Max Good
Max Good (born July 16, 1941)
Teams coached: Eastern Kentucky Colonels, UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, Bryant Bulldogs, Loyola Marymount Lions
Eastern Kentucky record: 96-129 (.427)
UNLV record: 13-9 (.591)
Bryant record^: 133-85 (.610)
Loyola Marymount record: 77-117 (.397)
Overall record^: 319-340 (.484)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2012)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2005)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 5 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (2005)
Awards:
- WCC Coach of the Year: 1 (2012)
- Ohio Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (1987)
- NE-10 (D-II) Coach of the Year: 1 (2003)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2017 | Pratt CC |
| 2008-2014 | Loyola Marymount |
| 2008 | Loyola Marymount (asst) |
| 2001-2008 | Bryant |
| 2000-2001 | UNLV |
| 1999-2000 | UNLV (asst) |
| 1981-1989 | Eastern Kentucky |
| 1976-1981 | Eastern Kentucky (asst) |
Max Good Facts
- Max Good
- Born July 16, 1941
- Hometown: Gardiner, Maine
- Alma Mater: Eastern Kentucky University (BA, 1969 & MA)
- Started his career coaching JV for three seasons at Madison HS (KY), then varsity for another three; went 23-6 in 1975
- Joined the staff of Ed Byhre at alma mater EKU in 1976, serving as an assistant coach for the next five seasons
- Elevated to head coach in 1981, compiling a 96-129 record over eight seasons with the Colonels
- Spent 10 years as the head coach at Maine Central Institute, a prep school in his home state
- Went 275-30 during that span, winning five New England Prep School Athletic Conference titles
- Completed three undefeated seasons and had a 79-game winning streak stretching from 1989-92
- Returned to the college ranks in 1999, joining Bill Bayno‘s staff at UNLV
- Served as the interim head coach for most of the 2000-01 season following Bayno‘s resignation, going 13-9
- Left UNLV after the season to be the head coach at then-Division II Bryant in Smithfield, RI
- Was 133-85 in seven seasons there, going to five D-II NCAA Tournaments (finished as Runner-Up in 2005)
- Reunited with Bayno in 2008 at Loyola Marymount and would again take over for him as interim head coach, this time when Bayno took a medical leave (and ultimately resigned) after just 3 games
- Stayed on as the permanent head coach after the season and went 77-117 during his full tenure (almost six seasons)
- Was unable to get to the NCAA Tournament but did take the Lions to the CIT Quarterfinals in 2012
- Fired in 2014 just two years removed from completing the program’s first 20-win season since 1990
- Most recent gig was a one-year stint as the head coach at Pratt CC in Kansas, going 14-22
Max Good Coaching Tree
- Bobby Collins (Shaw, Maryland Eastern Shore, Winston-Salem State, Hampton)
- Sean Flynn (Pratt CC)
- Dale Layer (Liberty, Colorado State, Queens NC)
- Josh Longstaff (Erie BayHawks)
- Dave Rice (UNLV)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at NCAA Division I and Division II levels only; note that during Good’s tenure at Bryant, the program competed at the D-II level
