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Jamion Christian
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamMount St. Mary’s
Record6–11
Biographical details
Born (1982-04-18) April 18, 1982 (age 42)
Quinton, VA
Playing career
Position(s)Guard
Head coaching record
Overall24–25

Jamion Christian (born April 18, 1982)[1] is an American college basketball coach. He is the current and 22nd head coach of men’s basketball at Mount St. Mary's University.[2]

Biography

Christian was born and raised in Quinton, Virginia. As a shooting guard, he led New Kent High School to a Virginia High School League State Championship with a 26–0 record and earned the VHSL Group A State Player of the Year honors. Christian then became a shooting guard and a three-year captain for Mount St. Mary's under head coaches Jim Phelan and Milan Brown.

Assistant coaching career

Christian began his coaching career as an assistant at Emory and Henry College (2004–06), Bucknell (2006–08), and William & Mary (2008–11). Christian then served as an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth (2011–12) under head coach Shaka Smart, helping the Rams to the third round of the 2012 NCAA tournament.

Head coaching career

Mount St. Mary's University hired Christian as head coach on March 26, 2012. Christian implemented an up-tempo offense and “mayhem” defense, comparable to VCU's "havoc" defense popularized by Shaka Smart. During the 2013-13 season, the Mountaineers qualified for the NEC Tournament for the first time since the 2009–10 season. As a No. 5 seed, Mount St. Mary's upset Bryant and [2012–13 Robert Morris Colonials men's basketball team|Robert Morris]], but lost to Long Island University in the championship game.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (Northeast Conference) (2012–present)
2012–13 Mount St. Mary's 18–14 11–7 T–5th
2013–14 Mount St. Mary's 6–11 2-2 T–6th
Mount St. Mary's: 24–25 13-9
Total: 24–25

      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

References

  1. ^ http://www.vcuathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/201203284zq7u1
  2. ^ http://www.mountathletics.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/index
  3. ^ http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2013/3/9/MBB_SemiRecaps_13.aspx

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