American college basketball coach
Matthew Francis Doherty ( bear February 25, 1962 ), [ 1 ] is an american erstwhile college basketball coach best known for his prison term as drumhead coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels men ‘s basketball team. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at UNC he spent one season as forefront coach of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish men ‘s basketball broadcast. As a college musician, Doherty started on the 1981–82 North Carolina Tar Heels men ‘s basketball team, which on March 29, 1982, won the NCAA Men ‘s division I Basketball Tournament, defeating the University of Georgetown Hoyas men ‘s basketball team by a score 63–62. At UNC, Doherty played under the legendary college coach Dean Smith, and started aboard future National Basketball Association stars James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Kenny Smith, Brad Daugherty and Michael Jordan. anterior to being named the oral sex coach at Notre Dame, Doherty served as an assistant coach first gear at Davidson, then at Kansas. After leaving UNC, Doherty would go on to become read/write head coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls, and the SMU Mustangs.

Outside of coach, Doherty has besides served as a college basketball observer and as an NBA lookout. His broadcast roles have included serve as a color observer for assorted high educate and college programs including Davidson. Doherty was most recently was the Atlantic 10 Conference ‘s consociate commissioner for men ‘s college basketball, resigning in April, 2019. [ 2 ]

early years [edit ]

Doherty was born in East Meadow, New York. [ 1 ] In his adolescent years, he went to high school at Holy Trinity DHS in Hicksville, New York. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Bob McKillop was his coach during his first two years at Holy Trinity. [ 4 ] Doherty was the first freshman McKillop started on his varsity Holy Trinity teams. [ 5 ] Doherty was on the 1980 Holy Trinity team that won the course A New York state gamey school boys basketball championship. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] While at Holy Trinity, Doherty was named to the moment team of the Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team, in 1979. [ 7 ] Doherty was besides a McDonald ‘s All-American, playing in the 1980 game. [ 8 ] In October 1979, Doherty committed to playing for the Tar Heels. other schools tried to recruit Doherty before he could legally sign his letter of captive, but North Carolina basketball staffers checked on Doherty, calling and visiting him until he could sign his letter of captive. [ 3 ]

College career [edit ]

Freshman season [edit ]

Doherty was a reserve small forward during his freshman year. [ 1 ] He played all but nine games in the first half of his freshman year because of a fracture leave hitchhike. [ 9 ] In the 28 games he played in his freshman year, Doherty had 67 assists and averaged six points and three rebounds per game. He played in the 1981 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game loss against Indiana. [ 1 ]

sophomore season [edit ]

In the summer of 1981, Doherty played on the South team in the National Sports Festival. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Doherty did n’t start during his freshman year in character because of Dean Smith ‘s reluctance to start freshmen. By his sophomore year, Doherty was chosen as a starting forth. He appeared on the November 30, 1981 Sports Illustrated issue previewing the 1981-82 season, announcing that temper ‘s North Carolina team as the preseason total one team according to the AP Poll. Smith ‘s other upperclassmen starters for that team — James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and Jimmy Black —also appeared on the cover with Smith. ( Michael Jordan, one of Smith ‘s few freshmen starters, was omitted from the cover because Smith did n’t allow media coverage of freshmen players before they played their inaugural bet on. ) [ 12 ] Doherty made 71 of his 92 release give attempts, converting .772 percentage of his unblock throws ; his free throw percentage was the best of any player on the 1981-82 team. He besides had 105 assists and averaged 9.3 points and three rebounds per game. Doherty scored at crucial points of North Carolina ‘s postseason ; he scored the three winning free-throws in North Carolina ‘s victory against Virginia in the 1982 ACC Men ‘s Basketball Tournament, and he was one of the high scorers of the 1982 NCAA East Regional Semifinal game against Alabama. He was besides an ACC All-Tournament Second Team choice. [ 1 ]

Junior season [edit ]

Doherty led the 1982-83 team in assists, with 150 assists. He averaged 10.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Doherty was besides named the team ‘s most outstanding defensive player that season. In the 1983 ACC Men ‘s Basketball Tournament quarterfinal against Clemson, Doherty scored 28 points, the most points he scored in an individual game during his college career. He made the ACC All-Tournament Second Team for the second consecutive year. [ 1 ]

Senior temper [edit ]

Before his senior season, Doherty played on the 1983 United States Select team. [ 13 ] Doherty was a co-captain of the 1983-84 team, along with Perkins and Cecil Exum. Doherty was besides this team ‘s aid drawing card, with 124 assists. He averaged 9.8 points and four rebounds per game. In his last ACC Tournament in 1984, Doherty was named as an All-ACC Tournament First Team survival. He besides was on the ACC All-Academic team. [ 1 ] At North Carolina, Doherty was a four-year letterman. [ 14 ] Doherty was the second person in ACC history to earn 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists over a collegiate career. In the four seasons Doherty played with North Carolina, the Tar Heels amassed a record of 117 wins and 21 losses and won the 1982 NCAA Men ‘s division I Basketball Tournament. [ 1 ] Doherty was the 1984 recipient role of the Jim Tatum Memorial Award, an prize given by the Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that honors athletes who besides participate in community activities. [ 15 ] Doherty graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1984 with a degree in business government. [ 1 ]

After college [edit ]

After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, Doherty entered the 1984 NBA draft. He was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the sixth rung, with the 119th overall foot. Doherty signed a contract with the Cavaliers on September 25, 1984, lone to see the contract voided two days late. Doherty never played in the NBA. [ 16 ] Doherty wanted nothing to do with basketball after seeing his contract get voided. [ 17 ] He worked as a bonds salesman on Wall Street for three years, [ 1 ] but hated it. [ 18 ] Doherty admitted to quitting his Wall Street caper at the iron league held shortly after he was named head coach of Notre Dame. [ 19 ] Doherty moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he worked as an executive search adviser. Around the like time, Doherty did color comment for North Carolina, Davidson, St. Francis ( NY ), and high schools in the Charlotte area. [ 1 ] [ 20 ]

Assistant coaching career [edit ]

Doherty started his coaching career with a Charlotte-based Amateur Athletic Union team, [ 17 ] coaching aboard former multi-sport Tar Heel athlete Charles Waddell. Doherty coached Jeff McInnis before McInnis came to UNC-Chapel Hill. [ 1 ] In 1989, Doherty was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Davidson, where McKillop was the point bus. Doherty was an adjunct bus at Davidson for three seasons. [ 21 ] In 1993, Doherty became an assistant coach at Kansas under Roy Williams, who had been an adjunct to Smith during Doherty ‘s years at North Carolina. Doherty was at Kansas for seven years. [ 22 ] During Doherty ‘s time at Kansas, the Jayhawks won four Big 8 and Big 12 titles and advanced to the NCAA Division I Men ‘s Basketball Tournament every class. Doherty was an active recruiter during his time at Kansas. [ 18 ] Several of the players he coached there went on to play in the NBA, including, but not limited to, Paul Pierce, Drew Gooden, and Kirk Hinrich. [ 1 ] [ 23 ] other Kansas players talked about how Doherty recruited them to the urge. In an interview with the Lawrence Journal-World, T.J. Pugh mentioned that, on separate occasions, Doherty sent him a unmarried catch with the note “ We think you and KU are a perfective meet ” american samoa well as an air travel nausea bag with the notice “ We ‘ll be pale if you do n’t pick Kansas ” written on it. [ 24 ] Raef LaFrentz, speaking to USA Today, mentioned Doherty drew him a cartoon called “ Jayhawk Slammer, ” featuring a player dunk over several people. [ 25 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

Notre Dame [edit ]

On March 30, 1999, Doherty was named as the head bus of Notre Dame men ‘s basketball, less than a calendar month after John MacLeod resigned. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] At Doherty ‘s Notre Dame wardrobe conference, Doherty said his name was mentioned in the press for other coaching jobs, but he never was personally offered these jobs. As a leave, Doherty thought it looked like he had turned down respective other coaching jobs before the Notre Dame coaching job opened up. [ 19 ] Doherty and his only Notre Dame team had hopes of reaching the 2000 NCAA Division I Men ‘s Basketball Tournament. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] But with a unconstipated season record of 16-13 and a quarterfinal loss to Miami in the 2000 Big East Men ‘s Basketball Tournament, Doherty ‘s Notre Dame team did not receive a command for the NCAA Tournament. [ 30 ] rather, they accepted an invitation to the 2000 National Invitation Tournament. [ 31 ] Doherty ‘s Notre Dame team reached the NIT finals, falling to Wake Forest. Doherty ‘s Notre Dame team finished their season with a 22–15 record. [ 30 ]

North Carolina [edit ]

First season [edit ]

Bill Guthridge decided to retire at the end of the 1999-2000 North Carolina basketball temper, on June 30, 2000. North Carolina basketball staff interviewed Roy Williams for the head coaching job after Guthridge ‘s retirement. [ 32 ] Roy Williams was mistakenly named as head coach by the Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina, before he could decide on the North Carolina coaching job. [ 33 ] Williams decided to stay at Kansas. [ 32 ] other coaches, including John Calipari, had sake in the coach void, but Guthridge and Smith insisted they were looking for a coach with ties to North Carolina ‘s basketball program. [ 33 ] George Karl, Larry Brown, Eddie Fogler, Jeff Lebo, and Randy Wiel, all North Carolina basketball alumni, applied for the void. Karl, Brown, and Fogler late took their names out of consideration. [ 34 ] Dick Baddour, then the athletic director of UNC-Chapel Hill, was set on hiring Doherty. [ 32 ] Doherty was named head coach of North Carolina on July 11, 2000. [ 35 ] Doherty decided to take the job after a call call with Jordan earlier that day. Jordan told Doherty the North Carolina coaching job might go to person who did n’t play or coach at North Carolina. [ 33 ] Doherty asked if he could bring his own staff from Notre Dame with him to North Carolina, a request greenlighted by North Carolina ‘s basketball staff. [ 36 ] Doherty brought his adjunct coaches — Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, and Bob MacKinnon —and his coordinator of basketball operations, David Cason, [ 37 ] with him from Notre Dame. Doherty felt he was rewarding the loyalty of the people that worked with him at Notre Dame, and felt Smith would have done the like thing. alternatively, Smith [ 12 ] and North Carolina basketball staff at that time were disturbance Doherty replaced Guthridge ‘s assistant coaches Phil Ford, Dave Hanners, and Pat Sullivan. Ford, Hanners, and Sullivan not only played for North Carolina ( unlike Doherty ‘s Notre Dame coaching staff ), they were besides involved in recruiting players prior to Doherty ‘s arrival. [ 32 ] Doherty late felt he was misled by North Carolina basketball staff. [ 36 ] however, some coaches applauded Doherty for retaining his Notre Dame coaching staff when he became North Carolina ‘s head coach. [ 38 ] Doherty besides fired some of the front office staff that worked in the basketball office, a moved that shocked North Carolina basketball staffers. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 18 ] In July 2000, Doherty gave a speech to his new team. The address did not go over the way Doherty intended the lecture to go ; players were confused by Doherty ‘s lecture, and Smith, who was still working in the basketball function, elected to check in on Doherty ‘s early practices. [ 18 ] Smith continued to call Doherty throughout the season to congratulate Doherty on his wins and to encourage Doherty to relish his wins more much. [ 41 ] Doherty ‘s foremost public appearance as North Carolina ‘s head coach was at North Carolina ‘s annual Midnight Madness consequence, then called “ Midnight with Matt and the Tar Heels. ” Doherty received a standing ovation when he walked into Carmichael Auditorium in the team ‘s warm-up clothing and shoes. He participated in some of the event ‘s activities, including a three-point shoot contest and a 3 on 3 contest between the coaching staff and champions from UNC-Chapel Hill ‘s intramural basketball teams. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Doherty ‘s first season began with a game against Winthrop. Doherty called Joseph Forte a “ motherfucking prima donna “ during a timeout after Forte committed a employee turnover. [ 32 ] Doherty besides received a technical cheating by marching on the court and stomping his feet, in an undertake to get his team ‘s attention. [ 43 ] Fans in attendance applauded Doherty ‘s technical foul cheating. [ 33 ] Doherty apologized for a loss against Kentucky. [ 41 ] After the Kentucky loss, the Tar Heels went on an 18-game fetching streak. [ 44 ] During this streak, the Tar Heels won the 2000 Hardee ‘s Tournament of Champions, held in the Charlotte Coliseum. [ 45 ] Doherty, not please with the first half of the game against UMass, threw a professorship in the Tar Heels ‘ footlocker room at halftime. [ 41 ] At a post-game crusade conference, Doherty said he needed to buy a modern moderate to replace the one he threw in the footlocker board. [ 46 ] Curry Kirkpatrick, covering Doherty for his February 12, 2001 column in ESPN The Magazine, included a quotation mark Doherty made in a team huddle during the February 1, 2001 game against Duke in Durham, in which he mused that Duke had “ the ugliest cheerleaders in the ACC. ” [ 47 ] Doherty ‘s comment did not trip outrage on Duke University ‘s campus, but Doherty hush issued an apology after the article came out. [ 48 ] Doherty received a technical foul cruddy during the March 4, 2001 game against Duke in Chapel Hill. Doherty motioned for crowd noise after receiving the technical filthy. [ 17 ] Doherty ‘s Tar Heels shared the 2000-01 ACC even season title with Duke. [ 49 ] Doherty was the beginning men ‘s basketball coach to win a regular season championship title in the ACC in his first temper. He was besides the inaugural bus to play for, and then coach, teams ranked number one in the AP Poll. [ 1 ] After the regular season ended, Doherty was named the Associated Press ‘s National Coach of the Year. [ 49 ]

The Tar Heels made it to the final examination of the 2001 ACC Men ‘s Basketball Tournament, but lost in the final to Duke. [ 50 ] Later, the Tar Heels won an at-large offer to the 2001 NCAA Division I Men ‘s Basketball Tournament, [ 51 ] but were eliminated in the moment turn by Penn State. They finished their season with a 26–7 record. [ 52 ] Michael Brooker, who was a fifth-year senior during Doherty ‘s first base year as North Carolina ‘s head coach, blamed a collective impression of hubris among the players ampere well as the players not listening to Doherty and his coaching staff for their losses toward the end of the temper. [ 33 ]

second season [edit ]

Doherty feared coaching his second base season at North Carolina. [ 32 ] Several of Doherty ‘s best players from his first season were gone. The combination of the lack of depth and inexperienced freshmen in the back court resulted in the Tar Heels crumbling to a record of 8-20, the most losses in school history. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] It was North Carolina ‘s first base lose temper since 1961-62, Smith ‘s first year. They besides suffered entirely their second lose phonograph record in ACC playing period at 4-12 ; the 12 losses were six more than they had previously suffered in conference play. They finished in a tie for seventh in conference play after never previously finishing worse than fourthly ( and 36 consecutive years of finishing no worse than third base ). They besides missed postseason bid raw for the foremost time since 1967, including a then-record 27 straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. After Doherty ‘s second season, Adam Boone, a player recruited by Guthridge, transferred away from North Carolina. Boone was the third base musician to transfer before Doherty ‘s third gear season. [ 55 ] Boone ‘s father felt there was no esteem in the basketball broadcast. [ 56 ] The ACC Area Sports Journal published an article about Doherty after Boone ‘s transfer. Sources close to the North Carolina basketball program, including then-current and former students, talked to the writer of the article, David Glenn, under anonymity. These sources felt Doherty could be a good bus, but Doherty ‘s approach to his relationships between the players and himself needed to change. One source thought Doherty ‘s coaching style was n’t constructive and his anger at assorted situations spilled over into his criticism of players. [ 40 ] Jawad Williams and Melvin Scott met with Doherty and the North Carolina coaching staff several times after the season ended. They told the coaching staff players felt uncomfortable talking to them. [ 57 ]

Third temper [edit ]

Doherty ‘s third base season started with the Tar Heels winning the 2002 Preseason NIT, defeating Roy Williams ‘ Kansas in the action. Their five win run was the best start to a temper since the 1998–99 season. [ 58 ] After a bet on against Iona, Sean May broke his infantry. [ 59 ] several losses, including a five-game fall back mottle, followed May ‘s injury. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The regular season ended with North Carolina ‘s first winnings over Duke since 2001. During the game, held in Chapel Hill, Doherty was involved in an affray with Chris Collins, then an adjunct coach for Duke. [ 62 ] soon after the regular season ended, the ACC Sports Journal published another objet d’art by Glenn centered on continuing problems between Doherty and his players. A parent of a player cited in the firearm did not trust Doherty and believed other players did not trust Doherty as well. The beget of David Noel told the Star-News Noel did not have problems with Doherty, but she heard other players were having problems with Doherty. [ 63 ] The Tar Heels accepted an invitation to the 2003 NIT. [ 64 ] They lost in the quarterfinal to Georgetown. [ 65 ] The Tar Heels finished their temper with 19 wins and a then-second-most program high of 16 losses. ( This record has been surpassed by the 17 losses from the 2009-10 season, and the 19 losses from the 2019-20 season. ) [ 54 ] After the Georgetown personnel casualty, Baddour talked to the players and some parents. [ 12 ] [ 66 ] The meetings lasted five days. Reporters were stationed near the Smith Center for news program about Doherty ‘s future. [ 33 ] In the meetings, six players told Baddour they were thinking about transferring. [ 67 ] Baddour concluded he had no choice but to remove Doherty from his post. [ 53 ] On April 1, Doherty was told that he would not be allowed to return as head passenger car ascribable to an irreparable rift with his players. A press conference was set for that day to announce his passing. Given the choice of resigning or being fired, Doherty chose to resign [ 18 ] The basketball staff had prepared announcements for a resignation or a fire, depending on Doherty ‘s decision. While UNC basketball alumni were disbelieving of Baddour ‘s decision to give Doherty two options, but Baddour convinced them Doherty ‘s caper prospects and fiscal situation would look better if Doherty was given the choice to resign. [ 32 ] His resignation was announced at North Carolina ‘s scheduled press league. [ 18 ] [ 68 ] Doherty did not attend the press league. His sign was bought out for $ 337,500. [ 67 ] In an interview with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas for the Carolina Insider podcast, Steve Kirshner, the senior associate acrobatic director of UNC Athletics, says he allowed the players to come to the crush conference announcing Doherty ‘s resignation. however, Kirshner did n’t realize the players that attended the press league were wearing street clothes until merely before the press conference started. Kirshner felt the players ’ invest was misinterpreted in the iron, sparking rumors the players had no respect for Doherty and forced him to resign. [ 69 ] The day after the resignation, Inside Carolina’ south Thad Williamson reported that UNC officials were very concern about the lack of a respectful environment in the program. In separate because of this, three scholarship players had transferred—an unusually high numeral for any college basketball program, specially for one of UNC ‘s stature. respective more were threatening to leave if Doherty had been allowed to stay on. Doherty had reportedly been given a year to make things more harmonious if he wanted to keep his job. [ 70 ] Two days after his resignation, Doherty conducted an consultation with Jay Bilas for ESPN. In the interview, Doherty stated his resignation was mishandled. Doherty claimed Baddour and his assistants failed to attend any of Doherty ‘s practices. A spokesperson for UNC-Chapel Hill, speaking on behalf of Baddour, denied the claims. [ 71 ] Jawad Williams defended Doherty after his resignation ; he believed any collegiate basketball coach would have anger issues. [ 72 ] Doherty considered going back to Davidson to become an assistant coach again. alternatively, he took the pursuit year off, talking to Brown, Rick Carlisle, Don Nelson, Gregg Popovich, Tom Izzo, and Tommy Amaker about their coach methods. [ 73 ] He went to the Wharton School of Business and wrote a dissertation about his professional and personal biography. [ 74 ] He besides took classes at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and the Bell Leadership Institute in Chapel Hill. [ 75 ] While attending business school, Doherty besides wrote a column for Sporting News and did color comment for ESPN, College Sports Television, and Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television. [ 73 ] [ 76 ] He besides worked half-time as a scout for the New York Knicks. [ 77 ] [ 78 ] [ 79 ]

Accusations by Rashad McCants [edit ]

In an interview with ESPN, Rashad McCants claimed Doherty knew about fake classes that kept McCants eligible to play at North Carolina. [ 80 ] Doherty denied the accusations on his Twitter report. [ 81 ]

Florida Atlantic [edit ]

Doherty was named capitulum basketball coach of the Florida Atlantic Owls on April 18, 2005, taking over from Sidney Green, who was fired over a calendar month earlier. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Doherty was the fifth bus in FAU ‘s history and the last coach to coach while FAU was in the Atlantic Sun Conference. [ 84 ] Hurricane Wilma damaged FAU Arena and forced Doherty ‘s Owls team to practice at Bishop Moore High School and the Champions Sport Complex in Orlando, Florida. [ 85 ] [ 86 ] however, the Owls ‘ season began on time, with a 74–78 loss to Colgate. [ 87 ] A one-hour world prove on Doherty ‘s season with FAU, The Season: Florida Atlantic University, first aired on ESPN2 on January 30, 2006. [ 88 ] In Doherty ‘s one year at FAU, the Owls achieved their best-ever conference record ( 14-6 ) and its one-third temper gain read in school history. [ 89 ] While at FAU, Doherty appeared on the ESPNU usher The U as a March Madness analyst. [ 90 ]

SMU [edit ]

After Jimmy Tubbs was fired for NCAA violations, [ 91 ] the athletics department at Southern Methodist University began a research for Tubbs ‘ substitution. The committee chose Doherty because of his recruit abilities and his refer for his scholar athletes. Doherty was named pass men ‘s basketball passenger car at SMU on April 24, 2006. [ 92 ] While at SMU, Doherty held a call on the carpet on his clock time as North Carolina ‘s passenger car at the Cox School of Business, as a case study in commercial enterprise failure. He besides assisted in fund-raise and design for Crum Basketball Center, a practice facility for the men ‘s and women ‘s basketball teams. [ 75 ] The center opened in February 2008. [ 93 ] Before Crum Basketball Center opened, Doherty held his practices in a church service gymnasium. [ 94 ] To generate interest in the basketball program, Doherty went to respective fraternities and events on SMU ‘s campus and hosted his weekly radio testify at Ten Sports Grill in Downtown Dallas, off SMU ‘s campus. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] [ 97 ] He besides started a web log, MustangHoopsBlog.com, which was hosted on SMU ‘s athletics web site. [ 95 ] [ 98 ] The idea to start the web log came from Mark Cuban. [ 75 ] [ 99 ] Doherty ‘s first year at SMU had some setbacks. He lost his best player, Bryan Hopkins, to eligibility. He had enough fourth dimension to sign only one of his prospects, Cameron Spencer. [ 100 ] however, former that season, Doherty achieved his one hundredth career victory as a coach with a succeed against Texas-Pan american english. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] Doherty ended his first season at SMU with a 14-17 overall record and 11-3 non-conference phonograph record. [ 103 ] Doherty ‘s fifth season with the Mustangs, in 2010–11, was his most successful season on the court. The Mustangs ‘ 20-15 overall record was the first base 20-win season the Mustangs had since 1999–2000. The Mustangs besides accepted their first post-season bid in over a ten ; they advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. [ 104 ] [ 105 ] They were defeated in the semifinals by eventual tournament champions Santa Clara. [ 106 ] After a 13–19 phonograph record set during the 2011–12 temper, Doherty was fired from SMU on March 13, 2012. His overall phonograph record at SMU was 80-109. none of his SMU teams made it past the first rounds of the Conference USA Men ‘s Basketball Tournament. [ 107 ] [ 108 ] According to The Dallas Morning News, Doherty received $ 500,000 for the remaining class left on his contract. [ 109 ] Doherty released a statement to the press, acknowledging he was let go because of his overall phonograph record at SMU. [ 107 ] [ 108 ]

After coaching [edit ]

Doherty was a scout for the Indiana Pacers. He was hired in October 2012. [ 110 ] In 2013, Doherty called college basketball games for ESPNU and late appeared on Tournament Countdown: The Experts, part of ESPNU ‘s post-season college basketball coverage. [ 111 ] [ 112 ] On August 17, 2017, Doherty was hired as the Atlantic 10 Conference ‘s associate commissioner for men ‘s basketball. [ 113 ] He resigned in April 2019. [ 2 ]

personal biography [edit ]

While Doherty was coaching at Davidson, he married Kelly Propst, besides an alumnus of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. [ 114 ] They have two children, Tucker ( hold 1997 ) and Hattie ( hold 1999 ). [ 104 ] As of 2019, Tucker is a junior at Bellarmine University where he plays lacrosse [ 115 ] and Hattie followed in her parents ‘ footsteps in attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is a sophomore and competes in rowing. [ 116 ]

Head coaching record [edit ]

References [edit ]

  • MustangHoopsBlog.com, the blog Doherty kept while he was head coach at SMU.
  • Doherty’s personal blog