Joe Golding (basketball)
Joe Golding (born October 15, 1975) is an American basketball coach. He is head men's basketball coach for Abilene Christian University and a former assistant coach at University of Arkansas at Little Rock.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Abilene Christian |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 134–139 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 15, 1975 Wichita Falls, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1994–1998 | Abilene Christian |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2001 | South Garland HS (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | Seminole JC (assistant) |
| 2002–2004 | Sachse HS |
| 2004–2005 | Collin County CC (assistant) |
| 2005–2008 | Abilene Christian (assistant) |
| 2008–2011 | Arkansas–Little Rock (assistant) |
| 2011–present | Abilene Christian |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 134–139 (college) 33–24 (high school) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA) 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Southland Tournament (2019) | |
| Awards | |
| Southland Coach of the Year (2019) | |
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian was a member of the Division I Southland Conference from 1968-73, and then dropped down to Division II's Lone Star Conference for a span of forty years (1973-2013).
In the last eight seasons, Golding, a former Wildcat player, has led Abilene Christian from the Lone Star Conference back into the Southland Conference and Division I basketball. Since the Wildcat's return to Division I, the program has shown steady improvement each year - culminating in the team's first winning regular-season since returning to Division I (16-15 in 2017-18) and setting the all-time school record for Division I wins (27) in the 2018-19 season. The previous record for Division I wins was 17. On February 13, 2019, ACU registered its first ever 20-win season in Division I. The following season (2019-20), ACU registered its first ever back-to-back 20-win seasons in Division I.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian Wildcats (Lone Star Conference) (2011–2013) | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | Abilene Christian | 12–16 | 4–14 | ||||||
| 2012–13 | Abilene Christian | 12–14 | 6–12 | ||||||
| Abilene Christian Wildcats (Southland Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Abilene Christian | 11–20 | 2–12 | 13th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Abilene Christian | 10–21 | 4–14 | 12th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Abilene Christian | 13–18 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Abilene Christian | 13–16 | 7–11 | T–8th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Abilene Christian | 16–16 | 8–10 | T–8th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2018–19 | Abilene Christian | 27–7 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2019–20 | Abilene Christian | 20–11 | 15–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| Abilene Christian: | 134–139 (.491) | 58–66 (.468) | |||||||
| Total: | 134–139 (.491) | ||||||||