Brian Boyer

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Brian Boyer
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Biographical details
Born (1969-10-24) October 24, 1969 (age 54)
Memphis, Missouri
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1993 Missouri Western (asst. men's program)
1993–1995 Missouri Western (asst. women's program)
1995–1999 Arkansas State (asst.)
1999–2019 Arkansas State
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Championship (2003–04; 2013–14; 2015–16)
Awards
4x Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year (2003–04; 2004–05; 2013–14; 2015–16)
Records
333–287 (.537)

Brian Boyer (born October 24, 1969) is a former American college basketball coach.

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Boyer was the head coach women's basketball coach at Arkansas State University for 20 years and compiled an overall record of 333–287. He won more games than any coach (men's or women's) in the school's history. [1]

Early life and education

Boyer was born in Memphis, Missouri, a small farming community in the Northern part of the state. He attended Missouri Western where he earned a bachelor's degree in Physical Education in 1993. [2]

Coaching career

Missouri Western

Upon arriving at Missouri Western as a student, Boyer began working as assistant with the men's program in 1989 and moved to assistant with the men's program in 1993. [3]

During his time at Missouri Western, the Griffons made five NCAA Division II appearances (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1995) and captured two conference championships and advanced to the Sweet 16 in 1990 while with the men's program.

After moving into his role with the women's program, Missouri Western and Boyer continued their joint success as the program made two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 1994 and a Final Four berth in 1995. [2]

Arkansas State

In 1995, Boyer arrived at Arkansas State as an assistant under Jeff Mittie, who is the current head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats. Upon Mittie's departure in August 1999 to become the head coach at TCU, [4] Boyer was promoted to the position of head coach.

In his first season as head coach in 1999–00, Boyer guided A-State to an 18–12 overall record and a second straight trip to the Women's National Invitation Tournament.

His teams returned to the postseason in 2003–04 and 2004–05, both of which resulted in appearances in the WNIT. During the 2005 tournament, A-State hosted Arkansas at the Convocation Center in front of the largest crowd in arena history at 10,892. A-State won the game 98–84 and advanced to quarterfinals where the squad fell to Iowa. [5] In 2013–14 Boyer's teams began a run of three consecutive WNIT berths that also included two regular season Sun Belt Conference championships. During the run the Red Wolves played in the Sun Belt Conference championship game twice and compiled 75 wins during the span. [2]

The 2013–14 season proved to be one of major significance for Boyer as he became the Sun Belt Conference's all-time leader in league victories, passing former La Tech coach Leon Barmore and former Florida International coach Cindy Russo who each had 136 wins on the sidelines. [2]

Arkansas State missed the NCAA Tournament in 2014–15 despite compiling a record of 23–10 during the regular season. [6] A-State also missed the NCAA Tournament at the end of 2015–16 season despite an 18-game winning streak [7] and a 26–5 record during the regular season.

During the run, Boyer won two Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors and helped Aundrea Gamble become the first player in league history to win three consecutive Student-Athlete of the Year honors. [8]

Coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Arkansas State (Sun Belt Conference)(1999–2019)
1999–00Arkansas State 18–128–85thWNIT
2000–01Arkansas State 14–148–8T-6th
2001–02Arkansas State 12–166–8T-7th
2002–03Arkansas State 12–185–99th
2003–04Arkansas State 19–1010–4T-1stWNIT
2004–05Arkansas State 21–1111–3T-2ndWNIT
2005–06Arkansas State 15–157–76th
2006–07Arkansas State 21–1311–75thWNIT
2007–08Arkansas State 20–1213–23rd
2008–09Arkansas State 16–1410–8T-2nd
2009–10Arkansas State 13–187–117th
2010–11Arkansas State 18–149–7T-5th
2011–12Arkansas State 12–186–109th
2012–13Arkansas State 15–1512–84th
2013–14Arkansas State 22–1214–41stWNIT
2014–15Arkansas State 24–1116–42ndWNIT
2015–16Arkansas State 27–619–11stWNIT
2016–17Arkansas State 7–254–1411th
2017–18Arkansas State 15–1510–8T-7th
2018–19Arkansas State 12–187–119th
Arkansas State:333–287 (.537)193–145 (.571)
Total:333–287 (.537)

      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


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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". Web1.ncaa.org. 1999-03-20. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Head Coach Brian Boyer - Arkansas State Athletics Official Web Site". Astateredwolves.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  3. ↑ "Rivals". Arkansasstate.n.rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Jeff Mittie Bio - TCU Horned Frogs Official Athletic Site". Gofrogs.Com. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  5. ↑ "New rivalry? Arkansas still hesitant to embrace Arkansas State". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Arkansas State women miss NCAA Tournament, to play in WNIT". Usatoday.com. 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  7. ↑ "A-State Women's Basketball Claims Outright Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Championship". Astate.edu. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  8. ↑ "ASU's Gamble becomes first three-time Sun Belt Women's Student-Athlete of the Year". THV11.com. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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