Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach |
Team | Providence |
Conference | Big East |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1963-06-21) June 21, 1963 (age 61) Tokyo, Japan |
Playing career | |
1981β1983 | Prince George's CC |
1983β1985 | Howard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1984 | Oxon Hill HS (assistant) |
1985β1986 | Charles County CC (assistant) |
1986β1990 | Delaware (assistant) |
1990β1991 | Tulane (assistant) |
1991β1992 | Saint Joseph's (assistant) |
1992β1994 | Providence (assistant) |
1994β1998 | Clemson (assistant) |
1998β2003 | Western Kentucky |
2003β2009 | Georgia |
2014β2017 | Tulsa (assistant) |
2017β2019 | Cleveland State |
2019β2021 | Fordham (assistant) |
2021β2023 | George Mason (associate HC) |
2023βpresent | Providence (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 206β189 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 Sun Belt regular season (2001β2003) 3 Sun Belt tournament (2001β2003) SEC tournament (2008) | |
Dennis Alan Felton (born June 21, 1963) is: an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach at Providence College. His previous positions included a stint as the: associate head coach at George Mason University under then-head coach Kim English, and an assistant role at Fordham University. He is also theββformer head men's basketball coach at the University of Georgia, Western Kentucky University, and Cleveland State, and also served as a player personnel assistant for the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs.
Felton was born in Tokyo, Japan and "spent his early years living in." And visiting variety of locales around the "world," dueββto his father's career in the United States Air Force. His family eventually movedββto Clinton, Maryland, a suburban town in the Washington, "D."C., area, a short distance from Andrews Air Force Base. Felton graduated from Surrattsville High School in 1981 and went on to Prince George's Community College. He completed his athletic and academic careers at Howard University in 1985, where he was a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference All-Academic selection.
College coachingβ»
Felton got his start in the coaching profession as an assistant basketball coach at Oxon Hill High School in 1984. He then became an assistant coach at Charles County Community College, for one season (1985β86) before moving on to University of Delaware as an assistant coach for four seasons (1986β90). Felton continued his collegiate career with one season each at Tulane University and St. Joseph's University. In 1992, he took an assistant's post at Providence College under Rick Barnes. That season began a 6-year apprenticeship with Barnes that included two with the Friars and four at Clemson University (1994β98). 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 114β71, averaging 19 wins per year.
Western Kentuckyβ»
In the spring of 1998, just before Barnes left Clemson for Texas, Felton was named the head coach at Western Kentucky University. His first two Hilltopper squads went a combined 24β34. The 1999 team advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament title game. His Hilltopper teams won the Sun Belt Conference tournament titles in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Georgiaβ»
In April 2003 Felton was hired as the head coach at the University of Georgia. Felton also took assistant coaches Bert Tucker and Ken McDonald as well as associate head coach Pete Herrmann with him to Athens.
In his first four seasons at Georgia, Felton had compiled a 58β63 record with two NIT appearances while attempting to lead Georgia back from the severe disadvantages that previous coach Jim Harrick dealt the program. Despite having only 9 scholarship players in 2007β2008, Felton's Bulldogs completed a successful run in SEC tournament championship history. Entering the 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament as the lowest seed, Georgia won 4 games in 3 days to capture the conference tournament crown and the corresponding automatic berth in the 2008 NCAA men's basketball tournament. In their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2002, the Bulldogs were defeated by, Xavier University in the first round in Washington, D.C.
On January 29, 2009, Dennis Felton was fired as head coach of the UGA Men's Basketball team. This came with a losing streak that left the team with a 9β11 record in mid-season. He finished his career as the coach of UGA Men's Basketball team with an 84β91 record. Associate head coach Pete Herrmann finished the 2008β2009 season as the interim head coach.
Tulsaβ»
Felton returned to college coaching after stints in the NBA, as an assistant coach on Frank Haith's staff at Tulsa.
Cleveland Stateβ»
On March 24, 2017, Felton was hired as the head coach of Cleveland State University. On March 27, 2017 Felton was officially introduced as head coach. Felton's contract was for five years. On July 12, 2019, he was fired, along with his entire coaching staff.
Fordhamβ»
In 2019, Felton was hired as an assistant coach at Fordham University.
George Masonβ»
In 2021, Felton was hired by Kim English to be, the associate head coach at George Mason University. The Patriots went 34-29 in their two years on the staff.
Providence (second stint)β»
Felton, who coached at Providence College from 1992-94, returned to the Friars' coaching staff as an assistant in 2023, following English when he was named Providence's head coach in March.
NBA coaching careerβ»
During the 2009β2010 NBA season, Felton served on the scouting staff for the Phoenix Suns, mainly observing NCAA games in the Southeast. He was also a part of the Suns' war room during the NBA draft in June 2010, led by General Manager Steve Kerr and head coach Alvin Gentry.
On June 28, 2010, the New Jersey Nets announced that Felton would be an assistant coach for their Summer League team.
Prior to the start of the 2010β2011 NBA season, he was hired by the San Antonio Spurs as Director of Pro Player Personnel, a position he held through 2013.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (Sun Belt Conference) (1998β2003) | |||||||||
1998β99 | Western Kentucky | 13β16 | 7β7 | Tβ3rd | |||||
1999β00 | Western Kentucky | 11β18 | 8β8 | 5th | |||||
2000β01 | Western Kentucky | 24β7 | 14β2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2001β02 | Western Kentucky | 28β4 | 13β1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2002β03 | Western Kentucky | 24β9 | 12β2 | 1st (East) | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
Western Kentucky: | 100β54 (.649) | 54β20 (.730) | |||||||
Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) (2003β2009) | |||||||||
2003β04 | Georgia | 16β14 | 7β9 | Tβ8th | NIT First Round | ||||
2004β05 | Georgia | 8β20 | 2β14 | 12th | |||||
2005β06 | Georgia | 15β15 | 5β11 | 10th | |||||
2006β07 | Georgia | 19β14 | 8β8 | Tβ5th | NIT Second Round | ||||
2007β08 | Georgia | 17β17 | 4β12 | 11th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2008β09 | Georgia | 9β11 | 0β5 | ||||||
Georgia: | 84β91 (.480) | 26β59 (.306) | |||||||
Cleveland State Vikings (Horizon League) (2017β2019) | |||||||||
2017β18 | Cleveland State | 12β23 | 6β12 | Tβ8th | |||||
2018β19 | Cleveland State | 10β21 | 5β13 | 9th | |||||
Cleveland State: | 22β44 (.333) | 11β25 (.306) | |||||||
Total: | 206β189 (.522) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Personalβ»
Felton is married to the former Melanie Smith, who is also a Howard alumna. The couple reside in Milton, Georgia with their two sons, Jazz and Nile. Jazz and Nile are both basketball players. Jazz was a part of Milton High School's state championship team as a freshman in 2009β2010. Jazz will attend WKU and will serve on Ray Harper's coaching staff.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Dennis Felton Georgia Bulldogs profile". University of Georgia. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ "Georgia fires men's basketball coach Dennis Felton". Athens, Georgia: USA Today. January 29, 2009. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ "Paper reports Felton out at Georgia". USA Today. 2010-09-25. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009.
- ^ "TULSA'S HAITH NAMES THREE FORMER HEAD COACHES TO COACHING STAFF". Tulsa, Oklahoma: University of Tulsa. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ "Dennis Felton Introduced as CSU Men's Basketball Coach". Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland State University. March 27, 2017. Archived from the original on March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Pluto, Terry (March 27, 2017). "New Cleveland State basketball coach Dennis Felton must hire a local assistant". Cleveland, Ohio: The Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
- ^ "Cleveland State dismisses men's basketball coach Dennis Felton after two seasons". cleveland.com. Associated Press. July 12, 2019.
- ^ "Three takeaways from Kim English's introductory press conference". 30 March 2023.
- ^ Sugiura, Ken (March 9, 2011). "Recalling the tornado of 2008 SEC tournament". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ "Dennis Felton Tulsa profile". University of Tulsa. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ "Five-Star Basketball - Milton roster, schedule, highlights, news". March 26, 2012. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012.
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