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Mike Dement
Biographical details
Born (1954-04-10) April 10, 1954 (age 70)
Alma materLouisburg
East Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1983Duke (assistant)
1983–1985Cornell (assistant)
1985–1986East Carolina (assistant)
1986–1991Cornell
1991–1995UNC Greensboro
1995–2004SMU
2005–2011UNC Greensboro
Head coaching record
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Ivy League regular season (1988)
Big South regular season (1995)
Awards
Ivy League Coach of the Year (1988)

David Michael Dement (born April 10, 1954) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is married to former Southern Methodist University women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola.[1]

From Louisburg, North Carolina, he was the head coach for UNCG from 1991 to 1995, leading them from a team with no conference affiliation to the top of the Big South Conference regular season standings in just four seasons. In his last two seasons at UNCG, Dement's teams went 38–18, including a school-record 23 wins in 1994–95 winning the Big South regular season title.[2]

In 2007–08, Dement won his 300th career game when the Spartans topped The Citadel in Charleston. He enters his 23rd year as a head coach with a mark of 312–313.[3]

On December 13, 2011, Dement stepped down as head coach of the Spartans.[4]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1986–1991)
1986–87 Cornell 15–11 9–5 T–2nd
1987–88 Cornell 17–10 11–3 1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
1988–89 Cornell 10–16 7–7 T–4th
1989–90 Cornell 12–17 5–9 7th
1990–91 Cornell 13–13 6–8 T–3rd
Cornell: 69–67 38–32
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Independent) (1991–1993)
1991–92 UNC Greensboro 7–21
1992–93 UNC Greensboro 10–17
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Big South Conference) (1993–1995)
1993–94 UNC Greensboro 15–12 11–7 5th
1994–95 UNC Greensboro 23–6 14–2 1st
UNC Greensboro: 55–56 25–9
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1995–1996)
1995–96 SMU 8–20 3–11 T–7th
SMU Mustangs (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–2004)
1996–97 SMU 16–12 7–9 T–4th (Mountain)
1997–98 SMU 18–10 6–8 5th (Pacific)
1998–99 SMU 15–15 7–7 T–4th (Mountain)
1999–00 SMU 21–9 9–5 3rd NIT first round
2000–01 SMU 18–12 8–8 T–5th
2001–02 SMU 15–14 10–8 4th
2002–03 SMU 17–13 11–7 3rd
2003–04 SMU 10–15‡ 5–10 8th
SMU: 138–120 65–74

‡ Dement resigned on February 27. Robert Lineburg coached rest of season.

UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2005–2011)
2005–06 UNC Greensboro 12–19 4–10 5th (North)
2006–07 UNC Greensboro 16–14 12–6 2nd (North)
2007–08 UNC Greensboro 19–12 12–8 3rd (North)
2008–09 UNC Greensboro 5–25 4–16 6th (North)
2009–10 UNC Greensboro 8–23 6–12 5th (North)
2010–11 UNC Greensboro 7–24 6–12 5th (North)
2011–12 UNC Greensboro 2–8‡ 0–3 6th (North)
UNC Greensboro: 69–125 44–67

‡ Dement resigned on December 13. Wes Miller coached rest of season.

Total: 329–368

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Dement, Rompola honeymoon includes lots of phone calls, airline miles". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  2. ^ 2009-10 UNCG Men's Basketball Media Guide [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Mike Dement Bio". UNCG. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "Mike Dement steps aside as UNCG men's basketball coach". uncgspartans.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
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