1. Dereck Whittenburg is currently employed by the athletic department at his alma mater, with his official title being Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support.
17 Facts About Dereck Whittenburg
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Dereck Whittenburg served as head coach at Wagner College and Fordham University.
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Dereck Whittenburg was a high school All-American for Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.
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Dereck Whittenburg was paired with Sidney Lowe as a backcourt combination and together the pair helped lead DeMatha to a national championship his junior year.
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Dereck Whittenburg's cousin was NBA star David Thompson, who had won the national championship while playing for the North Carolina State Wolfpack in 1974.
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Dereck Whittenburg sought to emulate his cousin and play for Norm Sloan at NC State, where he thought he would win a national championship.
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Dereck Whittenburg became a star player under Sloan's successor, Jim Valvano, as he was named second team all-Atlantic Coast Conference as a junior and helped the Wolfpack to the 1983 national championship.
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Dereck Whittenburg was a third-round draft choice for the Phoenix Suns in the 1983 NBA draft.
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In 1985, Dereck Whittenburg became an assistant coach at NC State under Valvano.
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Dereck Whittenburg then followed his head coach from George Mason, Joe Harrington, to Long Beach State, but only stayed there a year before returning to Valvano's staff at his alma mater.
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Dereck Whittenburg returned east in 1993 to join Gale Catlett's West Virginia squad for a year, then returned to the ACC with Bobby Cremins and Georgia Tech.
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Dereck Whittenburg led the Seahawks to three winning campaigns in four years, including a berth in the 2002 National Invitation Tournament and a Northeast Conference championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament in 2003.
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Dereck Whittenburg's success gained the attention of Fordham University, who hired Whittenburg away from Wagner to replace former NBA head coach Bob Hill.
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Dereck Whittenburg struggled as the Rams' head coach, only posting one winning season in six full seasons there.
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On October 23,2015, NC State announced that Dereck Whittenburg had accepted the position of Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support, and would no longer be serving as an assistant coach, effective immediately.
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Dereck Whittenburg was an executive producer for "Survive and Advance", a 30 for 30 documentary detailing NC State's 1983 title run.
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Dereck Whittenburg was an executive producer for "The Gospel According to Mac", a 30 for 30 documentary about Colorado football coach Bill McCartney.