Randy Dunton
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Record | 77-102 (.426) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 22, 1960 |
| Playing career | |
| 1980-1984 | Baptist Bible College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984-1988 | Anchorage Christian HS |
| 1988-1989 | West Anchorage HS |
| 1989–1997 | Liberty (asst.) |
| 1997–1998 | Liberty |
| 1998–2000 | Marshalltown CC |
| 2000–2002 | Binghamton (asst.) |
| 2002–2007 | Liberty |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 111-128 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1985 Alaska AAA State Champion 1986 Alaska AAA State Champion 2004 Big South Regular Season Co-Champions 2004 Big South Tournament Champion | |
| Awards | |
| 1985 Alaska HS Coach of Year 1989 Alaska HS Coach of Year | |
Randy Dunton (born December 22, 1960)[1] is a former head men's basketball coach at Liberty University. He had been the assistant under head coach Jeff Meyer, who was subsequently let go in 1997. Dunton was named the interim head coach for 1997–1998, a season that saw the Liberty Flames defeat in-state rival Virginia.[2] However, he was not offered a contract at the end of the season, and Mel Hankinson became the head coach.[3]
Dunton later coached at Binghamton University as an assistant.[4] He was finally offered the head coaching position at Liberty University after the school suffered through four disappointing seasons under Hankinson. Dunton brought in some junior college players and helped lead the team to a second-place finish in his first year back, and then Liberty won the Big South Conference championship and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2004.[5]
However, his team slipped in subsequent years and did not have a winning record from 2004–05 to 2006–07. Dunton's contract was not renewed at the end of the 2006–07 season.[6]
Dunton coached a U17 girls' basketball team in Brookville, Virginia, a team which included his daughter. In January 2012, Randy became the women's basketball head at Virginia University of Lynchburg.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (1997–1998) | |||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Liberty | 11-17 | 5-7 | 4th | |||||
| Marshalltown Tigers (NJCAA Division I) (1998–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Marshalltown | 13-17 | |||||||
| 1999–2000 | Marshalltown | 21-9 | |||||||
| Marshalltown: | 34-26 | ||||||||
| Liberty Flames (Big South Conference) (2002–2007) | |||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Liberty | 14-15 | 8-6 | 2nd | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Liberty | 18-15 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2004–2005 | Liberty | 13-15 | 11-5 | 2nd | |||||
| 2005–2006 | Liberty | 7-23 | 3-13 | 8th | |||||
| 2006–2007 | Liberty | 14-17 | 8-6 | 3rd | |||||
| Liberty: | 77-102 | ||||||||
| Total: | 111-128 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Men's Basketball Coaches Career" (Search for Randy Dunton under Player/Coach Search). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "2006-2007 Liberty Basketball Media Guide - Coaching Section, pp. 34-35" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "Basketball". Star-News. 1998-04-09. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "Transactions". The New York Times. 2000-06-29. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ Kern, Mike (2004-03-17). "Higher calling: Small Christian school excited about second bid". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Philadelphia Daily News. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2010-05-18.
- ^ "LU News Release on Dunton Dismissal". Retrieved 2008-01-22.