Mark Slonaker

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Mark Slonaker
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Playing career
1975–1979	Georgia
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980–1983 1983–1984 1984–1985 1985–1989 1989–1995 1995–1997 1997–2008	The Lovett School Georgia State (asst.) Georgia State Georgia State (asst.) Georgia (asst.) Pensacola JC Mercer
Accomplishments and honors
Championships A-Sun Regular Season Championship (2003)
Awards A-Sun Coach of the Year (2003)

Mark Slonaker is an American college basketball coach. He is the former head men's basketball coach at Mercer University. He was the 2002–03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, improving from 6–23 to 23–6. The team won the Atlantic Sun regular season championship with a 14–2 conference record and made school history for number of wins (23); Mercer won 22 games in 1923–24 and 1984–85. The season ended with a loss in the Atlantic Sun tournament. Slonaker was the first National Coach of the Year to receive the award after it was named in honor of Jim Phelan.^[1] Slonaker's contract was not renewed after the 2007–08 season.^[2]

Slonaker grew up in Rahway, New Jersey, where he attended Rahway High School.^[3] He was a three-year Letterman at the University of Georgia under Hugh Durham from 1976-1979. He was named co-captain during his senior year. He graduated with a B.A. in Education before attending Georgia State University where he earned a Masters in Sports Administration.^[4] Since 2009, Slonaker has served as the radio color commentator for the Georgia Bulldogs Men's Basketball team.

References

↑ Recipients, Jim Phelan Award. Accessed January 30, 2008.
↑ http://www2.mercer.edu/News/Articles/2008/080226slonaker.htm
↑ Gomes, Jay. "Former Teaneck star Baker makes choice", Rivals.com, June 7, 2001. Accessed January 30, 2008. "Situation, a New Jersey native and a former Rahway High School standout, inked his first Garden State recruit in signing Baker, a native of Teaneck."
↑ Felton, Claude. "MARK SLONAKER NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GEORGIA BULLDOG CLUB". Bulldawg Illustrated. Retrieved 13 November 2012.

Georgia State Panthers men's basketball head coaches

Stoney Burgess (1963–1964)
Richard Wehr (1964–1967)
Jack Waters (1967–1970)
Frank Davis (1970–1971)
Roger McDowell (1971–1972)
Jack Waters (1972–1977)
Roger Couch (1977–1981)
Jim Jarrett (1981–1983)
Tom Pugliese (1983–1984)
Mark Slonaker # (1984–1985)
Bob Reinhart (1985–1994)
Carter Wilson (1994–1997)
Lefty Driesell (1997–2003)
Michael Perry (2003–2007)
Rod Barnes (2007–2011)
Paul Graham # (2011)
Ron Hunter (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Mercer Bears men's basketball head coaches

C. C. McClure (1908–1909)
Homes Maxon (1909–1910)
C. C. Stroud (1910–1913)
J. J. Scully (1913–1915)
Unknown (1915–1916)
J. C. Clements (1916–1917)
Charles Morgan (1917–1918)
Unknown (1918–1919)
J. C. Clements (1919–1920)
Unknown (1920–1921)
John Cody (1921–1923)
M. P. Gilliam (1923–1925)
John M. King (1925–1926)
Bernie Moore (1926–1928)
Oscar Long (1928–1929)
Lake Russell (1929–1930)
Smokey Harper (1930–1931)
No team (1931–1932)
Lake Russell (1932–1934)
Jimmy Slocum (1934–1936)
Lake Russell (1936–1939)
Jimmy Daugherty (1939–1940)
No team (1940–1944)
Cliff Snow (1944–1945)
No team (1945–1946)
James Cowan (1946–1951)
Dan Nymicz (1951–1953)
James Cowan (1953–1956)
Robert Wilder (1956–1970)
Dwane Morrison (1970–1973)
Joe Dan Gold (1973–1974)
Bill Bibb (1974–1989)
Brad Siegfried (1989–1991)
Bill Hodges (1991–1997)
Mark Slonaker (1997–2008)
Bob Hoffman (2008– )

v t e Jim Phelan Award winners

2003: Slonaker 2004: Martelli 2005: Smith 2006: Howland 2007: Bennett 2008: Ryan 2009: Calipari 2010: Dixon 2011: Morrill 2012: Brey 2013: Altman

Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year

1979: Fant
1980: Bibb
1981: Iba
1982: Kestenbaum
1983: Kerns
1984: Hanks
1985: Bibb
1986: Newell
1987: Kerns
1988: Kerns
1989: Newell
1990: Vardeman
1991: Vardeman
1992: Kerns
1993: Weltlich
1994: Kresse
1995: Hipsher
1996: Lee
1997: Kresse
1998: Kresse
1999: Tillette
2000: Maestri
2001: Driesell
2002: Green
2003: Slonaker
2004: Maestri
2005: Scruggs
2006: Sanderson
2007: Bartow
2008: Byrd
2009: Warren
2010: Laing
2011: Byrd
2012: Payne
2013: Hoffman

Persondata
Name	Slonaker, Mark "the situation"
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player-coach
Date of birth
Place of birth	Rahway, New Jersey, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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