Mike Dement

Mike Dement
Biographical details
Born	April 10, 1954 (age 70)
Alma mater	Louisburg; East Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1983	Duke (assistant)
1983–1985	Cornell (assistant)
1985–1986	East Carolina (assistant)
1986–1991	Cornell
1991–1995	UNC Greensboro
1995–2004	SMU
2005–2011	UNC Greensboro
Head coaching record
Tournaments	0–1 (NCAA Division I); 0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Ivy League regular season (1988); Big South regular season (1995)
Awards
	Ivy League Coach of the Year (1988)

David Michael Dement (born April 10, 1954) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is married to former Southern Methodist University women's basketball head coach Rhonda Rompola.^[1]

From Louisburg, North Carolina, he was the head coach for UNCG from 1991 to 1995, leading them from a team with no conference affiliation to the top of the Big South Conference regular season standings in just four seasons. In his last two seasons at UNCG, Dement's teams went 38–18, including a school-record 23 wins in 1994–95 winning the Big South regular season title.^[2]

In 2007–08, Dement won his 300th career game when the Spartans topped The Citadel in Charleston. He enters his 23rd year as a head coach with a mark of 312–313.^[3]

On December 13, 2011, Dement stepped down as head coach of the Spartans.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Cornell Big Red (Ivy League) (1986–1991)
1986–87	Cornell	15–11	9–5	T–2nd
1987–88	Cornell	17–10	11–3	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
1988–89	Cornell	10–16	7–7	T–4th
1989–90	Cornell	12–17	5–9	7th
1990–91	Cornell	13–13	6–8	T–3rd
Cornell:		69–67	38–32
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Independent) (1991–1993)
1991–92	UNC Greensboro	7–21
1992–93	UNC Greensboro	10–17
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Big South Conference) (1993–1995)
1993–94	UNC Greensboro	15–12	11–7	5th
1994–95	UNC Greensboro	23–6	14–2	1st
UNC Greensboro:		55–56	25–9
SMU Mustangs (Southwest Conference) (1995–1996)
1995–96	SMU	8–20	3–11	T–7th
SMU Mustangs (Western Athletic Conference) (1996–2004)
1996–97	SMU	16–12	7–9	T–4th (Mountain)
1997–98	SMU	18–10	6–8	5th (Pacific)
1998–99	SMU	15–15	7–7	T–4th (Mountain)
1999–00	SMU	21–9	9–5	3rd	NIT first round
2000–01	SMU	18–12	8–8	T–5th
2001–02	SMU	15–14	10–8	4th
2002–03	SMU	17–13	11–7	3rd
2003–04	SMU	10–15^‡	5–10	8th
SMU:		138–120	65–74	‡ Dement resigned on February 27. Robert Lineburg coached rest of season.
UNC Greensboro Spartans (Southern Conference) (2005–2011)
2005–06	UNC Greensboro	12–19	4–10	5th (North)
2006–07	UNC Greensboro	16–14	12–6	2nd (North)
2007–08	UNC Greensboro	19–12	12–8	3rd (North)
2008–09	UNC Greensboro	5–25	4–16	6th (North)
2009–10	UNC Greensboro	8–23	6–12	5th (North)
2010–11	UNC Greensboro	7–24	6–12	5th (North)
2011–12	UNC Greensboro	2–8^‡	0–3	6th (North)
UNC Greensboro:		69–125	44–67	‡ Dement resigned on December 13. Wes Miller coached rest of season.
Total:		329–368
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "Dement, Rompola honeymoon includes lots of phone calls, airline miles". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
^ 2009-10 UNCG Men's Basketball Media Guide ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Mike Dement Bio". UNCG. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2009.
^ "Mike Dement steps aside as UNCG men's basketball coach". uncgspartans.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

[1] "Dement, Rompola honeymoon includes lots of phone calls, airline miles". ESPN. Retrieved December 21, 2009.

[2] 2009-10 UNCG Men's Basketball Media Guide ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Mike Dement Bio". UNCG. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2009.

[4] "Mike Dement steps aside as UNCG men's basketball coach". uncgspartans.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

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