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March 18th, 2007, 05:50 PM
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Kennesaw State head coach Tony Ingle is widely considered one of the most popular coaches in the country. In just six years with the Owls, Ingle has thrusted Kennesaw State from years of mediocrity into the national spotlight - capped by winning the 2003-04 Division II National Championship.
Under Ingle, the Owls have enjoyed a quick rise into national prominence. In 2002-03, Ingle led the Owls into their first ever national tournament as well as guiding them to a record-setting 25-win season. The next season the Owls reached the pinnacle with a national championship, and in 2004-05, Ingle led his team to another national tournament appearance with a 25-win season.
In 2005-06, the Owls made the leap to Division I and the Atlantic Sun Conference, and hit the ground running. KSU jumped out to an early 9-1 conference mark, garnering national headlines while doing so. But as is the case with a young team, the Owls' feverious start slowed, and despite the play of A-Sun Freshman of the Year, Andre Morgan, the Owls ended the year with a 12-17 record.
All told, the Owls have won 128 games in Ingle's six years at the helm (128-62, .674), including four straight 20-win seasons from 2001-2005.
Ingle arrived at Kennesaw State for the 2000-01 season, taking his undermanned, overachieving team to an 11-15 record. Ingle then followed with a 20-10 season in 2001-02. The following year, Ingle's program reached new heights as his 2002-03 went 25-10, made the post-season for the first time ever and gave KSU its first-ever back-to-back 20-win seasons. Coach Ingle and his Owls swept the peach Belt Conference post season honors, with Ingle taking home the PBC Coach of the Year award, Terrence Hill winning PBC Player of the Year honors, and Georgy Joseph garnering the Freshman of the Year award.
The winningest coach in KSU history, Ingle is the lone son of six children of Bobbie and Claude Ingle. Born in Dalton, Georgia, Ingle graduated form North Whitfield High School in 1971 where he starred as a four-year player on the varsity basketball team. Named the Most Valuable Player in both his junior and senior seasons, he averaged 18.4 points, 14.1 assists and 9.4 steals per game en route to being selected to the 1971 Chattanooga Free Press First Team All-Tri State Squad.
He began his collegiate playing career at Dalton Junior College where his Roadrunners won back-to-back state and regional titles while making two trips to the national tournament. He played his final two season of college ball at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ingle began his coaching career while stile a player at Huntingdon. He coached a 10-under team while a junior in college before coaching a 14-under team as a senior. Upon graduating with a degree in Physical Education, Ingle took his first full-time coaching position at Northwest Whitfield. After coaching the JV squad and assisting the varsity, Ingle moved to Southeast high School in Dalton, Georgia. His brief two-year tenure was followed by a stint at Cherokee High School where he took a perennial doormat to the Class AAA championship in the 1981-82 season.
In 1985, Ingle began his collegiate coaching career as he was handed the task of reintroducing a basketball program at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia. After dropping roundball for over a decade, Ingle built the program from scratch and compiled a 61-32 record in his three years. He took Gordon to the state playoffs in each of his three seasons and led the Hilltoppers to the regional semifinals in his second season. In Ingle's final season at Gordon, he advanced them to the NJCAA Region XVII championship game.
In 1988 Ingle went to the University of Alabama-Huntsville where he inherited a team that had won just 16 games in the past three seasons. In his first and only year with the Chargers, Ingle led UAH to a 10-18 record.
The 1989-90 season saw Ingle under the spotlight of big-time college basketball, as he was named assistant coach to Roger Reid at Brigham Young University. Ingle remained at BYU for eight seasons. During that time, the Cougars played in five NCAA tournaments and had three top 32 finishes (90, 92, 93), three WAC conference regular season titles (90, 92, 93) and two WAC tournament championships (91, 92). BYU won 21 or more games in six of the eight seasons Ingle was with the Cougars and had an overall record of 157-77.
Ingle is also familiar with the NBA ranks. Aside from being a scout for the Utah Jazz from 1997-99, Ingle has coached two NBA players (Shawn Bradley and Andy Toolson) as well as nearly 30 players who have played professionally overseas.
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Even with Ingle's never ending love for the game of basketball, Tony has decided to hang up the clipboard to stay at home with his five children (30, 27, 24, 23, and 21) and his 2 grandchildren (8 and 5). The Kennesaw State Athletic Department issued a statement that they would give the entire family season tickets for as long as they want them.
"We are so grateful," said Dr. Dave Waples, the Kennesaw State Athletic Director, "for everything that Coach Ingle has done for this basketball program and for this university. We understand that he has to go home to his family, and we hope they will always have Kennesaw State in their hearts."
Ingle issued a statement that he would return and give practice sessions and would help out with the scouting in the area.
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New Coach Signed
The Kennesaw State Athletic Department has named there new head basketball coach. Just a week after Tony Ingle resigned, the 25 year-old Alex Smith has been named as the head coach. Alex Smith took his high school alma mater to 3 straight 5A Georgia championships.
"He has won so much with so many different players that it would be crazy to not offer him the job," said A.D. Dave Waples, "He may be young but he is one of the most experienced and intelligent coaches out there."
The six foot one point guard played for Georgia Tech and started all four seasons. Only a knee injury during a pre-draft workout kept Alex out of the NBA. Instead of letting doctors perform an operation, Alex decided to let it heal by itself and pull himself out of playing basketball altogether.
"It was a very hard decision for me but I felt that I had to do it after the doctors explained how risky the operation was going to be," said Smith.
Alex Smith's stars of the team are duo Golden Ingle, Tony Ingle's son, and Ronell Wooten.
Kennesaw State head coach Tony Ingle is widely considered one of the most popular coaches in the country. In just six years with the Owls, Ingle has thrusted Kennesaw State from years of mediocrity into the national spotlight - capped by winning the 2003-04 Division II National Championship.
Under Ingle, the Owls have enjoyed a quick rise into national prominence. In 2002-03, Ingle led the Owls into their first ever national tournament as well as guiding them to a record-setting 25-win season. The next season the Owls reached the pinnacle with a national championship, and in 2004-05, Ingle led his team to another national tournament appearance with a 25-win season.
In 2005-06, the Owls made the leap to Division I and the Atlantic Sun Conference, and hit the ground running. KSU jumped out to an early 9-1 conference mark, garnering national headlines while doing so. But as is the case with a young team, the Owls' feverious start slowed, and despite the play of A-Sun Freshman of the Year, Andre Morgan, the Owls ended the year with a 12-17 record.
All told, the Owls have won 128 games in Ingle's six years at the helm (128-62, .674), including four straight 20-win seasons from 2001-2005.
Ingle arrived at Kennesaw State for the 2000-01 season, taking his undermanned, overachieving team to an 11-15 record. Ingle then followed with a 20-10 season in 2001-02. The following year, Ingle's program reached new heights as his 2002-03 went 25-10, made the post-season for the first time ever and gave KSU its first-ever back-to-back 20-win seasons. Coach Ingle and his Owls swept the peach Belt Conference post season honors, with Ingle taking home the PBC Coach of the Year award, Terrence Hill winning PBC Player of the Year honors, and Georgy Joseph garnering the Freshman of the Year award.
The winningest coach in KSU history, Ingle is the lone son of six children of Bobbie and Claude Ingle. Born in Dalton, Georgia, Ingle graduated form North Whitfield High School in 1971 where he starred as a four-year player on the varsity basketball team. Named the Most Valuable Player in both his junior and senior seasons, he averaged 18.4 points, 14.1 assists and 9.4 steals per game en route to being selected to the 1971 Chattanooga Free Press First Team All-Tri State Squad.
He began his collegiate playing career at Dalton Junior College where his Roadrunners won back-to-back state and regional titles while making two trips to the national tournament. He played his final two season of college ball at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama.
Ingle began his coaching career while stile a player at Huntingdon. He coached a 10-under team while a junior in college before coaching a 14-under team as a senior. Upon graduating with a degree in Physical Education, Ingle took his first full-time coaching position at Northwest Whitfield. After coaching the JV squad and assisting the varsity, Ingle moved to Southeast high School in Dalton, Georgia. His brief two-year tenure was followed by a stint at Cherokee High School where he took a perennial doormat to the Class AAA championship in the 1981-82 season.
In 1985, Ingle began his collegiate coaching career as he was handed the task of reintroducing a basketball program at Gordon College in Barnesville, Georgia. After dropping roundball for over a decade, Ingle built the program from scratch and compiled a 61-32 record in his three years. He took Gordon to the state playoffs in each of his three seasons and led the Hilltoppers to the regional semifinals in his second season. In Ingle's final season at Gordon, he advanced them to the NJCAA Region XVII championship game.
In 1988 Ingle went to the University of Alabama-Huntsville where he inherited a team that had won just 16 games in the past three seasons. In his first and only year with the Chargers, Ingle led UAH to a 10-18 record.
The 1989-90 season saw Ingle under the spotlight of big-time college basketball, as he was named assistant coach to Roger Reid at Brigham Young University. Ingle remained at BYU for eight seasons. During that time, the Cougars played in five NCAA tournaments and had three top 32 finishes (90, 92, 93), three WAC conference regular season titles (90, 92, 93) and two WAC tournament championships (91, 92). BYU won 21 or more games in six of the eight seasons Ingle was with the Cougars and had an overall record of 157-77.
Ingle is also familiar with the NBA ranks. Aside from being a scout for the Utah Jazz from 1997-99, Ingle has coached two NBA players (Shawn Bradley and Andy Toolson) as well as nearly 30 players who have played professionally overseas.
-http://ksuowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ingle_tony00.html
Even with Ingle's never ending love for the game of basketball, Tony has decided to hang up the clipboard to stay at home with his five children (30, 27, 24, 23, and 21) and his 2 grandchildren (8 and 5). The Kennesaw State Athletic Department issued a statement that they would give the entire family season tickets for as long as they want them.
"We are so grateful," said Dr. Dave Waples, the Kennesaw State Athletic Director, "for everything that Coach Ingle has done for this basketball program and for this university. We understand that he has to go home to his family, and we hope they will always have Kennesaw State in their hearts."
Ingle issued a statement that he would return and give practice sessions and would help out with the scouting in the area.
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New Coach Signed
The Kennesaw State Athletic Department has named there new head basketball coach. Just a week after Tony Ingle resigned, the 25 year-old Alex Smith has been named as the head coach. Alex Smith took his high school alma mater to 3 straight 5A Georgia championships.
"He has won so much with so many different players that it would be crazy to not offer him the job," said A.D. Dave Waples, "He may be young but he is one of the most experienced and intelligent coaches out there."
The six foot one point guard played for Georgia Tech and started all four seasons. Only a knee injury during a pre-draft workout kept Alex out of the NBA. Instead of letting doctors perform an operation, Alex decided to let it heal by itself and pull himself out of playing basketball altogether.
"It was a very hard decision for me but I felt that I had to do it after the doctors explained how risky the operation was going to be," said Smith.
Alex Smith's stars of the team are duo Golden Ingle, Tony Ingle's son, and Ronell Wooten.