America East Basketball: Top 10 head coaches of the century (2000-20)

By Joey Loose | Jul 12, 2020

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 16: K.J. Maura #11 of the UMBC Retrievers stands with head coach Ryan Odom on the sideline during their game against the Virginia Cavaliers during the first round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Spectrum Center on March 16, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) /

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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 08: Jordan Roland #12 of the Northeastern Huskies (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

10. Ron Everhart – Northeastern (2001-2005)

Everhart has led an intriguing coaching career, with great success as head coach at McNeese State before taking the Northeastern job in 2001. While he’s never led a team to the NCAA Tournament, Everhart still had some pretty solid seasons with the Huskies before they departed the America East.

He inherited a program that hadn’t been above .500 in six years and moved them towards contender status. The Huskies number of wins and conference standing improved in each of his four seasons, improving all the way to 21 wins by 2005. That season also ended in a second-place conference finish and a trip to the NIT. Northeastern would have been in good shape to contend going forward had they not departed for the CAA that offseason.

Everhart stayed with Northeastern until taking the Duquesne job in 2006. When that tenure came to an end, he became an assistant under Bob Huggins at West Virginia, where he remains to this day. He won a few regular-season titles with McNeese State in the Southland, but you can argue that his work rebuilding Northeastern was some of his best success. He certainly laid the foundation for the NCAA Tournament bids that successor Bill Coen has achieved with the Huskies.

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