Mike McConathy

Mike McConathy
Current position
Record	321–354 (.476)
Biographical details
Born	December 27, 1955 (age 68)
Playing career
1973–1977	Louisiana Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1999	Bossier Parish CC
1999–2022	Northwestern State
Head coaching record
Overall	321–354 (.476)
Tournaments	NCAA: 1–3 (.250); CIT: 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	3× Southland Tournament (2001, 2006, 2013); 2× Southland regular season (2005, 2006);
Awards
	As player: Southland Player of the Year (1976); Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (2011); As head coach: 2× Southland Coach of the Year (2005, 2006);

John Michael McConathy (born December 27, 1955) is an American basketball coach and the winningest college basketball coach in Louisiana history. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.^[1] He was reared in Bossier City and played college basketball at Louisiana Tech, earning honorable mention All-American honors. From 1983 to 1999, McConathy was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board. He was hired as head coach at Northwestern State in March 1999.^[2]

He is the son of the late John McConathy, a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the 1951 NBA Draft. John McConathy was a superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board prior to his retirement in 1983.^[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference) (1999–present)
1999–2000	Northwestern State	17–13	11–7	T–4th
2000–01	Northwestern State	19–13	11–9	T–4th	NCAA Round of 64
2001–02	Northwestern State	13–18	8–10	9th
2002–03	Northwestern State	6–21	6–14	10th
2003–04	Northwestern State	11–17	8–8	T–5th
2004–05	Northwestern State	21–12	13–3	T–1st
2005–06	Northwestern State	26–8	15–1	1st	NCAA Round of 32
2006–07	Northwestern State	17–15	10–6	1st (East)
2007–08	Northwestern State	15–18	9–7	T–2nd (East)
2008–09	Northwestern State	11–20	3–13	T–5th (East)
2009–10	Northwestern State	10–19	5–11	T–4th (East)
2010–11	Northwestern State	18–14	10–6	2nd (East)
2011–12	Northwestern State	16–16	8–8	3rd (East)
2012–13	Northwestern State	23–9	15–3	2nd	NCAA Round of 64
2013–14	Northwestern State	17–14	12–6	4th
2014–15	Northwestern State	19–13	13–5	T–3rd	CIT First Round
2015–16	Northwestern State	8–20	5–13	12th
2016–17	Northwestern State	13–16	7–11	T–8th
2017–18	Northwestern State	4–25	1–17	13th
2018–19	Northwestern State	11–20	6–12	11th
2019–20	Northwestern State	15–15	11–9	T–4th
2020–21	Northwestern State	11–18	9–7
Northwestern State:		321–354 (.476)	196–186 (.513)
Total:		321–354 (.476)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

^ "Mike McConathy". Northwestern State University. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
^ Tompkins, Bob (March 25, 1999). "'Get along' Mike fits NSU desires". Town Talk. Retrieved December 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ LA Tech Hall of Famer: Mike McConathy. Retrieved on February 6, 2013.

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[NSU-1] "Mike McConathy". Northwestern State University. Retrieved June 3, 2018.

[2] Tompkins, Bob (March 25, 1999). "'Get along' Mike fits NSU desires". Town Talk. Retrieved December 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] LA Tech Hall of Famer: Mike McConathy. Retrieved on February 6, 2013.

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