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:: Head Coach
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| Mike Leeder
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| Email:
| mleeder@canes.gsw.edu
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| Phone:
| (229) 931-2230
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| SSC 2303
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| Carrer Wins:
| 122
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| Carrer Losses:
| 116
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:: About
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| Mike Leeder will enter his third year as the men's head
basketball coach at Georgia Southwestern State University during
the 2008-09 season. Prior to becoming men's head basketball coach,
Leeder served as the assistant men's basketball coach for three
seasons, helping the Hurricanes to 59 overall wins and an
appearance in the 2003-04 NAIA National Championship Tournament in
Kansas City, MO. In the summer of 2007, Leeder was
also named the head coach for the U.S. basketball team
participating in the 2007 Arafura games in Darwin, Australia.
Leeder guided the team to a gold medal defeating the host
country, The Northern Territory team in the finals. Prior to
arriving at Georgia Southwestern, Leeder was the head men's
basketball coach at Longwood University, located in Farmville,
Virginia. In his four seasons at the helm he transformed the
Longwood program into a National Top 10 team, and led the Lancers
to the only conference championship in the schools' history. He
guided the nationally- ranked Lancers to the best NCAA Division II
one-season turnaround during 2000-01 at +19 for an overall record
of 23-8. That team advanced to the NCAA Division II East Regional
Semi-Finals, and established 41 school records. The team also
featured the NCAA Division II National Player of the Year, Colin
Ducharme. Leeder is a former associate head coach at Kentucky
Wesleyan College, and in 1998-99 he helped KWC to an overall record
of 35-2, and the 1999 NCAA Division II National Championship. Prior
to his one year at Kentucky Wesleyan, he founded and coached the
inaugural men's basketball team at NAIA Thomas (Ga.) University
from 1995-98 while serving as the school's athletic director. His
overall college coaching record is 129-135, including a 28-33
record as head coach at Georgia Southwestern. Leeder, a Coral
Springs, Fla. native received his bachelor's degree in history
from Florida State University and earned a master's
degree in education from Nova Southeastern University. Leeder
and his wife, Jodie, have two children Michael (11) and Alyssa
(8). The Leeders reside in Ellaville.
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:: Staff
| Name:
| Matt Stearsman
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| Title:
| Assistant Coach
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| Email:
| mstears@gsw.edu
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| Phone:
| (229) 931-6990
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| Office:
| SSC 1230
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| About:
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| Matt Stearsman will enter his second season as an
assistant coach at Georgia Southwestern State University for the
2007-2008 season. Matt comes to GSW from Oklahoma City University
where he was an assistant from 2005-2007, helping the Stars to a
64-10 record over the two seasons. Stearsman helped lead the Stars
to the 2007 NAIA National Championship and a 2006 NAIA National
Runners-Up finish. In 2007 Stearsman coached NAIA Third Team
All-American Nick Covington. Prior to his stay at Oklahoma City
University, Stearsman was a student assistant at Kentucky Wesleyan
College from 2002-2005. In 2003 the Panthers were the NCAA Division
II National Runners-Up. The team featured the NCAA Division II
National Player of the Year, Marlon Parmer. Before going to
Kentucky Wesleyan, Stearsman was an assistant at his alma mater
high school, Hopkins County Central in Mortons Gap, KY. Stearsman
is a native of Mortons Gap, KY and a 2001 graduate of Hopkins
County Central and a 2006 graduate of Oklahoma City University with
a B.A. in English.
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