Cameron Dollar
{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1975)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{hatnote|For the American mixed martial arts fighter see Cameron Dollar (fighter).}}
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{{Infobox college coach
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|9}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| player_years1 = 1993–1997
| player_team1 = UCLA
| player_positions = Guard
| coach_years1 = 1997–1998
| coach_team1 = UC Irvine (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1998–1999
| coach_team2 = Southern California College
| coach_years3 = 1999
| coach_team3 = Georgia (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1999–2002
| coach_team4 = Saint Louis (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2002–2009
| coach_team5 = Washington (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2009–2017
| coach_team6 = Seattle
| coach_years7 = 2017–2021
| coach_team7 = Washington (assistant)
| overall_record = 118–160
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| tournament_record = 3–2 (CBI)
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Cameron Dollar (born December 9, 1975){{cite web|url=http://www.nwsportsbeat.com/seattle-university/northwest-coach-profiles-cameron-dollar-4312/|title=Northwest Coach Profiles: Cameron Dollar|date=5 March 2012|website=nwsportsbeat.com|access-date=4 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603213427/http://www.nwsportsbeat.com/seattle-university/northwest-coach-profiles-cameron-dollar-4312/|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead}} is an American college basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach for the Washington Huskies. He was previously an assistant coach at Washington before serving as the head coach for the Seattle Redhawks.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4073875|title=Seattle University hires Dollar as head coach|date=16 April 2009|website=ESPN.com|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081223/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=4073875|url-status=live}} Dollar played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, and was a member of their 1995 national championship team. In the championship game against Arkansas, he replaced injured starter Tyus Edney.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/10608/seattle-student-sinks-buzzer-beater-on-cameron-dollar|title=Seattle student sinks buzzer-beater on Cameron Dollar|website=go.com|date=15 April 2010 |access-date=2012-04-04|archive-date=2010-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426171954/http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/10608/seattle-student-sinks-buzzer-beater-on-cameron-dollar|url-status=live}}
Early life
Dollar was born in Atlanta.{{cite web|url=http://www.seattleu.edu/magazine/article.aspx?id=48868&page=all|title=Seattle University - SU Magazine - Cover Story - Top Dollar|website=seattleu.edu|access-date=2012-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606135202/https://www.seattleu.edu/magazine/Article.aspx?id=48868&page=all|archive-date=2010-06-06|url-status=dead}} His father Donald was a longtime high school basketball coach in Georgia who won three state championships and more than 600 games. Dollar's mother was murdered in Atlanta when Cameron was four years old. Her killer has never been identified.
Dollar played at Douglass High School in Atlanta as a sophomore under his father. After his father briefly stopped coaching to become a school administrator, Dollar attended a pair of prep schools in Maryland.
College career
While in Maryland, Dollar was recruited to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) by Bruins assistant coach Mark Gottfried. Dollar attended UCLA in the fall of 1993.{{cite news|last=Crowe |first=Jerry |title=Ex-Bruin Cameron Dollar: From 'coach on the floor' to just coach |date=December 14, 2009 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-dec-14-la-sp-crowe14-2009dec14-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610104505/http://articles.latimes.com/print/2009/dec/14/sports/la-sp-crowe14-2009dec14 |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |url-status=live }} Leading up to the final game against Arkansas in the 1995 NCAA tournament, the team was uncertain of the status of Tyus Edney, their starting point guard, who had injured his wrist in the semifinals against Oklahoma State. After Edney did not return after leaving less than three minutes into the Arkansas game, Dollar played 36 minutes and contributed eight assists and four steals as UCLA won the championship game, 89–78.{{cite news|last=Dufresne |first=Chris |title=A Big Return From Dollar |date=April 4, 1995 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-04-sp-50898-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831193917/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1995-04-04/sports/sp-50898_1_guard-ucla |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |url-status=live }} Asked if UCLA would have won without Dollar's performance, then-UCLA coach Jim Harrick said, "Absolutely not." Earlier in the tournament against Missouri, Dollar inbounded the ball with 4.8 seconds left in the game to Edney, who drove the length of the court and hit a bank shot as time expired to win 75–74 in the second round. Dollar would repeat the feat himself 2 years later in the 1997 NCAA tournament, going coast to coast and hitting the game winner against Iowa State to advance to the Elite 8.{{cite news|last=Kawakami |first=Time |title=A Happy Edneying for UCLA |date=March 20, 1995 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-03-20-sp-44933-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831184400/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1995-03-20/sports/sp-44933_1_tyus-edney |archive-date=August 31, 2020 |url-status=live }}
Dollar started in his last two seasons, and the Bruins won three Pacific-10 Conference championships. During his four-year career, Dollar averaged 5.0 points, 3.7 assists and 2.3 rebounds. "His leadership qualities were off the charts," Harrick said. "He was always an extension of the coach on the floor."
Coaching career
At age 22, Dollar was the country's youngest college coach when he was first hired as a head coach at Southern California College, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) school (now known as Vanguard University). He served ten years (1999–2009) as an assistant with Saint Louis and Washington under head coach Lorenzo Romar, who was an assistant at UCLA during Dollar's playing career. At Washington, Dollar received a one-month suspension in 2002 for a recruiting violation.{{cite web|url=http://a.espncdn.com/ncb/news/2002/1002/1440504.html|title=Washington sanctions assistant coach for recruiting violations|date=3 October 2002|website=ESPN.com|access-date=3 January 2019|archive-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181230050639/http://a.espncdn.com/ncb/news/2002/1002/1440504.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/2003/0716/1581740.html|title=NCAA to announce findings on Huskies on Thursday|date=17 July 2003|website=ESPN.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019}}
Dollar was hired in the spring of 2009 as the head coach of Seattle, which was transitioning to compete in Division I after dropping out in 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=4293928|title=Caple: Dollar aims to put Seattle U back on the national radar|date=29 June 2009|website=ESPN.com|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210309/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=4293928|url-status=live}} He hired his father as an assistant. Dollar was fired after eight seasons. He was re-hired as an assistant at Washington under new coach Mike Hopkins.{{cite press release |url=http://q13fox.com/2017/03/26/washington-hires-cameron-dollar-as-assistant-coach/ |title=Washington hires Cameron Dollar as assistant coach |publisher=q13Fox.com |date=March 26, 2017 |accessdate=March 27, 2017 |archive-date=March 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327013830/http://q13fox.com/2017/03/26/washington-hires-cameron-dollar-as-assistant-coach/ |url-status=live }}
Head coaching record
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|name=Southern California College Lions
|startyear=1998
|conference=Golden State Athletic Conference
|endyear=1999
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| season = 1998–99
| name = Southern California College
| overall = 11–22
| conference = 5–9
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern California College
| overall = 11–22 ({{Winning percentage|11|22}})
| confrecord = 5–9 ({{Winning percentage|5|9}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=Seattle Redhawks
|startyear=2009
|conference=NCAA Division I independent
|endyear=2012
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
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| season = 2009–10
| name = Seattle
| overall = 17–14{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2547/year/2010/seattle-redhawks|title=Seattle Redhawks Basketball 2009-10 Schedule - Redhawks Home and Away - ESPN|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2012-04-04|archive-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305073507/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2547/year/2010/seattle-redhawks|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/14976/seattle-rewards-cameron-dollar|title=Seattle rewards Cameron Dollar|website=go.com|date=7 September 2010 |access-date=2012-04-04|archive-date=2010-09-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915215248/http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/14976/seattle-rewards-cameron-dollar|url-status=live}}
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| season = 2010–11
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|name=Seattle Redhawks
|startyear=2012
|conference=Western Athletic Conference
|endyear=2017
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| season = 2012–13
| name = Seattle
| overall = 8–22
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 10th
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| season = 2013–14
| name = Seattle
| overall = 13–17
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = 7th
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| season = 2014–15
| name = Seattle
| overall = 18–16
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = CBI Semifinals
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| season = 2015–16
| name = Seattle
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 7–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = CBI Quarterfinals
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| season = 2016–17
| name = Seattle
| overall = 13–17
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Seattle University
| overall = 107–138 ({{Winning percentage|107|138}})
| confrecord = 27–46 ({{Winning percentage|27|46}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall= 118–160 ({{Winning percentage|118|160}})
|poll=no
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Personal
Dollar has three children. His brother Chad served as an assistant coach at Arkansas State.{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=4017007|title=Inside the lives of five top college hoops assistants|date=26 March 2009|website=ESPN.com|access-date=8 April 2018|archive-date=9 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044245/http://www.espn.com/espnmag/story?id=4017007|url-status=live}} Dollar is a Christian.
References
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External links
- [https://vanguardlions.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/cameron-dollar/266 Southern California College profile]
- [https://gohuskies.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/cameron-dollar/1786 Washington profile]
- [http://www.goseattleu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18200&ATCLID=3721460 Seattle profile]
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