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| DAVID SIX HEAD WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH HAMPTON UNIVERSITY |
“We are extremely fortunate to have David Six as our head coach and are pleased with the program’s success thus far,” Director of Athletics Novelle Dickenson said. “Coach Six has a great passion for Hampton and we are excited about what the future has in store.”
This extension keeps Six at Hampton through the 2018-19 season.
“Coach Six is a fine coach who understands the balance needed as an athlete and a student,” Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey said. “Not only do his young ladies perform on the basketball court, but they also perform well in the classroom. Hampton University is pleased to continue its long-term relationship with such a fine coach.”
Six is coming off yet another 20-win season and his fourth straight MEAC Tournament championship. The Lady Pirates went 28-6 this past season, setting a program Division I record for wins in a season, and they became the second MEAC program in conference history to win the tournament four straight times.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to continue to lead the Lady Pirates for five more years,” Six said. “I am also appreciative of the commitment and the support for me and my family from the university administration – in particular Dr. Harvey and Mr. Dickenson. My journey started here at Hampton; it has been rewarding and I have been blessed. However, there still remains some unfinished business and I look forward to the challenge.”
For his efforts, Six was named the MEAC Coach of the Year – marking the second time he’s earned that honor. The Lady Pirates went unbeaten in MEAC play in 2012-13, a program first and just the fifth time in MEAC history a women’s program went unbeaten in conference play.
Hampton is also the second women’s program in MEAC history to go unbeaten in conference play and win the conference tournament in the same season.
The 2012-13 season also saw the Lady Pirates go 3-3 against schools from so-called “BCS conferences” – while the rest of the MEAC was 1-24. Hampton beat such schools as LSU and Mississippi State, and the Lady Pirates set a program Div. I record with a 19-game winning streak from Jan. 2 through March 16.
The Lady Pirates have won the MEAC Tournament in each of Six’s four years at the program, and Hampton has also won the last three MEAC regular-season titles. In his first four years as a college coach, Six is 99-30 overall and 58-6 in conference play.
Six is also 12-0 in the MEAC Tournament.
The Lady Pirates led the nation in scoring defense this past season, giving up just 47.8 points per game. Hampton was second in the nation in scoring defense in 2011-12, 12th in the nation in 2010-11, and 14th in the nation in 2009-10, Six’s first at the helm.
This past season, Hampton was also third in the nation in both field goal percentage defense and 3-point field goal percentage defense.
For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.
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