Ron Everhart

Ron Everhart (born January 11, 1962)

Teams coached: McNeese State Cowboys, Northeastern Huskies, Duquesne Dukes
McNeese State record: 92-104 (.469)
Northeastern record: 82-68 (.547)
Duquesne record: 99-89 (.527)
Overall record: 273-261 (.511)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  3  (2001, 2005, 2009)
• CBI Appearances:  2  (2010, 2011)
• Southland Regular Season Champion:  2  (1997, 2001)

Awards:

• America East Coach of the Year:  1  (2005)
• Southland Coach of the Year:  1  (2001)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

Ron Everhart Facts

• Ronald Cochran Everhart
• Born January 11, 1962
• Hometown: Fairmont, West Virginia
• Alma Mater: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (BA, 1985)
• After graduating from DeMatha Catholic HS (MD), played at Virginia Tech under head coach Charles Moir
• Started coaching right away, spending one year as a graduate assistant under Bobby Cremins at Georgia Tech
• Spent the next eight seasons as an assistant, two at VMI under Joe Cantafio and six at Tulane under Perry Clark
  • Cantafio had been an assistant at DeMatha during Everhart’s playing days
• Hired in 1994 as the head coach at McNeese State, going 92-104 over seven seasons
  • Won the Southland title twice and going to the NIT in 2001 after winning 22 games
• Spent five seasons as the head coach at Northeastern, again going to the NIT in 2005 after a 21-win season
• Was the head coach at Duquesne for six seasons, appearing in the postseason three times (one NIT, two CBIs)
  • Fired in March 2012 after going 99-89 overall
• Everhart joined Bob Huggins‘ staff at West Virginia in 2012 and spent the next eleven years as one of his assistants
  • Transitioned into a new role in 2023, becoming director of player outreach and community relations under new coach Josh Eilert
• Along with his wife, Mirchana, has one son and one daughter

Ron Everhart Coaching Tree

• Greg Gary (Mercer, Centenary)
• Frank Martin (UMass, South Carolina, Kansas State)
• Richard Pitino (New Mexico, Minnesota, FIU)
• Tic Price (Lamar, McNeese State)