player_team coach_years championships birth_place player_years coach_team awards sport birth_date article_title name
georgia 1980 1985 -- 1989 1989 -- 1995 1995 -- 1997 1997 -- -- 2008 1983 1983 -- 1984 1984 -- 1985 a-sun regular season championship -lrb- 2003 -rrb- rahway , new jersey 1975 -- 1979 the state georgia state -lrb- asst. -rrb- georgia -lrb- asst. -rrb- lovett pensacola jc mercer school georgia state -lrb- asst. -rrb- georgia a-sun coach of the year -lrb- 2003 -rrb- basketball 14 february 1957 mark slonaker
 mark slonaker
mark slonaker

mark slonaker -lrb- born february 14 , 1957 -rrb- is an american college basketball coach .
he is the former head men 's basketball coach at mercer university .
he was the 2002 -- 03 jim phelan national coach of the year after leading mercer to the best one season turnaround in ncaa history , improving from 6 -- 23 to 23 -- 6 .
the team won the atlantic sun regular season championship with a 14 -- 2 conference record and made school history for number of wins -lrb- 23 -rrb- ; mercer won 22 games in 1923 -- 24 and 1984 -- 85 .
the season ended with a loss in the atlantic sun tournament .
slonaker was the first national coach of the year to receive the award after it was named in honor of jim phelan .
slonaker 's contract was not renewed after the 2007 -- 08 season .
slonaker grew up in rahway , new jersey , where he attended rahway high school .
he was a three-year letterman at the university of georgia under hugh durham from 1976-1979 .
he was named co-captain during his senior year .
he graduated with a b.a. in education before attending georgia state university where he earned a masters in sports administration .
since 2009 , slonaker has served as the radio color commentator for the georgia bulldogs men 's basketball team .
