1. Ronald Eugene Hunter was born on April 7,1964 and is an American college basketball coach and the men's basketball head coach of the Tulane University Green Wave.
13 Facts About Ron Hunter
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Ron Hunter's son, R J Hunter, was a first-round NBA draft pick for the Boston Celtics.
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From 1994 to 2011, Ron Hunter served as the head coach at IUPUI.
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Under his direction, the team advanced from an NAIA program to NCAA Division I In its third season as a Division I program, Hunter led IUPUI to its first, and thus far only, NCAA tournament appearance in 2003.
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On January 24,2008, Ron Hunter coached a game against Oakland University while barefoot.
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Ron Hunter did this to benefit Samaritan's Feet, a foundation that works to provide hope and love to impoverished children around the world by washing their feet and giving them a new pair of shoes.
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Ron Hunter's goal was to collect 40,000 shoes; however, before tip-off, over 110,000 pairs of shoes had been donated.
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On March 21,2011, it was announced Ron Hunter would replace Rod Barnes as the Georgia State Panthers' men's basketball head coach.
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Ron Hunter captured national attention for a moment that occurred in the 2015 NCAA tournament.
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On November 20,2017, in a win over Eastern Washington, Ron Hunter earned his 400th career win.
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Ron Hunter has played a key role in the ongoing transformation of the athletics culture at Georgia State, particularly with the basketball program and their continuing ascension from being one of the most unsuccessful programs in NCAA Division I history to being one of the premier Mid-Major programs in the nation.
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Ron Hunter notched a win against crosstown foe, Georgia Tech, in a 2017 charity exhibition known as the 'A-Town Showdown for Hurricane Relief'.
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On March 24,2019, Ron Hunter was named the head coach at Tulane, replacing Mike Dunleavy.