Charlie Coles
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 6, 1942 Springfield, Ohio |
| Died | June 7, 2013 (aged 71) Oxford, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1962–1965 | Miami (OH) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1967–1968 | Sycamore HS (asst.) |
| 1968–1969 | Shawnee HS |
| 1969–1972 | Yellow Springs HS |
| 1972–1982 | Saginaw HS |
| 1982–1985 | Detroit (asst.) |
| 1985–1991 | Central Michigan |
| 1992–1994 | Central Catholic |
| 1994–1996 | Miami (OH) (asst.) |
| 1996–2012 | Miami (OH) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 358–309 (.537) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3× MAC Tournament championship (1987, 1997, 2007) 2× MAC regular season championship (1987, 1997) 2× MAC Division championship (1999, 2005) |
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| Awards | |
| 2× MAC Coach of the Year (1987, 2005) No. 10 retired by Miami University No. 33 retired by Yellow Springs HS |
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Charlie Coles (February 6, 1942 – June 7, 2013) was an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University.
He was born Charles Leroy Coles in Springfield, Ohio and later moved in with his grandparents in nearby Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he attended Bryan High School. He led the state in scoring as a senior, averaging 42.1 points per game, including one game of 65 points, and graduated in 1959. His number 33 was retired by now Yellow Springs High School in a ceremony Coles attended in 2000.
He then went to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he again excelled in basketball from 1962 to 1965. He earned second-team All-MAC Mid-American Conference honors both his junior and senior seasons, averaging double figures in scoring all three seasons, including a career-high 18.5 points per game as a junior. He averaged 15.4 points per game in his Miami career, shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 80.2 percent from the free throw line. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in physical education.
After graduating from Miami, he became a long-time successful high school basketball coach, beginning in Springfield and Yellow Springs before serving as head coach at Saginaw High School in Saginaw, Michigan. He coached the Trojans from 1972 to 1982, leading them to two state championship appearances.
He then moved on to the college ranks, serving as an assistant coach at the University of Detroit from 1982 to 1985.
Coles was the men's basketball head coach at Central Michigan University from 1986 to 1991. He compiled a 92–84 mark in his six seasons with the Chippewas, including 22–8 in 1986–87. Coles was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Coach of the Year that season after leading CMU to the MAC regular-season and tournament championships and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. That team was led by future NBA All-Star Dan Majerle.
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