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Eddie Payne

Eddie Payne
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team USC Upstate
Conference Atlantic Sun
Biographical details
Born Charlotte, North Carolina
Playing career
1969–1973 Wake Forest
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1978 Clemson (asst.)
1978–1979 Truett-McConnell
1979–1981 East Carolina (asst.)
1981–1986 Belmont Abbey
1986–1991 South Carolina (asst.)
1991–1995 East Carolina
1995–2000 Oregon State
2000–2002 Greensboro College
2002–present USC Upstate
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CAA Tournament championship (1993)
Peach Belt Tournament championship (2006)
Awards
  • Peach Tree Conference Coach of the Year (2005)
  • NABC DII South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005)
  • Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2012)
  • Hugh Durham Award (2012)

Eddie Payne is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne led the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008. In 2012, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Prior to arriving at USC Upstate, Payne was previously a Div I head coach at Oregon State University and East Carolina University. Payne's son, Luke, is one of his assistant coaches at USC Upstate.

      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


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