BOSTON – Cioffi Men's Basketball Head Coach
John Becker has been named a finalist for the 2019-20 Hugh Durham Award. CollegeInsider.com made the announcement on Monday. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major coach in Division I college basketball.
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Becker was selected as a finalist for the second straight year and for the third time in the last four seasons. He has added his third Coach of the Year accolade of 2019-20. He earned America East Coach of the Year honors for the fourth consecutive year, the first coach in the history of the league to accomplish the milestone. He was also tabbed as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District I Coach of the Year earlier Monday.
Becker and the Catamounts notched a 26-7 overall record and recorded the third-most wins in school history for a single season. UVM posted a 14-2 mark in conference play and became the first America East team to win four outright regular season conference titles in a row. The Catamounts received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll eight times. In conference play, the Cats produced a 12-game winning streak – the fourth-longest streak of its kind in the country. Vermont captured its second straight America East Championship and third in the last four years.
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2020 HUGH DURHAM AWARD FINALISTS
Casey Alexander, Belmont
John Becker, Vermont
Randy Bennett, Saint Mary's
Jerrod Calhoun, Youngstown State
Dane Fischer, William & Mary
Steve Forbes, ETSU
Joe Gallo, Merrimack
John Groce, Akron
Shaheen Holloway, Saint Peter's
Ben Jacobson, Northern Iowa
Chris Jans, New Mexico State
James Jones, Yale
Mike Jones, Radford
Kyle Keller, Stephen F. Austin
Pat Kelsey, Winthrop
Ritchie McKay, Liberty
Matt McMahon, Murray State
Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
Scott Nagy, Wright State
David Patrick, UC Riverside
Mark Pope, BYU
Bob Richey, Furman
Byron Smith, Prairie View A&M
Russell Turner, UC Irvine
Darrell Walker, Little Rock
