Ray Harper
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| Ray Harper | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 11, 1961 |
| Place of birth | Greenville, Kentucky |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996-2005 2005–2008 2009-2012 2012– |
Kentucky Wesleyan Oklahoma City Western Kentucky (assistant) Western Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 337–64 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1999, 2001 | |
| Awards | |
| Division II National Coach of the Year (7 times) | |
Ray Harper (born October 11, 1961 in Greenville, Kentucky[1]) is an American basketball coach. Currently, he is the interim head coach for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball team. Previously, he was head coach at Oklahoma City University and Kentucky Wesleyan College. At Kentucky Wesleyan, Harper compiled a 242-45 win-loss record.
He has been named the Division II National Coach of the Year seven times and won two national titles at Kentucky Wesleyan in 1999 and 2001.[2]
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (Great Lakes Valley Conference) (1996–2005) | |||||||||
| 1996–97 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 21–8 | 14–6 | 5th | |||||
| 1997–98 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 30–3 | 17–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II runner-up | ||||
| 1998–99 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 35–2 | 20–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II Champion | ||||
| 1999–00 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 31–3 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Division II runner-up | ||||
| 2000–01 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 30–3 | 17–3 | 2nd | NCAA Division II Champion | ||||
| 2001–02 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 31–3 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA Division II runner-up | ||||
| 2002–03 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 26–3* | 18–2* | 1st* | NCAA Division II runner-up* | ||||
| 2003–04 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 22–8* | 14–6* | 3rd* | NCAA Division II First Round* | ||||
| 2004–05 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 15–12 | 9–11 | 6th | |||||
| Kentucky Wesleyan: | 242–45* | 146–35* | |||||||
| Oklahoma City Stars (Sooner Athletic Conference) (2005–2008) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Oklahoma City | 29–8 | 16–2 | 1st | NAIA runner-up | ||||
| 2006–07 | Oklahoma City | 35–2 | 17–1 | 1st | NAIA Champions | ||||
| 2007–08 | Oklahoma City | 31–7 | 18–4 | 1st | NAIA Champions | ||||
| Oklahoma City: | 95–17 | 51–7 | |||||||
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Sun Belt Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Western Kentucky | 0–2 | 0–2 | ||||||
| Western Kentucky: | 0–2 | 0–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 337–64 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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* 20 wins and 5 losses were vacated from the 2003–04 season and for the 2002–03 season; the school had to vacate the NCAA Division II runner-up and conference regular season championship.
[edit] References
- ^ "USA Basketball: Ray Harper Bio". USA Basketball. 2003-05-07. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20061230102350/http://www.usabasketball.com/biosmen/ray_harper_bio.html. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
- ^ "Ray Harper Bio". Oklahoma City University. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-03-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20070325123229/http://www.okcu.edu/athletics/coachdetail.aspx?id=260&c=1. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
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