West Point, NY (Sports Network) – Army has extended the contracts of men’s basketball coach Zach Spiker and women’s head basketball coach Dave Magarity through the 2017-18 season.<\/p>\n
The 2013 Patriot League Coach of the Year, Spiker just completed his fourth season at Army and coached the team to a 16-15 record, including an 8-6 mark in conference play. It marked the program’s first winning season in 28 years.<\/p>\n
“Both my family and staff are extremely humbled to have the opportunity to continue mentoring and coaching our cadet-athletes,” Spiker said. “Coaching at West Point is a tremendous honor, and we are excited for the chance to be here for years to come.”<\/p>\n
Spiker is 53-67 during his tenure at Army.<\/p>\n
Magarity was also a 2013 Patriot League Coach of the Year award after guiding the Black Knights to the conference regular-season crown. The women’s team went 22-9. His all-time record at Army is 121-88 and is career mark stands at 434-423 in 30 years as both a men’s and women’s coach at the Division I level.<\/p>\n
“I’m now entering my 31st year as a head coach and I could not be happier,” Magarity said. “Coming off the year we had, I’m excited to have the opportunity to continue to coach at West Point. I feel we’re heading in the right direction towards an NCAA Tournament berth, and I owe a lot of that to the terrific job our coaching staff has done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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