Dan Hipsher
Dan Hipsher (born December 6, 1954)
Current position: Special Advisor to the Head Coach
Current team: Loyola Ramblers (Head coach: Drew Valentine)
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Teams coached: Wittenberg Tigers, Stetson Hatters, Akron Zips, UT Pan American Broncs/UTRGV Vaqueros
Wittenberg record^: 97-18 (.843)
Stetson record: 29-27 (.518)
Akron record: 112-137 (.450)
UTPA/UTRGV record: 27-66 (.290)
Overall record^: 265-248 (.517)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1998)
- NCAC (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 4 (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
- NCAC (Div III) Tournament Champion: 2 (1990, 1991)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Appearances: 3 (1990, 1991, 1992)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (1998)
- Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year: 1 (1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Loyola (IL) (special advisor to the HC) |
| 2016-2019 | Oakland (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2016 | UTPA/UTRGV |
| 2009-2013 | Alabama (assoc. HC) |
| 2007-2009 | South Florida (asst) |
| 2005-2007 | Arkansas (asst) |
| 1995-2004 | Akron |
| 1993-1995 | Stetson |
| 1989-1993 | Wittenberg |
| 1980-1989 | Dayton (asst) |
| 1978-1980 | Miami-Dade CC (asst) |
| 1977-1978 | Miami (OH) (grad asst) |
Dan Hipsher Facts
- Dan Hipsher
- Born December 6, 1954
- Hometown: Fostoria, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Bowling Green State University (BS, 1977) / Miami University (M.Ed, 1978)
- After graduating from Fostoria HS (OH), Hipsher played basketball and baseball at Bowling Green
- Two-time captain on the basketball team, playing for head coaches Pat Haley and John Weinert
- Spent one year as a graduate assistant at Miami (OH) working for long-time head coach Darrell Hedric
- After two years as an assistant at Miami-Dade CC, Hipsher spent the next nine seasons working under Don Donoher at Dayton
- First head coaching position was at Division III Wittenberg in Springfield, Ohio, where he led the Tigers to four straight NCAC titles and three appearances in the D-III NCAA Tournament
- Returned to the D-I ranks in 1993, spending two years as head coach at Stetson then nine at Akron
- Won 112 games at Akron, earning a share of the 1998 MAC regular season title
- Hipsher was let go in 2004, spending the next season out of coaching
- Worked as an assistant for eight seasons, including stints under Stan Heath at Arkansas and South Florida and under Anthony Grant at Alabama
- As a note, Grant played at Dayton in the 1980’s when Hipsher was an assistant on the Flyers’ staff
- Hired in 2013 to be the head coach at UT-Pan American, which would become UTRGV two years later
- Went 27-66 in three years before being fired in March 2016
- Later in 2016, Hipsher joined Greg Kampe‘s at Oakland as associate head coach
- Announced his retirement in June 2019 after more than 40 years in college basketball
- Returned to the game in 2021, becoming a special advisor to head coach Drew Valentine at Loyola Chicago
- Along with his wife, Sue, has two sons, both of whom played for their father at Akron
Dan Hipsher Coaching Tree
- Keith Dambrot (Duquesne, Akron)
- Anthony Grant (Dayton, Alabama, VCU)
- Shaka Smart (Marquette, Texas, VCU)
- Jai Steadman (Maine, UTRGV)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels