: Tony Bennett – University of Virginia
NCAA DII: Mike Helfer – Valdosta State (GA)
NCAA DIII: Mark Edwards – Washington University in Saint Louis
NAIA: Dante Calabria – Keiser University (FL)
JUCO: Paul Cisek – Brookdale Community College (NJ)
NCAA DI: Mike Hopkins – University of Washington
NCAA DII: Josh Schertz – Lincoln Memorial University (TN)
NCAA DIII: Todd McGuinness – Case Western Reserve University (OH)
NAIA: Craig Doty – Graceland University (IA)
JUCO: Doug Scott – Quincy College (MA)
NCAA DI: Chris Mullin – St. John’s University
NCAA DII: Lonn Reisman – Tarleton State University (TX)
NCAA DIII: David Hixon – Amherst College (MA)
NAIA: Tom Church – Indiana University Kokomo
JUCO: DaJuan Gouard – Danville Area Community College (IL)
Previous HoopDirt.com Coach of the Year Award Winners:
Division I
2016-17: Chris Collins – Northwestern University
2015-16: Roy Williams – University of North Carolina
Division II
2016-17: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
2015-16: Josh Schertz – Lincoln Memorial University (TN)
Division III
2016-17: Stephen Brennan – Babson College (MA)
2015-16: John Tauer – University of St. Thomas (MN)
NAIA
2016-17: Kevin Burton – Union College (KY)
2015-16: Larry Cordaro – LSU-Alexandria
JUCO
2016-17: Todd Lorensen – Southwestern Community College (IA)
2015-16: Craig Doty – Rock Valley College (IL)
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