Larry Hunter
Larry Hunter (1949-2018)
Teams coached: Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts
Wittenberg record^: 305-76 (.801)
Ohio record: 204-148 (.580)
Western Carolina record: 193-229 (.457)
Overall record^: 702-453 (.608)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1994)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1995)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2010)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 2 (2009, 2011)
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1994)
- OAC (Div III) Regular Season Champion: 6 (1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1989)
- MAC Tournament Champion: 1 (1994)
- OAC (Div III) Tournament Champion: 6 (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987)
- NCAA Division III National Championships: 1 (1977)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 6 (1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989)
- NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four: 4 (1977, 1980, 1983, 1987)
Awards:
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (1994)
- NABC Div III Coach of the Year: 1 (1977)
- OAC (Div III) Coach of the Year: 2 (1980, 1989)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2005-2018 | Western Carolina |
| 2002-2005 | NC State (assoc. HC) |
| 2001-2002 | NC State (asst) |
| 1989-2001 | Ohio |
| 1976-1989 | Wittenberg |
| 1973-1976 | Wittenberg (asst) |
| 1971-1973 | Marietta (asst) |
Larry Hunter Facts
- Larry Hunter
- Born August 8, 1949
- Hometown: Athens, Ohio
- Alma Mater: Ohio University (BS, 1971 & MS, 1973)
- Started coaching in 1971, spending two years as an assistant at D-III Marietta College (OH) while earning his master’s degree
- Spent three years as an assistant at D-III Wittenberg, also serving as soccer coach for three seasons (11-20-1 overall record)
- Became the head basketball coach at Wittenberg in 1976, leading the Tigers to an NCAA Championship title in his first season
- Went to the D-III NCAA Tournament ten times in thirteen seasons, reaching the Final Four a total of four times
- Returned to alma mater Ohio in 1989 as the Bobcats head coach, a position he would hold for the next twelve seasons
- Won 204 games at Ohio, going to one NCAA Tournament and one NIT during his tenure
- Swept the MAC regular season and Tournament titles in 1994
- Was on Herb Sendek‘s staff at NC State for four seasons – three as associate head coach – in between head coaching jobs
- Finished his career with a 13-year run at Western Carolina, winning 193 and a share of two SoCon regular season titles
- Retired from his coaching in March 2018 at the age of 68
- Suffered a massive stroke and passed away several days later on May 4, 2018; survived by his wife, Mary
Larry Hunter Coaching Tree
- Jeff Boals (Ohio, Stony Brook)
- Geno Ford (Stony Brook, Bradley, Kent State, Muskingum, Shawnee State)
- Jayson Gee (Longwood, Charleston WV)
- James Jones (Yale)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division III levels (Wittenberg is D-III)