Monday, April 2, 2012

SSU's Broadnax receives inaugural John McLendon Award

HORACE BROADNAX
HEAD MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH
SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Savannah State men’s basketball coach Horace Broadnax received the inaugural John McLendon National Coach of the Year Award at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet in New Orleans. The award will be presented annually to the top collegiate head coach. The award encompasses Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and JUCO.

Broadnax, one of 15 finalists, won the award after leading Savannah State to a 21-12 record and winning the regular-season Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference title in SSU’s first year in the conference with a 14-2 record.

In addition to this award, Broadnax was also tabbed the MEAC Coach of the Year for the 2011-12 season.

The former Georgetown point guard took over a program that went 0-28 during the 2004-05 and his teams have shown steady progress going from two wins during the 2005-06 season to 21 wins during the 2011-12 campaign.

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