Eddie Payne

{{Short description|American basketball player-coach (1951–2021)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|7|10}}

| birth_place = Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|7|1951|7|10}}

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1969–1973

| player_team1 = Wake Forest

| coach_years1 = 1976–1978

| coach_team1 = Clemson (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1978–1979

| coach_team2 = Truett McConnell

| coach_years3 = 1979–1981

| coach_team3 = East Carolina (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1981–1986

| coach_team4 = Belmont Abbey

| coach_years5 = 1986–1991

| coach_team5 = South Carolina (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1991–1995

| coach_team6 = East Carolina

| coach_years7 = 1995–2000

| coach_team7 = Oregon State

| coach_years8 = 2000–2002

| coach_team8 = Greensboro

| coach_years9 = 2002–2017

| coach_team9 = USC Upstate

| overall_record = 484–474

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 0–1 (NCAA Division I)
2–4 (CIT)
1–2 (NCAA Division II)

| championships = CAA tournament (1993)
Peach Belt regular season (2005)
Peach Belt tournament (2006)

| awards = Hugh Durham Award (2012)
Peach Belt Coach of the Year (2005)
Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2012)
NABC DII South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005)

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Edward G. Payne (July 10, 1951 – July 7, 2021) was an American college basketball coach and the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne led the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008. In 2012, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Prior to arriving at USC Upstate, Payne was a Div I head coach at Oregon State University and East Carolina University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_eddie00.html |title=Eddie Payne Coaching Bio |access-date=2015-07-07 |archive-date=2017-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000501/http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_eddie00.html |url-status=dead }} Payne's son, Luke, was one of his assistant coaches at USC Upstate from 2012 to 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_luke |title=Luke Payne Coaching Bio |access-date=2015-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005050748/http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_luke |archive-date=2017-10-05 |url-status=dead }} Payne announced his retirement from USC Upstate on October 3, 2017, citing complications from ankle surgeries in the off-season.{{cite news|url=http://www.goupstate.com/sports/20171003/usc-upstates-eddie-payne-retires-effective-immediately|title=USC Upstate's Eddie Payne retires, effective immediately|newspaper=Spartanburg Herald-Journal|location=Spartanburg, SC|first=Todd|last=Shanesy|date=October 3, 2017|access-date=October 4, 2017}} He died in 2021, due to complications of a stroke at the age of 69{{cite web|url= https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/college/article252676188.html|title= In death of basketball coach Eddie Payne, the Carolinas lose an institution|first=PJ|last=Morales|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=July 9, 2021|access-date=July 10, 2021}}

Head coaching record

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Truett-McConnell Bears

| conference =

| startyear = 1978

| endyear = 1979

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1978–79

| name = Truett-McConnell

| overall = 25–5

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Truett-McConnell

| overall = 25–5 ({{Winning percentage|25|5}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Belmont Abbey Crusaders

| conference =

| startyear = 1981

| endyear = 1986

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1981–82

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 17–10

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1982–83

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 15–14

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1983–84

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 26–11

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1984–85

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 21–10

| conference =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1985–86

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 24–6

| conference =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Belmont Abbey

| overall = 103–51 ({{Winning percentage|103|51}})

| confrecord =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = East Carolina Pirates

| conference = Colonial Athletic Association

| startyear = 1991

| endyear = 1995

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1991–92

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 10–18

| conference = 4–10

| confstanding = 6th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1992–93

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 4–10

| confstanding = 7th

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1993–94

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 15–12

| conference = 7–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1994–95

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 18–11

| conference = 7–8

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = East Carolina

| overall = 56–58 ({{Winning percentage|56|58}})

| confrecord = 22–36 ({{Winning percentage|22|36}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oregon State Beavers

| conference = Pacific-10 Conference

| startyear = 1995

| endyear = 2000

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 6–21

| conference = 4–14

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–97

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 7–20

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = T–9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 13–14

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = T–7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–00

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 13–16

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = T–8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Oregon State

| overall = 52–88 ({{Winning percentage|52|88}})

| confrecord = 22–68 ({{Winning percentage|22|68}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Greensboro Pride

| conference = Dixie Conference

| startyear = 2000

| endyear = 2002

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Greensboro

| overall = 10–16

| conference = 4–8

| confstanding = 5th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2001–02

| name = Greensboro

| overall = 11–15

| conference = 6–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Greensboro

| overall = 21–31 ({{Winning percentage|21|31}})

| confrecord = 10–16 ({{Winning percentage|10|16}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = USC Spartanburg / USC Upstate Spartans

| conference = Peach Belt Conference

| startyear = 2002

| endyear = 2007

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = USC Spartanburg

| overall = 18–11

| conference = 11–8

| confstanding = 2nd (North)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2003–04

| name = USC Spartanburg

| overall = 14–14

| conference = 7–9

| confstanding = 3rd (North)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 2004–05

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 24–8

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 1st (North)

| postseason = NCAA Division II Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 2005–06

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 20–10

| conference = 12–8

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason = NCAA Division II First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 17–11

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = 2nd (North)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 93–54 ({{Winning percentage|93|54}})

| confrecord = 52–35 ({{Winning percentage|52|35}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = USC Upstate Spartans

| conference = Atlantic Sun Conference

| startyear = 2007

| endyear = 2017

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 7–23

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = T–10th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2008–09

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 9–21

| conference = 8–12

| confstanding = 8th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 6–23

| conference = 6–14

| confstanding = 9th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2010–11

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 5–25

| conference = 4–16

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 21–13

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = CIT Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 16–17

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013–14

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 19–15

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = CIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2014–15

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 24–12

| conference = 8–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = CIT Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2015–16

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 10–22

| conference = 4–10

| confstanding = T–7th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2016–17

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 17–16

| conference = 7–7

| confstanding = T–4th

| postseason = CIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = USC Upstate

| overall = 134–187 ({{Winning percentage|134|187}})

| confrecord = 75–97 ({{Winning percentage|75|97}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 484–474 ({{Winning percentage|484|474}})

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References

External links

[http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_eddie00.html USC Upstate profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000501/http://www.upstatespartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/coaches/payne_eddie00.html |date=2017-10-05 }}

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