Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the Week 5 HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week presented by Just Play Solutions. These 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 2022-23 college basketball season.
This is the eighth season that HoopDirt.com has run the Coach of the Week and Coach of the Year programs. The list of 2022-23 Coach of the Week winners, as well as the list of all-time COY winners can be found following this week’s honorees.
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The Week 5 winners are:
NCAA D1: Pat Duquette – UMass Lowell
| Weekly Record (Overall): 3-0 (11-1) |
| Past week’s results: 84-64 W vs LIU, 85-80 W vs UMass, 68-59 W vs St. Francis Brooklyn. |
| Highlights: With 3 more wins this past week, Duquette’s River Hawks extend their best start (11-1) and longest win streak (9) in the program’s Division I history. The win vs UMass on Thursday was the first vs the Minutemen in UML’s D1 history. |
NCAA D2: Brion Dunlap – Claflin University
| Weekly Record (Overall): 2-0 (8-0) |
| Past week’s results: 86-84 OT W vs Paine, 82-80 W vs Shaw. |
| Highlights: Two crazy wins for Dunlap and his Panthers last week. They trailed Paine 70-45 with 10:17 left in the second half on Monday, staged a furious comeback, and would up winning in OT. On Saturday vs Shaw, they hit a jumper with just over one second remaining for the win, which kept them unbeaten on the season. |
NCAA D3: Chris Bartley – WPI
| Weekly record (overall): 2-0 (7-1) |
| Past week’s results: 76-49 W vs Husson, 77-62 W vs Salem State. |
| Highlights: Bartley picked up the 400th win of his career on Wednesday vs Husson. The victory vs Springfield on Saturday gives Bartley a 401-154 (.723) career record at WPI. His Engineers are currently ranked 13th in the country. |
NAIA: Jermael Bingham – Blue Mountain College
| Weekly record (overall): 2-0 (7-3) |
| Past week’s results: 75-65 W vs #7 Faulkner, 72-52 W vs Talladega. |
| Highlights: The Toppers upset win on Tuesday was their first vs #7 Faulkner since 2017. The win on Saturday vs Talladega runs their winning streak to 3 and gives them a perfect 4-0 record at home. |
JUCO: Joey Cantens – Daytona State
| Weekly record (overall): 3-0 (12-0) |
| Past week’s results: 100-75 W vs 212 Academy, 76-72 W vs Pensacola State, 96-94 (OT) W vs #22 Northwest Florida. |
| Highlights: Canten’s #17 Falcons remain perfect on the season with three more wins last week. After dispatching 212 Academy on Tuesday, DSC won two games in the Florida College JUCO Men’s Basketball Shootout, including beating #22 NWF. The 12-0 start is the best in school history. |
2022-23 HoopDirt.com / Just Play Solutions Coach of the Week Winners
NCAA DI: Pat Skerry – Towson University
NCAA DII: Matt Brock – University of Illinois Springfield
NCAA DIII: D.P. Harris – St. Vincent College
NAIA: Javier Heridia – Indiana University Northwest
JUCO: Kyle Fisher – Butler Community College
NCAA DI: Frank Martin – UMass
NCAA DII: Eric Eaton – Saint Michael’s College
NCAA DIII: Glen Miller – University of Saint Joseph
NAIA: John Henry – William Penn University
JUCO: Hank Plona – Indian Hills College
NCAA DI: Jerome Tang – Kansas State
NCAA DII: Brooks McKowen – Upper Iowa University
NCAA DIII: John Krikorian – Christopher Newport University
NAIA: Chase Teichmann – Florida College
JUCO: Brad Witherspoon – Dodge City Community College
NCAA DI: Craig Smith – University of Utah
NCAA DII: Vinay Patel – Angelo State University
NCAA DIII: Matt McLaughlin – Bridgewater State University
NAIA: Chris Wright – Langston University
JUCO: Darren Stratton – Northern Essex Community College
Previous HoopDirt.com Coach of the Year Award Winners:
Division I
- 2021-22: Ed Cooley – Providence College
- 2020-21: Dennis Gates – Cleveland State University
- 2019-20: Joe Gallo – Merrimack College
- 2018-19: Kelvin Sampson – University of Houston
- 2017-18: Porter Moser – Loyola University Chicago
- 2016-17: Chris Collins – Northwestern University
- 2015-16: Roy Williams – University of North Carolina
Division II
- 2021-22: Jim Crutchfield – Nova Southeastern
- 2020-21: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
- 2019-20: Fred Watson – Miles College
- 2018-19: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
- 2017-18: Andy Bronkema – Ferris State
- 2016-17: Ben McCollum – Northwest Missouri State
- 2015-16: Josh Schertz – Lincoln Memorial University
Division III
- 2021-22: Brian Baptiste – UMass Dartmouth
- 2020-21: Brooks Miller – Trine University
- 2019-20: Elliot Steinmetz – Yeshiva University
- 2018-19: Dale Wellman – Nebraska Wesleyan University
- 2017-18: Eric Bridgeland – Whitman College
- 2016-17: Stephen Brennan – Babson College
- 2015-16: John Tauer – University of St. Thomas
NAIA
- 2021-22: Stacy Hollowell – Loyola University New Orleans
- 2020-21: Delano Thomas – Shawnee State University
- 2019-20: Colby Blaine – College of Idaho
- 2018-19: Chris Briggs – Georgetown College
- 2017-18: Craig Doty – Graceland University
- 2016-17: Kevin Burton – Union College
- 2015-16: Larry Cordaro – LSU-Alexandria
JUCO
- 2021-22: Greg Heiar – Northwest Florida State
- 2020-21: COVID Season – No winner selected
- 2019-20: Randy Casey – Milwaukee Area Technical College
- 2018-19: Billy Gillispie – Ranger College
- 2017-18: Paul Cisek – Brookdale Community College
- 2016-17: Todd Lorensen – Southwestern Community College
- 2015-16: Craig Doty – Rock Valley College
USCAA
- 2018-19: LeShawn Hammett – Penn State Wilkes-Barre
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