Mike Hanks is an American

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coach. He was head coach for

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and

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. He also served as an assistant under

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Coaching career

Indiana University

Hanks served as a graduate assistant basketball coach for Indiana University from 1975 to 1976. Indiana was coached by the Hall of Fame coach, Bob Knight. Indiana won the NCAA tournament, compiling an undefeated season.

University of Mississippi

Hanks served as an assistant basketball coach for the Ole Miss Rebels and head coach Bob Weltlich from 1976 to 1981. During this time Ole Miss competed in the school's first-ever postseason NIT Tournament in school history (1980), first-ever NCAA Tournament (1981) and won the school's first-ever and only SEC Tournament Championship (1981).

Samford

Hanks was head coach at Samford from 1981 to 1984. During his tenure as head coach, Samford won 20 games for the first time in school history (1984). Hanks was named as the Trans America Conference Coach of the Year and the Birmingham Tip-Off Club Coach of the Year (1984). He compiled a 46–38 (.548) record.

USA Select Basketball Team, Head Basketball Coach 1983

This was a Pre-Olympic (1984) team selected to compete in tournaments in Korea, South Pacific and versus the Pan American Basketball Team in Manhattan, Kansas. The USA Team won championships in both tournaments.

USA Assistant Basketball Coach IX FIBA World Championships

Silver Medalist, Cali, Colombia, South America

South Alabama

From 1984 to 1987, Hanks prowled the sidelines as head coach at

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and garnered a 45–43 (.511) record. In March 1987, Mike Hanks refused to resign as South Alabama's basketball coach with two years remaining in his contract and refused other options offered by the school. He was dismissed by Joe Gottfried, the school's

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. Hanks was in the third year of a five-year contract. In Hanks's three seasons at South Alabama his teams finished 15–13, 16–16 and 14–14.

UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham)

Hanks served as an assistant basketball coach (1987–1988) under Hall of Fame coach Gene Bartow

Florida International University

Hanks served as an assistant basketball coach (1989–1990) under head coach Bob Weltlich

Cocodrilos de Caracas

Hanks served as head coach and director of sports for the Crocodiles of Caracas, Venezuela. He compiled a franchise record wins (39–16), league championship and tournament championship (1992). The Cocodrilos were selected to compete in the South American Cup (1993)

Manchester Giants

The owners of the

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were putting together a new look team and brought in

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college coach Mike Hanks for the start of the '94–95 season. Although they only finished fourth and fifth in Coach Hanks' two seasons, the Giants were play-off runners-up, losing the Wembley Championship Final to Worthing by a narrow 77–73 (1995).

The Giants were semi-finalist, Wembley Championship (1996). The Giants were selected for the European Cup in both 1995 and advancing to the second round (1996)

Saint Leo

Hanks distinguished himself as the school's most successful basketball coach, setting school records for the most wins in a season, highest conference finish and most wins to start a season. For five seasons (1996–2001) Hanks was the head coach at Saint Leo and compiled a 66–70 (.485) record. Hanks tendered his resignation in March 2001.

US National Team

On temporary assignment from Samford, Hanks served as an assistant coach to then

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coach,

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for the US national team in the

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, winning the silver medal in

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. In 1983 Hanks coached the USA Select Basketball Team to a 12–0 record in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanks, Mike Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball coaches Ole Miss Rebels men's basketball coaches Saint Leo Lions men's basketball coaches Samford Bulldogs men's basketball coaches South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball coaches Southern Methodist University alumni