Larry Hunter

{{about|Larry Edwin Hunter the basketball coach|Larry Edwin Hunter the computational biologist|Lawrence Hunter}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Larry Hunter

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1949|8|8}}

| birth_place = Athens, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|5|4|1949|8|8}}

| death_place = Cary, North Carolina, U.S.

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| player_sport1 = Basketball

| player_years2 = 1970–1971

| player_team2 = Ohio

| coach_sport1 = Basketball

| coach_years2 = 1971–1973

| coach_team2 = Marietta (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1973–1976

| coach_team3 = Wittenberg (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1976–1989

| coach_team4 = Wittenberg

| coach_years5 = 1989–2001

| coach_team5 = Ohio

| coach_years6 = 2001–2002

| coach_team6 = NC State (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 2002–2005

| coach_team7 = NC State (associate HC)

| coach_years8 = 2005–2018

| coach_team8 = Western Carolina

| coach_sport9 = Soccer

| coach_years10 = 1973–1975

| coach_team10 = Wittenberg

| overall_record = 702–453 (basketball)
11–20–1 (soccer)

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| championships = Basketball
NCAA Division III tournament (1977)
6 OAC tournament (1979, 1981–1983, 1985, 1987)
4 OAC regular season (1980, 1981, 1985, 1989)
MAC tournament (1994)
MAC regular season (1994)
2 OAC Southern Division (1977, 1978)
2 SoCon North Division (2009, 2011)

| awards = Basketball
NABC Division III Coach of the Year (1977)
2× OAC Coach of the Year (1980, 1989)
MAC Coach of the Year (1994)

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Larry Hunter (August 8, 1949 – May 4, 2018)[https://www.citizen-times.com/story/sports/2018/05/04/former-wcu-coach-larry-hunter-dead-68/581368002/ Former WCU coach Larry Hunter dead at 68][http://dailycatamount.com/western-carolina-basketball/coach_stats Larry Hunter Western Carolina Basketball Coach – Daily Catamount] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130121085113/http://dailycatamount.com/western-carolina-basketball/coach_stats |date=January 21, 2013 }} was an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Wittenberg University from 1976 to 1989, Ohio University from 1989 to 2001, and Western Carolina University from 2005 to 2018, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 702–453.{{Cite news|url=http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030418aaa.html|title=Western Carolina's Larry Hunter Stepping Down After 13 Seasons|access-date=March 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180609175254/http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030418aaa.html|archive-date=June 9, 2018|url-status=dead}} As head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team from 1989 to 2001, he had a record of 204–148.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2049889 NC State assistant makes in-state move – Men's College Basketball – ESPN] His Bobcats teams made one NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearance in 1994, an NIT appearance in 1995, and won the Preseason NIT in 1994. Despite his winning record and being second on Ohios' all-time wins list with only two losing seasons, he was fired in 2001. Hunter also played at Ohio University from 1970 to 1971.[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/ohio/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/0809-mg-pt7-history.pdf 2011–12 Ohio men's basketball media guide, Page 86]

Ohio hired its alumnus away from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Hunter was the head coach at Wittenberg for 13 seasons, leading the Tigers to the program's second NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament championship, in 1977, and garnered NABC Division III National Coach of the Year the same year.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2049024 Hunter has spent four seasons on NC State staff – Men's College Basketball – ESPN] He was the first coach in NCAA history to win a national championship in his first season at a school. In total, Hunter won six regular season Ohio Athletic Conference championships and six Ohio Athletic Conference tournament championships during his tenure at Wittenberg. Before moving to Western Carolina University, he was an assistant coach and an associate head coach under Herb Sendek at North Carolina State University. On March 4, 2018, Hunter announced that he was stepping down as coach of Western Carolina.

Less than two months after he stepped down at Western Carolina, he suffered a stroke and was sent to a hospital in Cary, North Carolina, where he died less than a week later.{{cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23405648/larry-hunter-coached-ohio-western-carolina-dies |title=Larry Hunter, former coach for Ohio and Western Carolina, dies |agency=Associated Press |website=ESPN.com |date=May 4, 2018 |accessdate=May 8, 2018}}

Head coaching record

=Basketball=

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Wittenberg Tigers

| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference

| startyear = 1976

| endyear = 1989

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| season = 1976–77

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 23–5

| conference = 10–2

| confstanding = 1st (Southern)

| postseason = NCAA Division III champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = division

| season = 1977–78

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 16–7

| conference = 9–3

| confstanding = 1st (Southern)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1978–79

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 23–6

| conference = 10–3

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason = NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1979–80

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 29–3

| conference = 13–0

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division III Third Place

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1980–81

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 28–3

| conference = 12–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1981–82

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 20–10

| conference = 10–3

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division III Regional Fourth Place

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1982–83

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 26–6

| conference = 10–3

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division III Runner-up

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1983–84

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 18–9

| conference = 10–3

| confstanding = T–2nd

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1984–85

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 27–4

| conference = 14–2

| confstanding = T–1st

| postseason = NCAA Division III Quarterfinal

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1985–86

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 23–5

| conference = 13–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division Regional third place

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference tournament

| season = 1986–87

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 25–8

| conference = 12–3

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NCAA Division III Third Place

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1987–88

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 20–7

| conference = 12–4

| confstanding = T–2nd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| season = 1988–89

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 27–3

| conference = 15–1

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division III Regional Runner-up

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Wittenberg

| overall = 305–76 ({{Winning percentage|305|76}})

| confrecord = 150–31 ({{Winning percentage|150|31}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Ohio Bobcats

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| startyear = 1989

| endyear = 2001

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1989–90

| name = Ohio

| overall = 12–16

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 8th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1990–91

| name = Ohio

| overall = 16–12

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1991–92

| name = Ohio

| overall = 18–10

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1992–93

| name = Ohio

| overall = 14–13

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = confboth

| season = 1993–94

| name = Ohio

| overall = 25–8

| conference = 14–4

| confstanding = 1st

| postseason = NCAA Division I First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1994–95

| name = Ohio

| overall = 24–10

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = 2nd

| postseason = NIT Second Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1995–96

| name = Ohio

| overall = 16–14

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1996–97

| name = Ohio

| overall = 17–10

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 3rd

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1997–98

| name = Ohio

| overall = 5–21

| conference = 3–15

| confstanding = 6th (East)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1998–99

| name = Ohio

| overall = 18–10

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 4th (East)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1999–00

| name = Ohio

| overall = 20–13

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 5th (East)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2000–01

| name = Ohio

| overall = 19–11

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = 3rd (East)

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Ohio

| overall = 204–148 ({{Winning percentage|204|148}})

| confrecord = 123–87 ({{Winning percentage|123|87}})

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Western Carolina Catamounts

| conference = Southern Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2018

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2005–06

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 13–17[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2006/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2005–06 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 7–7

| confstanding = 3rd (North)[https://web.archive.org/web/20101124012421/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/24/year/2006/southern-conference Southern Conference Standings (2005–06) – College Basketball – ESPN]

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2006–07

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 11–20[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2007/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2006–07 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = 3rd (North)[https://web.archive.org/web/20101223190856/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/24/year/2007/southern-conference Southern Conference Standings (2006–07) – College Basketball – ESPN]

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| championship =

| season = 2007–08

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 10–21[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2008/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2007–08 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 6–14

| confstanding = 5th (North)[https://web.archive.org/web/20101124021702/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/24/year/2008/southern-conference Southern Conference Standings (2007–08) – College Basketball – ESPN]

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = division

| season = 2008–09

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 16–15[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2009/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2008–09 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 11–9

| confstanding = T–1st (North)[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/24/season/2009 Southern Conference Standings (2008–09) – College Basketball – ESPN]

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2009–10

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 22–12[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2006/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2009–10 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 2nd (North)[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/24/season/2010 Southern Conference Standings (2009–10) – College Basketball – ESPN]

| postseason = CIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = division

| season = 2010–11

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 18–15[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2011/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2010–11 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 12–6

| confstanding = T–1st (North)[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/24/season/2011 Southern Conference Standings (2010–11) – College Basketball – ESPN]

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2011–12

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 17–18[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2012/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2011–12 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 8–10

| confstanding = T–3rd (North)[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/24/season/2012 Southern Conference Standings (2011–12) – College Basketball – ESPN]

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2012–13

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 14–19[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2717/year/2013/western-carolina-catamounts Western Carolina Catamounts Basketball 2012–13 Schedule – Catamounts Home and Away – ESPN]

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding = T–5th[https://archive.today/20130411022210/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/standings/_/id/24/year/2013/southern-conference Southern Conference Standings (2012–13) – College Basketball – ESPN]

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2013–14

| name = Western Carolina

| overall = 19–15

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

}}

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