Marshall Retires D'Antoni's Jersey

New York Kicks Head Coach Mike D'Antoni was honored by his alma mater at the 2009 Big Green Banquet with the retirement of the #10 that he wore as a standout at Marshall from 1970 to 1973. He is is the seventh Marshall men's basketball player to have his jersey retired. In his three seasons at Marshall, D'Antoni led the Thundering Herd to a 59-21 overall record and berths in both the NCAA (1971-72 season) and NIT (1972-73 season) post-season tournaments. He helped the 1971-72 team to a 23-4 overall record and a national ranking of 12th in the final Associated Press Poll - the highest final ranking in school history at the Division I level.
The Mullens, W. Va., native is Marshall's only two-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American (1972 and 1973) and holds the school record for career assists per game with 8.23 per contest. He ranks second all-time in total assists with 659 despite playing just three seasons of varsity basketball. D'Antoni set a school-record for single-season assists with 241 and assists per game in a single season with 8.9 during the 1971-72 season. All of those marks still stand. (courtesy of herdzone.com)