Dana Altman

Dana Altman
Sport(s)	Men's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Oregon
Record	73-36 (.670)
Biographical details
Born	(1958-06-16) June 16, 1958 Crete, Nebraska, USA
Playing career
1976–1978 1978–1980	Southeast CC Eastern New Mexico
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1982 1982–1983 1983–1986 1986–1989 1989–1990 1990–1994 1994–2010 2010–present	Western State (asst.) Southeast CC Moberly CC Kansas State (asst.) Marshall Kansas State Creighton Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall	483-279 (.634)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MVC Tournament Championship (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007) MVC Regular Season Championship (2001, 2002, 2009) College Basketball Invitational Champions (2011) Pac-12 Tournament Championship (2013)
Awards SoCon Coach of the Year (1990) Big Eight Coach of the Year (1993) MVC Coach of the Year (2001, 2002) Pac-12 Coach of the Year (2013) Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award (2013)

Dana Altman (born June 16, 1958) is an American college basketball coach. He is the head coach of the University of Oregon Ducks men's basketball team. Before then, he was head coach at Creighton University for 16 years. His total record in 24 seasons as a Division I head coach is 483-279 (.634).

College education

Dana Altman began playing college basketball at Southeast Community College in Fairbury, Nebraska. He earned an associate degree in business administration there in 1978. He then received his undergraduate degree in the same field at Eastern New Mexico University in 1980.

Coaching career

Kansas State

Although his four-year tenure as Kansas State’s head coach produced one NCAA Tournament appearance, Dana Altman will be remembered most for his ability to win close ball games, and for pulling off some of the biggest upsets in school history.^{[citation needed]}

Altman’s teams were 28-13 in games decided by six points or less, which included a 6-1 mark in one-point games. His 1992-93 club perpetuated a Kansas State tradition. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, Altman’s Wildcats won 11 games in the final minute, earned the school’s first Top 25 ranking in five seasons, finished 19-11, reached the championship game of the Big Eight Tournament and returned Kansas State to the NCAA Tournament for the 21st time.

Altman’s peers named him Big Eight Coach-of-the-Year in 1993 and he capped the season by upsetting No. 6 Kansas 74-67 in the semifinals of the conference tournament.

The following season, he made it two in a row over Kansas when he upset the No. 1 ranked Jayhawks 68-64 in Lawrence. His 1993-94 squad finished the season with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. Following the season, he accepted the head coaching position at Creighton University, in his home state of Nebraska.

Creighton

During his time at Creighton University, his athletes had earned three All-American honors on the court and three other Academic All-America laurels in the classroom. Three players he coached at Creighton, Kyle Korver, Rodney Buford, and Anthony Tolliver, have played in the NBA.

Altman was named Valley Coach of the Year twice, first in 2001 and also in 2002. Altman was a finalist for the Naismith College Coach of the Year and named the NABC District 12 and USBWA District VI Coach of the Year in 2002-03.

Altman became the 14th head coach in Creighton history following the 1993-94 season after four years as the head coach at Kansas State. Hired on March 31, 1994, Altman inherited a team that posted a 7-22 ledger the year before his arrival and led the Bluejays to a slightly improved 7-19 record in 1994-95 before his 1995-96 squad jumped to 14-15. In 1996-97, Altman’s team was 15-15 and followed with another substantial jump to 18-10 and a bid to the NIT in 1997-98.

On April 2, 2007, Altman announced that he would become the head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks, in a deal that was rumored to be $1.5 million per year, 5-year contract. Only one day later he had a change of heart and returned to Omaha and his team at Creighton, citing family reasons. He became the first coach since Bobby Cremins to renege on a "higher profile", better paying job and return (Cremins accepted the job at South Carolina and returned to coach Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets).

On February 5, 2009, Altman won his 300th game as Creighton head coach. In his first 13 years at Creighton, Altman ranked third all-time on the coaching victories list in the 99-year history of the Missouri Valley Conference, trailing only Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba and Eddie Hickey. His record in 16 seasons with the Creighton Bluejays was 327-176 (.650).

Oregon

On April 24, 2010, Altman agreed to a 7-year contract worth nearly $2 million per year with the Oregon Ducks. The university made it official on April 26 with a press conference.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Marshall (Southern Conference) (1989–1990)
1989–1990	Marshall	15-13	9-5	2nd
Marshall:		15-13 (.536)	9-5 (.643)
Kansas State (Big 8 Conference) (1990–1994)
1990–1991	Kansas State	13-15	3-11	8th
1991–1992	Kansas State	16-14	5-9	T-6th	NIT 2nd Round
1992–1993	Kansas State	19-11	7-7	T-5th	NCAA First Round
1993–1994	Kansas State	20-14	4-10	T-6th	NIT Final Four
Kansas State:		68-54 (.557)	19-37 (.339)
Creighton (Missouri Valley Conference) (1994–2010)
1994–1995	Creighton	7-19	4-14	T-9th
1995–1996	Creighton	14-15	9-9	T-5th
1996–1997	Creighton	15-15	10-8	T-6th
1997–1998	Creighton	18-10	12-6	2nd	NIT First Round
1998–1999	Creighton	22-9	11-7	T-2nd	NCAA Second Round
1999-2000	Creighton	23-10	11-7	4th	NCAA First Round
2000-2001	Creighton	24-8	14-4	1st	NCAA First Round
2001-2002	Creighton	23-9	14-4	T-1st	NCAA Second Round
2002-2003	Creighton	29-5	15-3	2nd	NCAA First Round
2003-2004	Creighton	20-9	12-6	T-2nd	NIT First Round
2004-2005	Creighton	23-11	11-7	T-3rd	NCAA First Round
2005-2006	Creighton	20-10	12-6	T-2nd	NIT Second Round
2006-2007	Creighton	22-11	13-5	2nd	NCAA First Round
2007-2008	Creighton	22-11	10-8	4th	NIT Second Round
2008-2009	Creighton	27-8	14-4	T-1st	NIT Second Round
2009-2010	Creighton	18-16	10-8	4th	CIT Semifinals
Creighton:		327-176 (.650)	178-107 (.625)
Oregon (Pacific-12 Conference) (2010–Present)
2010-2011	Oregon	21-18	7-11	T-7th	CBI Champions
2011-2012	Oregon	24-10	13-5	T-2nd	NIT Quarterfinals
2012-2013	Oregon	28-8	12-6	T-2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
Oregon:		73-36 (.670)	32-22 (.593)
Total:		483-279 (.634)
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Personal life

Altman was born in Crete, Nebraska. He is married to the former Reva Phillips. They have three sons Jordan, Chase, and Spencer, and 1 daughter, Audra. Altman, an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, received a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2008.