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January 7, 2009
BUTLER'S BRAD STEVENS
RECEIVES MID-SEASON HONORS
 BOSTON
(MA) -- Butler's 12-1
start has earned
head coach Brad Stevens the Hugh Durham Award mid-season
coaching honors. Stevens edged out Illinois State’s Tim Jankovich.
“I truly enjoy watching Brad’s team play,” says Hugh Durham.
“As a former coach I always look for two things, effort and
execution. Brad’s team gets an A+ for both. He has done a
really nice job in short time as the head coach.”
Stevens, who is now in his second season as the head coach of
the Bulldogs, has seen his team lose just once this season,
54-51 at Ohio State. His team has posted five road wins,
including wins at Bradley, Cleveland State, Drake and Xavier.
Butler began the season ranked No. 10 in the Mid-Major Top 25
and quickly climbed up among the top three where they have
remained.
Stevens received seven first-place votes to edge out Jankovich
(Illinois State). Rounding out the top five are Duggar Baucom
(VMI), Randy Bennett (Saint Mary’s) and Bob McKillop
(Davidson).
Last season Stevens finished second for mid-season honors,
behind Randy Bennett.
“Whom ever has the responsibility of hiring the coaches at
Butler is doing a pretty good job,” says Hugh Durham.
Stevens took over last season for Todd Lickliter who was named
the head coach at Iowa. Lickliter received mid-season during the 2006-07 season.
Renamed after the legendary Georgia and Jacksonville head
coach Hugh the award is given annually by CollegeInsider.com
to the top mid-major coach in America. Drake head coach Keno
Davis (now at Providence) was the recipient of the award last
season, which was presented at the Final Four in San Antonio.
This season’s winner will be announced at the Final Four in
Detroit.
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FINAL VOTING (first place votes in parenthesis)
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Brad
Stevens |
Butler |
64 (7) |
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Tim
Jankovich |
Illinois
State |
59 (3) |
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Duggar
Baucom |
VMI |
40 (4) |
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Randy
Bennett |
St. Mary's |
40 (2) |
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Bob
McKillop |
Davidson |
19 (2) |
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Ken Bone |
Portland
State |
11
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Brad
Brownell |
Wright
State |
9 (1) |
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Marty
Simmons |
Evansville |
9 (1) |
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Bobby
Cremins |
College of
Charleston |
9 |
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Billy Lange |
Navy |
5 |
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Ken
McDonald |
Western
Kentucky |
5 |
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Jim
Woolridge |
UC
Riverside |
4 |
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John Brady |
Arkansas
State |
3 |
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Horace
Broadnax |
Savannah
State |
3 |
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Mark Few |
Gonzaga |
3 |
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Mike
Lonergan |
Vermont |
3 |
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Ritchie
McKay |
Liberty |
3 |
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Dana Altman |
Creighton |
2 |
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Fran
McCaffery |
Siena |
2 |
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Rex Walters |
San
Francisco |
2 |
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Mike
Gillian |
Longwood |
1 |
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Rob Jeter |
Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
1 |
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Greg Kampe |
Oakland |
1 |
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Joe
Mihalich |
Niagara |
1 |
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Gary Waters |
Cleveland
State |
1 |
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