Michael Perry (born November 10, 1958) is an American college basketball coach who is in his second stint as an assistant men's basketball coach at East Carolina University.[1] Prior to joining the Pirates program, he served as the head men's basketball coach at Georgia State University from 2003 through 2007, and also held assistant coaching positions at Georgia State, Richmond and Virginia Union University. Perry also served as interim head coach of East Carolina for most of the 2017–18 season, as head coach Jeff Lebo underwent hip surgery and stepped down from the position on November 29, 2017.[2][3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | East Carolina |
| Conference | American |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 10, 1958 Oxford, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1977–1981 | Richmond |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1986 | Virginia Union (asst.) |
| 1986–1993 | Richmond (P/T asst.) |
| 1994–1997 | Richmond (asst.) |
| 1997–2002 | Georgia State (asst.) |
| 2003–2007 | Georgia State |
| 2007–2017 | East Carolina (asst.) |
| 2017–2018 | East Carolina (interim HC) |
| 2024–present | East Carolina (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 70–91 (.435) |
Perry played for the University of Richmond from 1978 through 1981 and finished his career as the Spiders' career leader in points scored (2,145). Only Johnny Newman has since surpassed that total in a Spiders uniform. Perry was selected in the ninth round of the 1981 NBA draft by the Kansas City Kings.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia State (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Georgia State | 10–9 | 8–8 | 4th (North) | |||||
| 2003–04 | Georgia State | 20–9 | 14–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Georgia State | 14–15 | 11–9 | T–4th | |||||
| Georgia State (Colonial Athletic Association) (2005–2007) | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | Georgia State | 7–22 | 3–15 | T–10th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Georgia State | 11–20 | 5–13 | 9th | |||||
| Georgia State: | 62–75 (.453) | 41–51 (.446) | |||||||
| East Carolina (American Athletic Conference) (2017–2018) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | East Carolina | 8–16 | 4–14 | 11th | |||||
| East Carolina: | 8–16 (.333) | 4–14 (.222) | |||||||
| Total: | 70–91 (.435) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Michael Perry profile". Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
- ^ "ECU's Jeff Lebo having hip surgery Monday, out indefinitely". USA Today.
- ^ Wiseman, Steve (November 29, 2017). "Jeff Lebo out as East Carolina basketball coach". The News & Observer. Raleigh, NC. Retrieved November 29, 2017.