The 2008-09 season will mark Samuel Hanger's seventh season as head coach of the Fayetteville State Broncos men's basketball team. The 2007-08 Broncos ended the season in the CIAA Championship Game. Unfortunately, the captivating run for the championship trophy ended with a 57-65 loss to Johnson C. Smith University. FSU finished the season one game under 500 at 14-15. Hanger's career record at FSU now stands at 115-86 in six years. He has accumulated an overall career record of 203 wins and 187 losses in 14 years. Samuel Hanger joined the Broncos staff in 1998-99 as an assistant coach under Michael Bernard. In 2002, Hanger was offered the head position. Fayetteville State finished its first season under Hanger with an 11-17 record. The Broncos improved with the 2003-04 season as FSU completed the year with an 18-11 overall record and a winning percentage 62.1. Fayetteville State excelled to the second round of the CIAA Tournament. In his third season, Samuel Hanger guided his Broncos to his first CIAA championship game. In the previous rounds, FSU defeated Elizabeth City State in the first round, Bowie State in the quarter-finals, Johnson C. Smith in the semi-finals, but loss 71-82 in the finals to Virginia Union. The overall record was 14-17. The 2005-06 team finished 14-13 while the 2006-07 squad had a 15-13 record. Prior to FSU, Samuel Hanger was the head coach at the CIAA sister institution of Winston-Salem State University from the Fall of 1995 through the Spring of 1998. The three years at WSSU, Hanger compiled a 36-45 record. He finished his final two seasons with a 500 or better winning percentage. The Rams finished the 1996-97 season 15-13 while the following squad finished 14-14. At the time, Hanger had a 2-3 CIAA tournament record. His Rams where in the tournament's semi-final round in 1997 and 1998. Samuel Hanger had a successful era as a head coach of The Pride at Greensboro College. He won a total of 81 games with 56 losses in his five-year stint. Greensboro College won the Dixie Conference tournament and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament in 1995. The 1994 season produced a #4 national ranking, a #1 DII South Region ranking, a Dixie Conference Championship and a visit to the NCAA DIII "Elite Eight". The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) honored Hanger as the 1994 South Region Coach of the Year. The Pride was ranked #7 in the South Region in 1993. Before this southern experience, Coach Hanger gained the majority of his wisdom while in the New England area of the United States. Hanger was as an assistant at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Amherst. In 1988, Amherst was crowned the ECAC "New England Champions". Hanger was also an assistant at American International College, the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and St. John's University in Jamaica, NY. During the time span of 1981-83, Sam Hanger served as the head coach of the Greenfield Community College basketball team. Under his direction, the junior college was the 1982 MCCAC Runner-up. Samuel Hanger is working to complete his Doctorate's Degree in Organizational behavior at the University of Massachusetts. He received his Master's Degree in Education from UMASS and his Bachelor's Degree in Black Literature from SUNY-Binghamton in 1974. In 2002, Hanger graduated from the NCAA's Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority for males. In addition to his coaching assignment, Hanger is a lecturer with the Department of Health, Physical Education and Human Services. Samuel and his with Cynthia reside in Greensboro, North Carolina and are the proud parents of Ayana and Cameron. Some Coaching Highlights Fayetteville State University Winston-Salem State University |
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