Dana Altman
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Dana Dean Altman (born June 16, 1958) is an American college basketball coach.
He is the head coach of the University of Oregon Ducks' men's basketball team.
He served as the head coach at Creighton, Kansas State, and Marshall previously.
Altman has received year-of-the-year awards at each school he has taught, as well as his teams' 13 appearances in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
College education
Dana Altman began playing basketball at Fairbury Junior College (now Southeast Community College). In 1978, he obtained an associate degree in business administration. In 1980, he obtained his undergraduate degree at Eastern New Mexico University in the same field.
Personal life
Altman was born in Wilber, Nebraska. He is married to former Rev. John Phillips. Jordan, Chase, and Spencer are the three boys, as well as Audra, who has one daughter. In 2008, Altman, a Boy Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, received a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
Coaching career
Altman began as the head men's basketball coach at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, in 1989. Despite the fact that he only served as the head coach of the Thundering Herd, Altman led the Herd to a 15-13 record and runner-up in the Southern Conference tournament, losing to East Tennessee State in the tournament's championship game. Lon Kruger, the Kansas State coach, left Marshall after just one season to replace his mentor.
Although his four-year tenure as Kansas State's head coach produced only one NCAA tournament appearance, Altman will be remembered most for his ability to win close ball games and for putting together some of the biggest upsets in school history.
Altman's teams were 28-13-13 in games decided by six points or less, with some of them advancing to a 6–1 win in one-point games. The Kansas State Club, which was active from 1992-93, has preserved a Kansas State tradition. Picked to finish last in the Big Eight, the Altman's Wildcats won 11 games in the last minute, ranking the school's first Top 25 rankings in five seasons, finishing 19–11.
In 1993, Altman's peers named him Big Eight Coach-of-the-Year, and he captained the season by defeating No. 1 in a playoff. In the semifinals of the conference tournament, 6 Kansas defeated 67-67.
He made it two in a row over Kansas the next season, knocking No. 2 after losing the No. he defeated. In Lawrence, the Jayhawks were ranked 68-64. His 1993-94 squad finished the season with a 20-14 record and advanced to the NIT Final Four in New York City. Following the season, he accepted the head coaching position at Creighton, Nebraska's home state.
During his time at Creighton, his athletes received three All-American honors on the court and three other Academic All-America laurels in the classroom. He coached Creighton, Kyle Korver, Rodney Buford, and Anthony Tolliver, all three players he coached at have competed in the NBA.
Altman has been named Valley Coach of the Year twice, first in 2001 and then in 2002. In 2002-03, Altman was a finalist for the Naismith College Coach of the Year, and he was named the NABC District 12 and USBWA District VI Coach of the Year.
Following the 1993-94 season as the head coach at Kansas State, Altman became the 14th head coach in Creighton history. Altman, who was hired on March 31, 1994, inherited a team that failed to record a 7–22 ledger the year before his arrival and led the Bluejays to a marginally improved 7-19 record in 1994–95 before his 1995–96 squad jumped to 14–15. Altman's crew was 15-15-15 in 1996–97, followed by another significant rise to 18–10 and a NIT bid in 1997–98.
Altman revealed on April 2, 2007 that he would become the head coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks, in a deal that was expected to be a $1.5 million per year, 5-year contract. He had a change of heart and rejoined Omaha and his crew at Creighton just one day later, citing familial reasons.
Altman played in his 300th game as the Creighton head coach on February 5, 2009. Altman was ranked third on the Missouri Valley Conference's 101-year history, finishing second behind only Hall of Fame coaches Henry Iba and Eddie Hickey in his first 13 years at Creighton. In 16 seasons with the Creighton Bluejays, he had won 327–176 (.650), the most victories in school history.
Altman has signed a 7-year deal with Oregon that will bring nearly $2 million per year. On April 26, the university declared it official at a press conference. He is currently the highest-paid public employee of Oregon's state as of 2020.
The University of Oregon has consistently been one of the best basketball schools in the Pac-12, under Dana Altman, with three regular season Pac-12 Championships (2016, 2017) and three Pac-12 tournament championships (2013, 2020). Oregon hired him as a result of his prior coaching experience against UCLA, which was one of the primary reasons for the Ducks' decision to raise standings. Altman has also led the Ducks to success in the NCAA tournament, including a final Four appearance in 2017.
Oregon's first NCAA tournament appearance under Dana Altman was earned in 2013. This run came to an end in the sweet sixteen. Oregon continued their success in 2014 and 2015, winning the NCAA tournament in 2014 and 2015. Both the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons ended in a round of 32.
Oregon earned its first top seed in the NCAA tournament in program history on March 13, 2016, after winning the Pac-12 regular season and conference tournament titles.
The Oregon Ducks fell as a #1 seed in the Elite Eight to the Oklahoma Sooners in March 26, 2016, in large part due to Buddy Hield's lights out shooting success.
Oregon and Altman signed a seven-year deal extension on November 11, 2016, which will keep him in Eugene through the 2022-2023 season.
Altman led the #6 seeded Ducks to their first Final Four appearance in 78 years on March 25, 2017, defeating #1 seed Kansas in Kansas City. This was Altman's first appearance in the Final Four. Oregon would continue to fail in the Final Four, putting an end to Altman and the Ducks' season of record-breaking success.
In a 114–56 Ducks victory over Alabama State on November 17, 2017, Altman won his 600th Division I game.
Oregon and Altman reached an agreement extension on March 14, 2019 that will keep him in Eugene through the 2025-2026 season. Altman won his 235th victory at Oregon in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, beating Ernie Kent as the best coach in school history two weeks later. On November 5, 2019, he tied Oregon for the first victory of the following season against Fresno State.