Larry Hunter
| Larry Hunter | |
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Western Carolina |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1973 1973–1976 1976–1989 1989–2001 2001–2005 2005–present |
Marietta (asst.) Wittenberg (asst.) Wittenberg Ohio NC State (asst.) Western Carolina |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships NCAA Division III Tournament Championship (1977) MAC Tournament Championship (1994) MAC Regular Season Championship (1994) |
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| Awards NABC Division III Coach of the Year (1977) MAC Coach of the Year (1994) |
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Larry Hunter is the 17th head coach of the Western Carolina University men's basketball team. He had been head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team from 1989–2001, compiling a winning percentage of .580 (204-148). His teams made one NCAA Tournament appearance in 1994, an National Invitation Tournament appearance in 1995, and won the prestigious Pre-Season NIT in 1994. Despite his solid record—he is second on Ohio's all-time wins list, and had only one losing season—he was fired in 2001 for a lack of postseason success.
Ohio University hired its alumnus away from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio near Dayton, Ohio. Hunter led Wittenberg to the programs second NCAA Division III National Championship in 1977 and also garnered NABC Division III National Coach of the Year that same year. In total Hunter won 6 regular season Ohio Athletic Conference Championships and 6 Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament Championships during his tenure at Wittenberg. Before moving to Western Carolina, he was an assistant for Coach Herb Sendek at North Carolina State University.
[edit] Larry Hunter's career record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (1989–2001) | |||||||||
| 1989-1990 | Ohio Bobcats | 12-16 | 5-11 | ||||||
| 1990-1991 | Ohio Bobcats | 16-12 | 9-7 | ||||||
| 1991-1992 | Ohio Bobcats | 18-10 | 10-6 | ||||||
| 1992-1993 | Ohio Bobcats | 14-13 | 11-7 | ||||||
| 1993-1994 | Ohio Bobcats | 25-8 | 14-4 | NCAA 1st Round | |||||
| 1994-1995 | Ohio Bobcats | 24-10 | 13-5 | NIT 2nd Round | |||||
| 1995-1996 | Ohio Bobcats | 16-14 | 11-7 | ||||||
| 1996-1997 | Ohio Bobcats | 17-10 | 12-6 | ||||||
| 1997-1998 | Ohio Bobcats | 5-21 | 3-15 | ||||||
| 1998-1999 | Ohio Bobcats | 18-10 | 12-6 | ||||||
| 1999-2000 | Ohio Bobcats | 20-13 | 11-7 | ||||||
| 2000-2001 | Ohio Bobcats | 19-11 | 12-6 | ||||||
| Ohio Bobcats: | 204-148 | 123-87 | |||||||
| Western Carolina (Southern Conference) (2005–current) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Western Carolina | 13-17 | 7-7 | ||||||
| 2006–07 | Western Carolina | 11-20 | 7-11 | ||||||
| 2007–08 | Western Carolina | 10-21 | 6-14 | ||||||
| 2008–09 | Western Carolina | 16-15 | 11–9 | T-1st (North) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Western Carolina | 22-12 | 11-7 | CBI 1st Round | |||||
| 2010–11 | Western Carolina | 18-12 | 12-6 | T-1st (North) | |||||
| 2011–12 | Western Carolina | 15-17 | 8-10 | T-3rd (North) | |||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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