BOSTON – Head Coach of Dartmouth men's basketball
David McLaughlin has been named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award by College Insider. The Hugh Durham Award is presented annually to the top mid-major head coach in college basketball.
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The Big Green, led by McLaughlin, have clinched a berth in Ivy Madness for the first time in program history. With one regular season game to go, Dartmouth currently sits tied for second in the conference with an overall record of 14-12 and an Ivy record of 8-5.
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The Hugh Durham award is named in honor of the former Florida State, Georgia and Jacksonville head coach. In eight seasons, at Jacksonville University, Durham became the Dolphins' all-time winningest Division I coach (106 wins), making him the only coach in NCAA history to be the winningest coach (pct. or wins) at three different Division I schools.
The 2025 award will be announced in San Antonio, TX, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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The list of all Hugh Durham Award Finalists is below.
Lennie Acuff             Lipscomb
Randy Bennett                     Saint Mary's
Alvin Brooks             Lamar
Chris Crutchfield                  Omaha
John Dunne                          Marist
Brian Earl                             William & Mary
John Groce              Akron
Ray Harper              Jacksonville State
Alan Huss                             High Point
Kevin Johnson            Southern
James Jones             Yale
Robert Jones                         Norfolk State
Chris Markwood                    Maine
Ben McCollum            Drake
David McLaughlin                Dartmouth
Ritchie McKay                      Liberty
Eric Olen                UC San Diego
Todd Phillips                         Utah Valley
Tony Pujol               North Alabama
Ritchie Riley              South Alabama
Patrick Sellers                      Central Connecticut State
Pat Skerry                             Towson
John Tauer                          St. Thomas
Andy Toole                            Robert Morris
Will Wade                            McNeese
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