Mike McConathy
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|27}}
| birth_place = Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1973–1977
| player_team1 = Louisiana Tech
| player_positions = Guard
| coach_years1 = 1983–1999
| coach_team1 = Bossier Parish CC
| coach_years2 = 1999–2022
| coach_team2 = Northwestern State
| overall_record = {{winpct|682|541|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 2–3 (NCAA Division I)
0–1 (CIT)
| championships =
- 3 Southland tournament (2001, 2006, 2013)
- 2 Southland regular season (2005, 2006)
- Southland East Division (2007)
| awards =
As player:
As head coach:
- 2× Southland Coach of the Year (2005, 2006)
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John Michael McConathy (born December 27, 1955) is an American former basketball coach college basketball. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1999 to 2022.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1408&path=mbball|title=Mike McConathy|publisher=Northwestern State University|accessdate=June 3, 2018}} He was raised in Bossier City and played college basketball at Louisiana Tech, earning honorable mention All-American honors. From 1983 to 1999, McConathy was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board. He was hired as head coach at Northwestern State in March 1999.{{cite news |last1=Tompkins |first1=Bob |title='Get along' Mike fits NSU desires |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91108875/the-town-talk/ |access-date=December 24, 2021 |work=Town Talk |date=March 25, 1999|via=Newspapers.com}}
He is the son of the late John McConathy, a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the 1951 NBA draft. John McConathy was a superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board prior to his retirement in 1983.[http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/092811aaa.html LA Tech Hall of Famer: Mike McConathy]. Retrieved on February 6, 2013.
Head coaching record
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|name=Northwestern State Demons
|startyear=1999
|conference=Southland Conference
|endyear=2022
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–2000
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 17–13
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2000–01
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 19–13
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2001–02
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 13–18
| conference = 8–10
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 6–21
| conference = 6–14
| confstanding = 10th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2004–05
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 21–12
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2005–06
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 26–8
| conference = 15–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| season = 2006–07
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 17–15
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 1st (East)
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 15–18
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = T–2nd (East)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 3–13
| confstanding = T–5th (East)
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 10–19
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = T–4th (East)
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 18–14
| conference = 10–6
| confstanding = 2nd (East)
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 16–16
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 3rd (East)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference tournament
| season = 2012–13
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 23–9
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 17–14
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 19–13
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–3rd
| postseason = CIT first round
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2015–16
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 8–20
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 12th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 13–16
| conference = 7–11
| confstanding = T–8th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 4–25
| conference = 1–17
| confstanding = 13th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 6–12
| confstanding = 11th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 15–15
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = T–4th
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 11–18
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = 9–23
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = 6th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Northwestern State
| overall = {{winpct|330|377|record=y}}
| confrecord = 201–195 ({{winpct|201|195}})
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall= {{winpct|330|377|record=y}}
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References
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