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Clark is the only coach to successfully lead the Knights past the first round of the NCAA tournament, reaching the 1978 Final Four following a 24–game winning streak. Speraw is the longest tenured coach in program history at 17 seasons. Clark remains the winningest coach in school history with 274 wins in 14 seasons.
Pages in category "UCF Knights men's basketball coaches" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American and national player of the year as a senior in 1986 while at Duke from 1982 to 1986.
The Knights play their home games at CFE Arena, which is located on the main campus of UCF in Orlando, Florida. The University of Central Florida first fielded a varsity basketball team in the fall of 1969 under Torchy Clark. Clark completed 14 seasons as the Knights head coach, amassing a 274–89 record.
Eugene "Torchy" Clark (January 1, 1929 – April 22, 2009) was an American college basketball coach. He was the first head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team that represents the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Then named Florida Technological University, Clark served as the university's head basketball coach from ...
Born in Appleton, Wis., he is the son of former Xavier High School (Appleton, Wis.) and University of Central Florida basketball coaching legend, Gene "Torchy" Clark. [3] [4] [5] The younger Clark played for his father at UCF and was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American. [4] He is the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,886 points. [6]
After finishing second in the regular season TAAC standings, the Golden Knights won the TAAC tournament to secure the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament – the first appearance in school history. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the Southeast region, UCF was beaten handily by No. 1 seed Purdue, 98–67. [2]
He is currently the men's head basketball coach at Stetson University.This past season lead Stetson University to its First NCAA Tourney in its 53 year history of the school. Prior to Stetson, Jones served as the head coach of the UCF Knights men's basketball team from 2010 to 2016 [ 1 ] and at Marshall from 2007 to 2010.