Charlie Coles

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Charlie Coles

Title Head coach
College Miami (OH)
Sport Basketball
Team record 193-141 (.578)
Born February 6, 1942 (1942-02-06) (age 66)
Place of birth Flag of the United States Springfield, Ohio
Career highlights
Overall 285-225 (.559)
Championships
MAC Tournament Championship (1987, 1997, 2007)
MAC Regular Season Championship (1987, 1997, 1999, 2005)
Awards
MAC Coach of the Year (1987, 2005)
Playing career
1962–1965 Miami (OH)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1967–1968
1968–1969
1969–1972
1972–1982
1982–1985
1985–1991
1992–1994
1994–1996
1996–present
Sycamore HS (asst.)
Shawnee HS
Yellow Springs HS
Saginaw HS
Detroit (asst.)
Central Michigan
Central Catholic HS
Miami (OH) (asst.)
Miami (OH)

Charlie Coles is the head men's basketball coach at Miami University.

Coles also was the head men's basketball coach at Central Michigan University from 1986-1991. He compiled a 92-84 mark in his six seasons with the Chippewas, including a 22-8 mark in 1986-87. Coles was named MAC Coach of the Year that season after leading CMU to the MAC regular-season and tournament championships and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. That team was led by Dan Majerle.

Coles has led Miami since 1996, taking over for Herb Sendek for whom he served as an assistant coach for two seasons, when Sendek left Miami for North Carolina State University. He has won three MAC regular-season crowns (1997, 1999, 2005), while making appearances in the championship game of the MAC Tournament his first five years. The RedHawks won the MAC tournament title in 1997, and 2007. Coles was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 2005.

Coles played at Miami from 1963-65 and was inducted into Miami's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990.

[edit] Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (1985 — 1991)
1985–1986 Central Michigan 11-17 7-11 T-6th
1986–1987 Central Michigan 22-8 14-2 1st NCAA 1st Round
1987–1988 Central Michigan 19-13 10-6 2nd
1988–1989 Central Michigan 13-15 7-9 T-5th
1989–1990 Central Michigan 13-17 6-10 7th
1990–1991 Central Michigan 14-14 8-8 6th
Central Michigan: 92-84 52-46
Miami (OH) (Mid-American Conference) (1996 — present)
1996–1997 Miami (OH) 21-9 13-5 T-1st NCAA 1st Round
1997–1998 Miami (OH) 17-12 9-9 T-2nd (East)
1998–1999 Miami (OH) 24-8 15-3 1st (East) NCAA Sweet 16
1999–2000 Miami (OH) 15-15 8-10 6th (East)
2000–2001 Miami (OH) 17-16 10-8 T-4th (East)
2001–2002 Miami (OH) 13-18 9-9 4th (East)
2002–2003 Miami (OH) 13-15 11-7 2nd (East)
2003–2004 Miami (OH) 18-11 12-6 2nd (East)
2004–2005 Miami (OH) 19-11 12-6 1st (East) NIT 1st Round
2005–2006 Miami (OH) 18-11 14-4 T-2nd (East) NIT Opening Round
2006–2007 Miami (OH) 18-15 10-6 3rd (East) NCAA 1st Round
Miami (OH): 193-141 123-73
Total: 285-225

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