Mark Turgeon
Mark Turgeon (born February 5, 1965)
Teams coached: Jacksonville State Gamecocks, Wichita State Shockers, Texas A&M Aggies, Maryland Terrapins
Jacksonville St record: 25-29 (.463)
Wichita State record: 128-90 (.587)
Texas A&M record: 97-40 (.708)
Maryland record: 226-116 (.661)
Overall record: 476-275 (.634)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2006, 2016)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 4 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2013)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 1 (2020)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 1 (2006)
Awards:
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 1 (2015)
- Missouri Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-2021 | Maryland |
| 2007-2011 | Texas A&M |
| 2000-2007 | Wichita State |
| 1998-2000 | Jacksonville State |
| 1997-1998 | Philadelphia 76ers (asst) |
| 1992-1997 | Oregon (asst) |
| 1987-1992 | Kansas (asst) |
Mark Turgeon Facts
- Mark Leo Turgeon
- Born February 5, 1965
- Hometown: Topeka, Kansas
- Alma Mater: University of Kansas (BS, 1987)
- Led Hayden High School in Topeka to back-to-back Class 4A Kansas state titles
- Played point guard for four seasons with the Kansas Jayhawks under Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown
- Became first Kansas Jayhawks player to participate in four straight NCAA Tournaments
- After graduation, spent five seasons as an assistant at KU – first under Brown and then under Roy Williams
- Was on the coaching staff when the Jayhawks won the 1988 NCAA National Championship
- After Kansas, Turgeon served as an assistant at Oregon for five seasons under head coach Jerry Green
- After one year as an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers, Turgeon became head coach at Jacksonville State
- Went 25-29 in two seasons at JSU, improving from 8 wins in year one to 17 in 1999-2000
- Left Jacksonville to become the head coach at Wichita State in 2000, leading the Shockers to three straight NITs 2003-05 before reaching the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2006
- Won 128 games in seven seasons at WSU, including three seasons of 21+ victories
- Spent four years as the head coach at Texas A&M, winning 24+ games and reaching the NCAA Tournament each season
- Became the head coach at Maryland in 2011, taking over the program when it was part of the ACC (moved to Big Ten in 2014)
- Took the Terps to the NCAA Tournament five times in ten seasons, including a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2016
- In 2020, Turgeon’s team won a share of the Big Ten title for the first time since joining the conference
- Turgeon was given a contract extension through the 2025-26 season in April 2021
- Later that year, Turgeon and Maryland announced that they would be parting ways; Turgeon was 226-116 overall
Mark Turgeon Coaching Tree
- Tad Boyle (Colorado, Northern Colorado)
- Kevin Broadus (Morgan State)
- Juan Dixon (Coppin State)
- Danny Manning (Maryland)
- Jean Prioleau (San Jose State)
- Byron Smith (Prairie View A&M)
- Scott Spinelli (Chicago State, Boston College)
- Jason Taylor (Newberry, Anderson)
- Bill Walker (Missouri S&T, Illinois-Springfield)