David Michael Dement (born April 10, 1954) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is married to former Southern Methodist University women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 10, 1954 |
| Alma mater | Louisburg East Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1983 | Duke (assistant) |
| 1983–1985 | Cornell (assistant) |
| 1985–1986 | East Carolina (assistant) |
| 1986–1991 | Cornell |
| 1991–1995 | UNC Greensboro |
| 1995–2004 | SMU |
| 2005–2011 | UNC Greensboro |
| Head coaching record | |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Ivy League regular season (1988) Big South regular season (1995) | |
| Awards | |
| Ivy League Coach of the Year (1988) | |
From Louisburg, North Carolina, he was the head coach for UNCG from 1991 to 1995, leading them from a team with no conference affiliation to the top of the Big South Conference regular season standings in just four seasons. In his last two seasons at UNCG, Dement's teams went 38–18, including a school-record 23 wins in 1994–95 winning the Big South regular season title.[2]
In 2007–08, Dement won his 300th career game when the Spartans topped The Citadel in Charleston. He enters his 23rd year as a head coach with a mark of 312–313.[3]
On December 13, 2011, Dement stepped down as head coach of the Spartans.[4]
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1986–1991) | |||||||||
| 1986–87 | Cornell | 15–11 | 9–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1987–88 | Cornell | 17–10 | 11–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 1988–89 | Cornell | 10–16 | 7–7 | T–4th | |||||
| 1989–90 | Cornell | 12–17 | 5–9 | 7th | |||||
| 1990–91 | Cornell | 13–13 | 6–8 | T–3rd | |||||
| Cornell: | 69–67 | 38–32 | |||||||
| UNC Greensboro Spartans (Independent) (1991–1993) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | UNC Greensboro | 7–21 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | UNC Greensboro | 10–17 | |||||||
| UNC Greensboro Spartans (Big South Conference) (1993–1995) | |||||||||
| 1993–94 | UNC Greensboro | 15–12 | 11–7 | 5th | |||||
| 1994–95 | UNC Greensboro | 23–6 | 14–2 | 1st | |||||
| UNC Greensboro: | 55–56 | 25–9 | |||||||
| SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1995–1996) | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | SMU | 8–20 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| SMU Mustangs (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–2004) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | SMU | 16–12 | 7–9 | T–4th (Mountain) | |||||
| 1997–98 | SMU | 18–10 | 6–8 | 5th (Pacific) | |||||
| 1998–99 | SMU | 15–15 | 7–7 | T–4th (Mountain) | |||||
| 1999–00 | SMU | 21–9 | 9–5 | 3rd | NIT first round | ||||
| 2000–01 | SMU | 18–12 | 8–8 | T–5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | SMU | 15–14 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2002–03 | SMU | 17–13 | 11–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 2003–04 | SMU | 10–15‡ | 5–10 | 8th | |||||
| SMU: | 138–120 | 65–74 |
‡ Dement resigned on February 27. Robert Lineburg coached rest of season. | ||||||
| UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2005–2011) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | UNC Greensboro | 12–19 | 4–10 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2006–07 | UNC Greensboro | 16–14 | 12–6 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2007–08 | UNC Greensboro | 19–12 | 12–8 | 3rd (North) | |||||
| 2008–09 | UNC Greensboro | 5–25 | 4–16 | 6th (North) | |||||
| 2009–10 | UNC Greensboro | 8–23 | 6–12 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2010–11 | UNC Greensboro | 7–24 | 6–12 | 5th (North) | |||||
| 2011–12 | UNC Greensboro | 2–8‡ | 0–3 | 6th (North) | |||||
| UNC Greensboro: | 69–125 | 44–67 |
‡ Dement resigned on December 13. Wes Miller coached rest of season. | ||||||
| Total: | 329–368 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Dement, Rompola honeymoon includes lots of phone calls, airline miles". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ 2009-10 UNCG Men's Basketball Media Guide [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mike Dement Bio". UNCG. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
- ^ "Mike Dement steps aside as UNCG men's basketball coach". uncgspartans.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.