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North Florida assistant Mike Summey has been selected as the new head men’s basketball coach at Bethany, as announced Tuesday by president Scott Miller.

Summey was chosen from a field of more than 60 applicants, including several current head coaches, to take over a Bison program which has won three PAC titles in the last four years and five in the last eight seasons. He takes over the reins from Aaron Huffman, who resigned in mid-March to take a position in West Liberty State’s financial aid office and spend more time with his family.

"I am humbled and honored to be named the head basketball coach at Bethany College,” said Summey. “The opportunity to work under the presidential leadership of Dr. Scott Miller and enter into such a tradition-rich basketball program is tremendous.”

“Mike Summey is one of the bright young minds in college basketball and we are very excited he is going to lead our men’s basketball program,” said Miller. “He rose to the top of a deep and experienced applicant pool, which included 62 candidates, including six current head coaches. With his experience at the Division I and Division II levels, we are looking forward to Mike continuing the success of our program.”

Summey becomes the 24th men’s basketball coach in Bethany history after a two-year stint at North Florida. He coordinated all recruiting efforts at UNF and aided in the program’s transition to Division I, as the Ospreys just finished their second season at that level.

Prior to his time at North Florida, Summey served for two years as an assistant coach at The Citadel. His career also includes stops at Queens University in Charlotte as the top assistant in 2003-04 and four seasons as an assistant at Saint Francis (Pa.).

A native of Hickory, N.C., Summey earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from North Carolina State in 1997. After working as the head undergraduate manager during his senior year, he was a graduate manager for two years and assisted with then-head coach Herb Sendek’s transition to N.C. State.

On the hardwood, the Bethany program just celebrated their 100th season of men’s basketball in 2007-08 by claiming their PrAC-record 12th conference title and earning its sixth bid to the NCAA Tournament. Although BC loses a pair of All-PAC players in guards Brody Jackson, the PrAC Player of the Year, and Marcus Adams, they will return three starters and a total of eight players who saw time in 18 or more games this season.

“The on-court success and classroom achievements which have highlighted 100 years of Bethany basketball will continue,” said Summey. “My staff and I will work tirelessly to give Dr. Miller and the Bethany community a product they will be proud to call their own."

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