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Cherry played for the Spa Catholic Saints in Saratoga Springs, NY. He played under coach Bob King who is widely considered Spa Catholic's greatest basketball coach of all time. Dean Smith visited the Spa Catholic gym to sign Cherry in 1988.
Cherry played for the Spa Catholic Saints in Saratoga Springs, NY. He played under coach Bob King who is widely considered Spa Catholic's greatest basketball coach of all time. Dean Smith visited the Spa Catholic gym to sign Cherry in 1988.
==College career==
==College career==
Cherry played for the [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|University of North Carolina]] basketball team and coach [[Dean Smith]] from 1989 to 1993.<ref name=tarheelblue>{{cite web|url=http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010mediaguide_88-208|title=2009-10 University of North Carolina Media Guide|year=2009|accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref> He was a senior on the [[1992-93 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|Tar Heel]] team that won the [[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1993 NCAA Tournament]].<ref name=tarheelblue/>
Cherry played for the [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|University of North Carolina]] basketball team and coach [[Dean Smith]] from 1989 to 1993.<ref name=tarheelblue>{{cite web|url=http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/unc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2010mediaguide_88-208|title=2009-10 University of North Carolina Media Guide|year=2009|accessdate=2010-02-06}}</ref> He was a senior captain on the [[1992-93 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|Tar Heel]] team that won the [[1993 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1993 NCAA Tournament]].<ref name=tarheelblue/>


==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==

Revision as of 17:51, 12 December 2011

Scott Cherry
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamHigh Point

Scott Cherry is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at High Point University. He replaced Bart Lundy.

High School Career

Cherry played for the Spa Catholic Saints in Saratoga Springs, NY. He played under coach Bob King who is widely considered Spa Catholic's greatest basketball coach of all time. Dean Smith visited the Spa Catholic gym to sign Cherry in 1988.

College career

Cherry played for the University of North Carolina basketball team and coach Dean Smith from 1989 to 1993.[1] He was a senior captain on the Tar Heel team that won the 1993 NCAA Tournament.[1]

Coaching career

Cherry began his coaching career in 1997 as an assistant coach at Bishop McGuinness High School.[2] He then spent one season as an assistant women's basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State.[2] In 1999 he began the first of two stints as an assistant to Jim Larranaga at George Mason.[2] He left the Patriots in 2002 and spent one year as an assistant at Tennessee Tech.[2] He returned to George Mason in 2003 and participated in the Patriots 2006 run to the Final Four.[2]

In 2007 he joined the staff of Darrin Horn as an assistant at Western Kentucky.[2] Cherry followed Horn to South Carolina for the 2008–09 season.[2] He was named the head coach of High Point on March 26, 2009.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
High Point (Big South) (2009–present)
2009–2010 High Point 15–15 10–8 5th
2010–2011 High Point 12–18 7–11 7th
2011–2012 High Point 2–6 0–1
High Point: 29–39 17–20
Total: 29–39

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ a b "2009-10 University of North Carolina Media Guide". 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2009-10 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  3. ^ "Scott Cherry named High Point coach". 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-06.


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