Mike Dement
Mike Dement (born April 10, 1954)
Teams coached: Cornell Big Red, SMU Mustangs, UNC Greensboro Spartans
Cornell record: 67-67 (.500)
SMU record: 138-120 (.535)
UNC Greensboro record: 124-181 (.407)
Overall record: 329-368 (.472)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1988)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2000)
- Big South Regular Season Champion: 1 (1995)
- Ivy League Regular Season Champion: 1 (1988)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2005-2011 | UNC Greensboro |
| 1995-2004 | SMU |
| 1991-1995 | UNC Greensboro |
| 1986-1991 | Cornell |
| 1985-1986 | East Carolina (asst) |
| 1983-1985 | Cornell (asst) |
| 1982-1983 | Duke (asst) |
Mike Dement Facts
- David Michael Dement
- Born April 10, 1954
- Hometown: Louisburg, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: East Carolina University (BS, 1976)
- The NC-native started his college career at Louisburg College (NC) before finishing out at East Carolina
- At ECU, Dement played for Pirates’ head basketball coach Dave Patton
- Started his coaching career in 1982, spending one season on Mike Krzyzewski‘s staff at Duke and two seasons at Cornell under Tom Miller
- Returned to his alma mater ECU for one season as an assistant under Charlie Harrison before getting the Cornell job
- Went 67-67 in five seasons at the helm, winning the Ivy League in 1988 for the program’s second-ever NCAA Tournament bid
- Hired in 1991 to take over at UNC Greensboro, then in its first years as Division I program and without a conference
- After two Independent seasons, Dement led the Spartans to 23 victories and a Big South title in 1995
- Left UNCG for SMU in 1995, compiling a 138-120 record in nine seasons as the Mustangs’ head coach
- Finished above .500 six times, including a 21-9 record in 1999-2000 that ended in the NIT
- Resigned in February 2004 with a 10-15 (5-10) record for that season
- After a year away from coaching, Dement began his second stint as head coach at UNC Greensboro
- Not able to capture the same level of success, finishing above .500 just twice in six full seasons
- Resigned in December 2011 after a 2-8 start and turned the program over to assistant Wes Miller
- The Spartans would turn things around under Miller and actually claimed a share of the SoCon title
- Married to Rhonda Rompola, the former women’s basketball coach at SMU
- Dement has a son and a daughter; son, Michael, played for his father while he coached at SMU
Mike Dement Coaching Tree
- Corey Gipson (Northwestern State)
- Rod Jensen (College of Idaho)
- Dean Keener (James Madison)
- Wes Miller (UNC Greensboro)
- Randy Peele (Winthrop, UNC Greensboro)
- Steve Robinson (Florida State, Tulsa)
- Jimmy Tubbs (SMU)