College of Charleston names new men's basketball head coach

Credit: College of Charleston

The College of Charleston has announced that Doug Wojcik?has been named the men's basketball head?coach.

This announcement comes from?Director of Athletics Joe Hull on Saturday.

Wojcik is?47 and he spent the last seven seasons at the University of Tulsa.

"He became the all-time winningest head coach in program history with 140 career wins, surpassing legendary coaches Clarence Iba and Nolan Richardson. He held a career winning percentage of 60 percent and an average of 20 wins per season with the Golden Hurricane," a press release said.

"We had strong candidates, and a difficult choice to make," George Benson, President of the College of Charleston said. "But Doug Wojcik stood out. Doug has had success at every level throughout his career, as a player, an assistant, and a head coach."

"More importantly, as a head coach, he has run a clean program, and has done so over many years at a university with an excellent academic reputation. Doug has been strongly recommended to us by some of the most successful coaches in college basketball. We believe Doug is an excellent fit for the College of Charleston," Benson added.?

According to the College of Charleston, during his tenure, Tulsa was one of C-USA's top defensive teams and ranked among the top defenses in the country. Wojcik developed two future NBA players in Ben Uzoh and Jerome Jordan as well as Conference USA leading scorer Justin Hurtt. He also recruited and developed three of the top nine all-time leading scorers in Tulsa history in Uzoh (No. 3), Hurtt (No. 7), and Jerome Jordan (No. 9).

"This is an exciting time for my family and me to be the head coach at the College of Charleston," Wojcik said. "It is a dream come true. It is a great job, in a great city with a great basketball history with Coach (John) Kresse and Coach (Bobby) Cremins as well as a great group of student-athletes coming back next season. My family and I look forward to being heavily involved with the college and Charleston community. I appreciate President Benson and Athletics Director Joe Hull for this wonderful opportunity to continue to build on Charleston's rich basketball tradition."

DOUG WOJCIK'S COACHING DOSSIER

1990-1999 (Nine Seasons) - Assistant Coach, Navy

1999-2000 (One Season) - Assistant Coach, Notre Dame

2001-2003 (Three Seasons) - Assistant Coach, North Carolina

2003-2004 (One Season) - Assistant Coach, Michigan State

2004-2005 (One Season) - Associate Head Coach, Michigan State

2005-2011 (Seven Seasons) - Head Coach, Tulsa

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