Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Team: | Coppin State Eagles |
Conference: | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | MEAC |
Record: | 5–27 |
Conf Record: | 5–11 |
Head Coach: | Juan Dixon |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | John Auslander |
Asst Coach2: | Philip Gaetano |
Stadium: | Physical Education Complex |
The 2017–18 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Juan Dixon, played their home games at the Physical Education Complex in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 5–27, 5–11 in MEAC play to finish in 11th place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to North Carolina Central.
The Eagles finished the 2016–17 season 8–24, 7–9 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost in the first round of the MEAC tournament to Howard.
On March 20, 2017, it was announced that head coach Michael Grant's contract would not be renewed.[1] He finished at Coppin State with a three-year record of 25–69. The school hired Baltimore native and former Maryland All-American player Juan Dixon as the new head coach on April 22.[2] [3]
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