Mike Dement | |
Birth Date: | 10 April 1954 |
Alma Mater: | Louisburg East Carolina |
Coach Years1: | 1982–1983 |
Coach Team1: | Duke (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1983–1985 |
Coach Team2: | Cornell (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1985–1986 |
Coach Team3: | East Carolina (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1986–1991 |
Coach Team4: | Cornell |
Coach Years5: | 1991–1995 |
Coach Team5: | UNC Greensboro |
Coach Years6: | 1995–2004 |
Coach Team6: | SMU |
Coach Years7: | 2005–2011 |
Coach Team7: | UNC Greensboro |
Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (NIT) |
Championships: | Ivy League regular season (1988) Big South regular season (1995) |
Awards: | Ivy League Coach of the Year (1988) |
David Michael Dement (born April 10, 1954) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is married to former Southern Methodist University women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola.[1]
From Louisburg, North Carolina, he was the head coach for UNCG from 1991 to 1995, leading them from a team with no conference affiliation to the top of the Big South Conference regular season standings in just four seasons. In his last two seasons at UNCG, Dement's teams went 38–18, including a school-record 23 wins in 1994–95 winning the Big South regular season title.[2]
In 2007–08, Dement won his 300th career game when the Spartans topped The Citadel in Charleston. He enters his 23rd year as a head coach with a mark of 312–313.[3]
On December 13, 2011, Dement stepped down as head coach of the Spartans.[4]
‡ Dement resigned on February 27. Robert Lineburg coached rest of season.‡ Dement resigned on December 13. Wes Miller coached rest of season.