Mode: | basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Team: | Coppin State Eagles |
Conference: | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | MEAC |
Record: | 9–23 |
Conf Record: | 4–10 |
Head Coach: | Juan Dixon |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Assoc Coach: | John Auslander |
Asst Coach1: | Kent Auslander |
Stadium: | Physical Education Complex |
The 2022–23 Coppin State Eagles men's basketball team represented Coppin State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixth-year head coach Juan Dixon, played their home games at the Physical Education Complex in Baltimore, Maryland as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 4–10 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost to Norfolk State in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament.
On March 21, 2023, the school fired head coach Juan Dixon.[1] On May 5, the school named CSU alum and Maryland Eastern Shore assistant coach Larry Stewart the team's new head coach.[2]
The Eagles finished the 2021–22 season 9–22, 6–8 in MEAC play to finish tied for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed, they upset No. 2 seed Howard[3] and No. 3 seed North Carolina Central to clinch a spot in the MEAC tournament championship, their first such appearance since 2008.[4] Unlike that prior title appearance, they were unable to win, losing to top-seeded Norfolk State.[5]
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