Mel Hankinson

Mel Hankinson
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Former Head coach
Team	Liberty University
Biographical details
Born	January 10, 1943
Place of birth
Playing career
1961-1965	Indiana (PA)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1970-1973 1973-1977 1977-1983 1985-1987 1987-1993 1993-1999 1999-2002	Slippery Rock Roanoke Delta State Samford Masters West Virginia (asst) Liberty
Head coaching record
Overall	361-353 (.506)

Mel Hankinson (born January 10, 1943) is a men's basketball coach and author. Hankinson has written a number of books and starred in videos on techniques for coaching basketball.

Hankinson spent over three decades coaching at the collegiate level. He came to his highest profile position as head coach on April 8, 1998 at Liberty University after three years as the top assistant at West Virginia University.^[1]

Hankinson began his career as a head coach at Slippery Rock University where he spent three seasons highlighted by capturing the PSAC Western Division title in 1972. For that season he was named NAIA District 18 Coach of the Year.^[2] Then the following year, Hankinson led the Rockets to the NAIA National Semifinals where the school recorded a 4th place finish.

1 Head coaching record
2 Playing history
3 Books by Hankinson
4 References
5 External links

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall
Slippery Rock Rockets (PSAC) (1970–1973)
1970–1971	Slippery Rock	10-15
1971–1972	Slippery Rock	17-7
1972–1973	Slippery Rock	23-7			4th at NAIA Nationals
Slippery Rock:		50-29
Roanoke Maroons (Mason-Dixon Conference) (1973–1977)
1973–1974	Roanoke	24-6			NCAA Div II Regionals
1974–1975	Roanoke	14-13
1975–1976	Roanoke	6-20
1976–1977	Roanoke	4-23
Roanoke:		48-62
Delta State Statesmen (Gulf South Conference) (1977–1983)
1977–1978	Delta State	12-13	7-8	5th
1978-1979	Delta State	13-13	7-8	T-5th
1979-1980	Delta State	19-7	7-5	T-3rd
1980-1981	Delta State	15-13	4-8	T-5th
1981-1982	Delta State	18-9	8-4	3rd
1982-1983	Delta State	13-15	3-11	8th
Delta State:		90-70	36-44
Samford Bulldogs (Trans America Athletic Conference) (1984–1987)
1984–1985	Samford	18-12	7-7	T-5th
1985-1986	Samford	16-13	8-6	2nd
1986-1987	Samford	4-22	1-17	10th
Samford:		38-47	16-30
Masters Mustangs (NAIA) (1987–1993)
1987–1988	Masters
1988-1989	Masters
1989-1990	Masters
1990-1991	Masters
1991-1992	Masters
1992-1993	Masters
Masters:		99-68
Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (1998–2002)
1998–1999	Liberty	4-23	0-10	6th
1999–2000	Liberty	14-14	4-10	7th
2000–2001	Liberty	13-15	5-9	6th
2001–2002	Liberty	5-25	2-12	8th
Liberty:		36-77	11-41
Total:		361-353
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season & conference tournament champion Conference division champion

Playing history

Hankinson was a star player for Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The 59 points he scored on February 26, 1965 against Parsons still stands as a school and Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference record today.^[3]

Books by Hankinson

Progressions for Teaching Basketball -- Mel Hankinson, Cleveland, MS (1979) ISBN 978-0-96064-920-4
Basketball Basketball Basketball Co-Authored by Margaret Wade—Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (1980) ISBN 978-9-99705-405-0
Bench Coaching - Offensive Strategy -- Championship Books, Ames, IA (1983) 60 pgs. ISBN 978-0-89279-062-3
How to Teach Match-Up Zone -- Educational Products Publishing Co. (1986) 68 pgs.
Motivation -- S.N. (1987) 24 pgs.
Bench Coaching - Defensive Strategy -- Championship Books, Ames, IA (1993) 131 pgs. ISBN 1-56404-053-4
The Numbered Motion Offense -- Championship Books, Ames, IA (1993) 110 pgs. ISBN 978-1-56404-052-7

References

^ "2006-2007 Liberty Mens Basketball Media Guide, p. 109". http://libertyflames.com/media/1912/men_s_basketball/200708mediaguide/Record%20Section%201%20(Pages%20107-126).pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
^ "The Rocket, March 14, 1972, p. 5". http://klndigital.passhe.edu/cgi-bin/showfile.exe?CISOROOT=/srurocket&CISOPTR=950&CISOMODE=print. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
^ "PSAC Record Book". http://www.psacsports.org/men/records/m_basketballrecords.html. Retrieved 2008-03-09.

External links

Career Coaching Record at Statsheet.com

Samford Bulldogs men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1901–1905)
No team (1905–1916)
J. B. Longwell (1916–1917)
R. F. Mitchell (1917–1918)
Chet Dillon (1918–1920)
Robert Marshall (1920–1922)
No team (1922–1923)
George Yarbrough (1923–1924)
Toby Stubbs (1924–1925)
Chet Dillon (1925–1927)
Eddie McLane (1927–1931)
Wilbur Eaton (1931–1932)
Eddie McLane (1932–1934)
Billy Bancroft (1934–1938)
Jim Stuart (1938–1942)
Snitz Snider (1942–1943)
No team (1943–1946)
Donald Lance (1946–1947)
Herman Roberson (1947–1950)
Earl Gartman (1950–1955)
Virgil Ledbetter (1955–1959)
Walt Barnes (1959–1963)
Virgil Ledbetter (1963–1965)
John Edwards (1965–1968)
Van Washer (1968–1972)
Ron Harris (1972–1975)
Fred Crowell (1975–1979)
Cliff Wettig (1979–1981)
Mike Hanks (1981–1984)
Mel Hankinson (1984–1987)
Ed McLean (1987–1991)
John Brady (1991–1997)
Jimmy Tillette (1997– )

Liberty Flames basketball head coaches

Dan Manley (1972–1977) Skeeter Swift (1977–1978) Dale Gibson (1978–1981) Jeff Meyer (1981–1997) Randy Dunton (1997–1998) Mel Hankinson (1998–2002) Randy Dunton (2002–2007) Ritchie McKay (2007–2009) Dale Layer (2009– )

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