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Jim Middleton HOF

Jim Middleton

  • Class
  • Induction
    2015
  • Sport(s)
    Basketball, Athletic Administration

Jim Middleton HOFCareer coaching record of 239-158 (.602) across 14 seasons as SBU women’s basketball head coach ... All-time winningest basketball coach (both wins and win percentage) at SBU ... His squads advanced to the NCAA National Tournament six times during tenure ... SBU advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 during the 1999-00 season ... WBCA District VII Regional Coach of the Year (2000-01) ... Two-time finalist for NCAA D-II Coach of the Year (2001 and 2008) ... Selected as MIAA Coach of the Year (2008) ... Coached three All-Americans, one MIAA MVP, and two players who went on to play professionally ... Served as SBU’s Director of Athletics from 2001-05 where he helped develop the Meyer Sports Center... Also was highly successful high school coach at Nixa and West Plains and assistant coach at (Southwest) Missouri State and Drury.

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