Tony Ingle
Tony Ingle (1952-2021)
Teams coached: Alabama-Huntsville Chargers, BYU Cougars, Kennesaw State Owls, Dalton State Roadrunners
Alabama-Huntsville record^: 10-18 (.357)
BYU record: 0-19 (.000)
Kennesaw State record^: 178-166 (.517)
Dalton State record^: 131-33 (.799)
Overall record^: 319-236 (.575)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Peach Belt (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 2 (2004, 2005)
- Southern States (NAIA) Regular Season Champion: 1 (2015)
- Southern States (NAIA) Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 1 (2004)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
- NAIA National Championships: 1 (2015)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 2 (2015, 2017)
Awards:
- NABC Div II Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2013-2018 | Dalton State |
2000-2011 | Kennesaw State |
1997-1999 | Utah Jazz (scout) |
1996-1997 | BYU |
1989-1996 | BYU (asst) |
1988-1989 | Alabama-Huntsville |
1985-1988 | Gordon College |
Tony Ingle Facts
- Tony Ingle
- Born June 11, 1952
- Died January 18, 2021
- Hometown: Dalton, Georgia
- Alma Mater: Huntingdon College (BA, 1975)
- After starring at North Whitfield HS (GA), he played for two years at hometown Dalton Junior College (playing for Melvyn Ottinger)
- Transferred to D-II Huntingdon in Montgomery, Alabama, where he finished his playing career and degree
- Started his coaching career at the HS level, including a stint at Cherokee North HS (Canton, GA) where he was a state runner-up in 1982
- Spent three years as the head coach at Gordon College in Barnesville, GA, re-launching the basketball program there
- Was the head coach at D-II Alabama-Huntsville for one season (1988-89), going 10-18 with the Chargers
- Joined Roger Reid‘s coaching staff at BYU in 1989, spending the next seven seasons as one of his assistants
- Was part of three WAC regular season titles, four NCAA Tournaments and one NIT while on the bench
- However, after going 15-13 in 1995-96 and starting the next season 1-6, Reid was fired and Ingle was named interim head coach
- The Cougars did not improve under Ingle, going winless in the 19 games in which he was at the helm
- Left BYU and spent two years scouting for the Utah Jazz, the first of which saw the Jazz reach their second-straight NBA Finals under Jerry Sloan
- Hired in 2000 to be the head coach at then Division II Kennesaw State back in his home state of Georgia
- Led the Owls for five seasons at the D-II level plus six more after the transition to D-I and the Atlantic Sun
- Went to three D-II NCAA Tournaments and in 2004, defeated Southern Indiana to win the D-II National Championship
- The Owls struggled after the move up in competition and Ingle was fired in 2011 after six-straight losing seasons
- Returned to Dalton State in 2013 to be the Roadrunners first basketball coach since becoming a four-year (NAIA) program
- Went 131-33 in five years, reaching two NAIA Tournaments and winning the whole thing in 2015, just their second year in NAIA
- Passed away in January 2021 at the age of 68 due to complications from COVID-19; survived by his wife, Jeanne, and their five children
Tony Ingle Coaching Tree
- Alex Ireland (Dalton State)
- Montez Robinson (Alcorn State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA levels; note that Kennesaw State moved up to Division I during Ingle’s tenure (starting with the 2005-06 season)