Don DeVoe
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Sabina, OH
- Directed Virginia Tech to 1973 NIT title and Tennessee to a third-place finish in 1985
- Coach of four conference tournament champions--SEC (1979 with Tennessee) and Patriot League (1994, 1997 and 1998 with Navy)
- Assistant coach at Army under Bob Knight for five seasons from 1964-65 through 1968-69, and at Ohio State under Fred Taylor for two seasons in 1969-70 and 1970-71
- Major-college career playing statistics under Taylor (6.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 45.8 FG%, 60.7 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (two: AP/UPI/USA)--1979 (NR/18), 1981 (15/15) and 1983 (NR/NR/25)
- All-Americans (four): Tennessee's Dale Ellis (1982 and 1983), Reggie Johnson (1980), Tony White (1987) and Howard Wood (1981).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16-10 | DNP | |||||
22-5 | NIT (4-0) | |||||
13-13 | DNP | |||||
16-10 | DNP | |||||
21-7 | NCAA (0-1) | |||||
17-10 | 8-6 | T-3rd | DNP | |||
12-15 | 3-11 | 7th | DNP | |||
21-12 | 12-6 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
18-11 | 12-6 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
21-8 | 12-6 | 3rd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
20-10 | 13-5 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
20-12 | 9-9 | T-4th | NCAA (1-1) | |||
21-14 | 9-9 | 6th | NIT (2-1) | |||
22-15 | 8-10 | T-7th | NIT (4-1) | |||
12-16 | 5-13 | 8th | DNP | |||
14-15 | 7-11 | T-8th | DNP | |||
16-13 | 9-9 | 6th | NIT (0-1) | |||
19-11 | 11-7 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
7-21 | 3-15 | 10th | DNP | |||
8-19 | 5-9 | 5th | DNP | |||
17-13 | 9-5 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
20-9 | 10-4 | 3rd | DNP | |||
15-12 | 9-3 | T-1st | DNP | |||
20-9 | 10-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
19-11 | 10-2 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
20-7 | 9-3 | T-2nd | DNP | |||
23-6 | 11-1 | T-1st | DNP | |||
19-12 | 9-3 | 2nd | DNP | |||
10-20 | 5-9 | 7th | DNP | |||
8-20 | 4-10 | 7th | DNP | |||
5-23 | 2-12 | 8th | DNP |
* Served as an interim coach at Florida.
- 31-Year Coaching Record: 512-389 (.568) overall
- 88-45 (.662) in five years at Virginia Tech
- 29-25 (.537) in two years at Wyoming
- 204-137 (.598) in 11 years at Tennessee
- 7-21 (.250) in one year at Florida
- 184-161 (.533) in 12 years at Navy
- 11-17 (.393) in Western Athletic Conference
- 110-106 (.509) in Southeastern Conference
- 89-53 (.627) in Patriot League
- 9-10 (.474) in SEC Tournament
- 13-9 (.591) in Patriot League Tournament
- 5-10 (.333) in NCAA Tournament
- 10-3 (.769) in NIT