Don Flanagan
| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 29, 1943 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1967–1971 | Fort Lewis |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1973 | Coronado HS (boys') |
| 1973–1975 | Pawcatuck MS (boys') |
| 1975–1979 | Window Rock HS (boys') |
| 1979–1995 | Eldorado HS |
| 1995–2011 | New Mexico |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 340–168 (.669) (college) |
| Tournaments | 3–8 (NCAA) 5–5 (WNIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Donald Elliott Flanagan (born November 29, 1943) is an American retired basketball coach. From 1995 to 2011, Flanagan was head coach of the University of New Mexico women's basketball team.
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in the Mayberry Village community of New Hartford, Connecticut, Flanagan graduated from Cornwall Academy after attending East Hartford High School for three years and earned a basketball scholarship to Hartwick College, but he dropped out after one year.
Flanagan worked in Hartford before moving to Durango, Colorado to enroll at Fort Lewis College in 1967. Flanagan graduated from Fort Lewis in 1971 with a double major in elementary education and physical education. Flanagan played at guard for the Fort Lewis Skyhawks, then an NAIA program; he averaged 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in his junior season of 1969–70.
Flanagan began his coaching career in 1971 as boys' varsity basketball coach at Coronado High School in Gallina, New Mexico; he also coached cross country and baseball there. In 1973, Flanagan returned to Connecticut to coach at Pawcatuck Middle School in Pawcatuck, Connecticut. At Pawcatuck, Flanagan had a 15–0 season. Flanagan returned to the Southwest in 1975 as boys' varsity basketball coach at Window Rock High School in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Window Rock went 75–25 and made the state tournament every year under Flanagan, including as state runner-up in 1978.
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