Scott Edgar (basketball) explained

Scott Edgar
Current Team:Eastern Oklahoma State
Current Conference:Bi-State
Birth Date:14 December 1955
Birth Place:Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Player Years1:1974–1978
Player Team1:Pittsburgh–Johnstown
Coach Years1:1978–1980
Coach Team1:New Mexico Military (assistant)
Coach Years2:1980–1985
Coach Team2:Tulsa (assistant)
Coach Years3:1985–1991
Coach Team3:Arkansas (assistant)
Coach Years4:1991–1995
Coach Team4:Murray State
Coach Years5:1995–1998
Coach Team5:Duquesne
Coach Years6:2002–2005
Coach Team6:UAB (assistant)
Coach Years7:2005–2006
Coach Team7:Tennessee (assistant)
Coach Years8:2006–2008
Coach Team8:Southeast Missouri State
Coach Years9:2010–present
Coach Team9:Eastern Oklahoma State
Admin Years1:1999–2001
Admin Team1:TCU (director of operations)
Overall Record: (college)
(junior college)
Tournament Record:0–2 (NCAA)
0–1 (NIT)
2–2 (NJCAA)
Championships:
Awards:
  • 2× OVC Coach of the Year (1992, 1994)

Scott William Edgar (born December 14, 1955) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach at Eastern Oklahoma State College. He was formerly head coach at Duquesne University, Murray State University and Southeast Missouri State University.

Early life and education

Edgar graduated from Penn Hills High School in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. At the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Edgar played basketball and baseball. He graduated from Pittsburgh–Johnstown in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in sociology.

Coaching career

Edgar first coached at New Mexico Military Institute in 1978. Nolan Richardson hired him as one of his first assistants at the University of Tulsa in 1980, his first position in Division I. Edgar followed Richardson to Arkansas in 1985 and continued as Richardson's assistant until getting his first head coaching position at Murray State in 1991. He led the Racers to two NCAA tournament appearances in four seasons.

In 1995, Edgar accepted the head coaching position at Duquesne. He was unable to turn the Duquesne Dukes around, however, and was let go after three seasons. From 1999 to 2001, Edgar was director of basketball operations at TCU under Billy Tubbs.[1] Edgar returned to coaching in 2002 at UAB under Mike Anderson, where he helped UAB qualify for the 2003 NIT quarterfinals and 2004 NCAA tournament Sweet 16.[1] In the 2005–06 season, Edgar was on Bruce Pearl's staff on a Tennessee team that won the Southeast Conference East Division title.

On April 13, 2006, Edgar was named head coach at Southeast Missouri State.[2] This position brought him back to the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), where he started with Murray State. Edgar had success in the OVC, with a 65-27 conference record, winning three regular season championships, two tournament championships, and two coach of the year awards, all with Murray State University.

On October 9, 2008, Southeast Missouri State fired athletic director Don Kaverman and suspended Edgar after the NCAA notified the university of possible major violations, three months after both the men's and women's basketball programs were placed on two years' probation by the NCAA.[3] [4] On December 31, 2008, new athletic director John Shafer fired Edgar and bought out the final two years of Edgar's contract.[5] [6] The NCAA investigation concluded in August 2009 and found that impermissible tuition payments and violations of rules about summer conditioning activities and observing pickup games happened under Edgar's watch; Edgar's appeal was rejected in June 2010.[7]

He was named men's basketball head coach at Eastern Oklahoma State College, a junior college, in the spring of 2010.[8]

Head coaching record

College

Sources:[9] [10]

* 11 wins (including six conference wins) were vacated from the 2007–08 season due to NCAA violations.[11] The original season record was 12–19 (7–13, 9th in OVC).[12]

Junior college

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070402081522/http://utsports.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/edgar_scott00.html. April 2, 2007. Scott Edgar. University of Tennessee. UTSports.com. August 2, 2020. dead.
  2. Web site: Scott Edgar Named Men's Basketball Coach. April 13, 2006. Southeast Missouri State University. https://web.archive.org/web/20060514015125/http://gosoutheast.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041306aac.html. May 14, 2006. August 2, 2020. dead.
  3. Web site: Associated Press. SEMO fires athletic director, places men's hoops coach on leave. ESPN.com. October 9, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081011070732/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3634349. October 11, 2008. live.
  4. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20081122044934/http://www.semissourian.com/article/20081010/SPORTS02/710109975/0/sports02. November 22, 2008. Mishow. Marty. SEMO men's coach Scott Edgar denies any knowing violation of NCAA rules. Southeast Missourian. October 10, 2008. August 2, 2020. dead.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20090101122838/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3802391. January 1, 2009. SE Missouri St., awaiting NCAA, fires Edgar. ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 2, 2020. live.
  6. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20090103071437/http://www.semissourian.com:80/article/20081231/SPORTS02/712319891/0/sports03. January 3, 2009. Mishow. Marty. Edgar says Southeast to buy him out. Southeast Missourian. December 31, 2008. August 2, 2020. dead.
  7. Web site: Legislative Services Database - LSDBi.
  8. Web site: Scott Edgar becomes Mountaineer basketball coach. May 4, 2010. Eastern Oklahoma State College. https://web.archive.org/web/20100921191057/http://www.eosc.edu/news/2010/pr_apr10_coach_scott_edgar.pdf. September 21, 2010. dead.
  9. Web site: Scott Edgar. sports-reference. August 2, 2020.
  10. Web site: NCAA Statistics: Scott Edgar. NCAA. August 2, 2020.
  11. Book: Your Redhawks 2019-20 Basketball Media Guide. Southeast Missouri State University. 109. August 2, 2020.
  12. Web site: 2007-08 Ohio Valley Conference Season Summary.