Tuesday, April 10, 2007

John Pelphrey


John Pelphrey has been named head basketball coach at Arkansas. Pelphrey spent the past five years as the head coach at South Alabama. After going 14-14 in 2003, 12-16 in 2004 and 10-18 in 2005, his 2006 squad had the best turnaround in the nation, finishing 24-7. This past season, despite losing his top three scorers from 2005, USA went 20-12. The Paintsville, Ky., native went to South Alabama following six seasons as an assistant under Donovan at Florida from 1997-2002. He was also an assistant under Donovan for two years at Marshall in 1995 and ’96.

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