player_team coach_years current_team championships overall_record player_years coach_team awards current_title sport birth_date current_record article_title name
ohio 1971 1989 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 -- 2005 2005 -- -- present 1973 1973 -- 1976 1976 -- 1989 western carolina ncaa tournament championship -lrb- 1994 -rrb- mac regular season championship -lrb- division 1994 -rrb- iii tournament championship -lrb- 1977 -rrb- mac 359 -- 317 1970 -- 1971 marietta ohio nc state -lrb- asst. -rrb- nc state -lrb- assoc. -lrb- hc -rrb- western carolina asst. -rrb- wittenberg -lrb- asst. -rrb- wittenberg nabc -rrb- mac coach of the year -lrb- 1994 -rrb- division iii coach of the year -lrb- 1977 head coach basketball 8 august 1949 155 -- 169 larry hunter
 larry hunter
larry hunter

larry hunter -lrb- born -rrb- is an american college basketball coach and the current 17th head coach of the western carolina university men 's basketball team .
he had been head coach of the ohio bobcats men 's basketball team from 1989 to 2001 , compiling a winning record of 58 percent -lrb- 204 -- 148 -rrb- .
his teams made one ncaa tournament appearance in 1994 , an nit appearance in 1995 , and won the prestigious pre-season nit in 1994 .
despite his solid record , hunter is second on ohio university 's all-time wins list , and had only one losing season .
he was fired in 2001 .
hunter also played at ohio university from 1970 to 1971 .
ohio university hired its alumnus away from wittenberg university in springfield , ohio .
hunter led wittenberg to the programs second ncaa division iii national championship in 1977 and also garnered nabc division iii national coach of the year that same year .
in total hunter won 6 regular season ohio athletic conference championships and 6 ohio athletic conference tournament championships during his tenure at wittenberg .
before moving to western carolina university , he was an assistant coach and an associate head coach under herb sendek at north carolina state university .
