| Dennis Felton | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Georgia | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | June 21, 1963 | |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| SEC Tournament Championship (2008)
Sun Belt Tournament Championship (2001, 2002, 2003) |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1981-1983 1983-1985 |
Prince George's CC Howard |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1985-1986 1986-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1998 1998-2003 2003-present |
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Dennis Felton (June 21, 1963 – ) is an American basketball coach. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA The University of Georgia ( UGA) is a public research University located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He is currently serving as the 20th head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia. The University of Georgia ( UGA) is a public research University located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the
Felton was born in Tokyo, Japan and spent his early years living in and visiting a variety of locales around the world, due to his father's career in the United States Air Force. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. His family eventually moved to Clinton, Maryland, a suburban town in the Washington, D.C., area, a short distance from Andrews Air Force Base. Clinton is a Census-designated place (CDP in Prince George's County Maryland, United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Andrews Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Felton graduated from Surrattsville High School in 1981 and went on to Prince George's Community College. Surrattsville High School or SHS is a public High school located in Clinton Maryland and is a part of the Prince George's County Public Prince George's Community College is a Community college located in the unincorporated community of Largo in Prince George's County, Maryland He completed his athletic and academic careers at Howard University in 1985, where he was a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference All-Academic selection. Howard University is a private, Coeducational Nonsectarian University located in Washington D The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC is a Collegiate athletic conference of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs in the Southeastern
Felton got his start in the coaching profession as an assistant at Oxon Hill High School in 1984. Oxon Hill High School (OHHS is a public senior High school located in Oxon Hill, an unincorporated area in Prince George's County Maryland, United He then became an assistant coach at Charles County Community College, for one season (1985-86) before moving on to University of Delaware as an assistant coach for four seasons (1986-90). The College of Southern Maryland (CSM (formerly Charles County Community College founded in La Plata Maryland, is a public regional Community college, which The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U Felton continued his collegiate career with one season each at Tulane University and St. Joseph's University. Tulane University is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Saint Joseph's University (also called SJU or St Joe's) is a private Coeducational Roman Catholic University located In 1992 he took an assistant's post at Providence College under Rick Barnes. This page refers to a college in Rhode Island. For the college in Manitoba, see Providence College and Theological Seminary. Richard Dale Barnes (born July 17, 1954 in Hickory, North Carolina) is the current head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns That season began a 6-year apprenticeship with Barnes that included two with the Friars and four at Clemson University (1994-98). The six teams that Barnes and Felton coached together all posted winning seasons (including three 20-win campaigns), all played in the postseason (four NCAA berths, two in the NIT) and went 114-71, averaging 19 wins per year.
In the spring of 1998, just before Barnes left Clemson for Texas, Felton ascended to the lead chair at Western Kentucky University. Western Kentucky University ( WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green Kentucky, USA His first two Hilltopper squads went a combined 24-34. The 1999 team advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament title game. The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I since 1976. His Hilltopper teams won the Sun Belt Conference tournament titles in 2001, 2002, and 2003. In April of 2003, Felton was offered the head coaching position at Georgia. Felton also took assistant Coach Ken McDonald and Associate Head Coach Pete Herrmann with him to Athens.
In his first four seasons at Georgia, Felton has compiled a 58-63 record with two NIT appearances while attempting to lead Georgia back from the severe disadvantages that previous coach Jim Harrick dealt the program. The National Invitation Tournament (NIT is a men's college Basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Jim Harrick (born July 25, 1938 in Charleston West Virginia) is a former college basketball head coach who coached at Pepperdine University, Despite having only 9 scholarship players in 2008, Felton's Bulldogs completed an unprecedented run in SEC Tournament Championship history. The SEC Men's Basketball Tournament (sometimes known simply as the SEC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Southeastern Entering the 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament as the lowest seed, Georgia won 4 games in 4 days, including 2 in the same day, to capture the conference tournament crown and the corresponding automatic birth in the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. The 2008 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 13-16 2008 in Atlanta Georgia. The 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a Single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA
Felton is married to the former Melanie Smith, who is also a Howard alumna. The couple reside in Bogart, Georgia with their two sons, Jazz and Nile.