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Everhart, 46, has compiled a 201-204 (.496) record in 14 seasons as a head coach with two dramatic turnarounds to his credit.

At Northeastern, he inherited a program that averaged fewer than nine wins in the six seasons prior to his arrival and produced 19, 21 and 19 victories in his final three years. In his five seasons at the Boston, Mass. school, the Huskies averaged 16.4 wins.

His 2004-05 team, which finished second in the America East Conference with a 15-3 record (21-10 overall), advanced to the postseason conference tournament championship game where it lost to NCAA Tournament Cinderella Vermont. The `05 Huskies went on to earn an NIT bid - marking Northeastern's first postseason appearance in 14 years.

In 2005-06, he led the Huskies to a 19-11 record and 12-6 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association. His starting point guard, Jose Juan Barea, was named CAA Player of the Year and forward Shawn James earned Defensive Player of the Year honors.

At McNeese State, Everhart ended a streak of six consecutive sub-.500 seasons by leading the Cowboys to a 15-12 mark in 1995-96 - his second season at the Lake Charles, La. school. His seven-year stay culminated with a 22-9 record and Southland Conference regular-season title in 2000-01. The 2000-01 Cowboys, who won 19 of their last 20 games before losing the Southland Conference championship game by a point, earned the school's first postseason bid in 12 years when they accepted an invitation to the NIT.

A proponent of up-tempo basketball, Everhart saw his McNeese State teams lead the Southland Conference in scoring twice and field goal percentage three times. At Northeastern, his Huskies led the America East Conference in scoring for three consecutive seasons from 2002-03 through 2004-05. He continued that stretch as his 2005-06 Huskies led the Colonial Athletic Association in scoring with a 75.2 points per game scoring average. Not to be outdone, Everhart's 2006-07 Duquesne Dukes averaged and Atlantic 10-best 78.3 points per game, including a 82.9 ppg. average in 16 conference games. In 2007-08, Duquesne finished the year ranked fifth nationally with an 82.3 ppg. scoring average. The 82.3 points per game were the most by a DU team since 1974-75.

Everhart, who was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2000-01 and America East Coach of the Year in 2004-05, has produced at least one first team all-conference player in nine of his 14 seasons as a head coach. He had at least one all-rookie team player in four of five seasons at Northeastern and has added two in each of his two seasons at Duquesne.

Prior to accepting the head coaching job at McNeese State, Everhart spent six seasons as an assistant under Perry Clark at Tulane. While at Tulane, Everhart played a major role in resurrecting a Green Wave program that had disbanded from 1985-86 through 1988-89. He recruited three-straight Metro Conference Freshman of the Year award-winners and accompanied the Green Wave to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1991-92 and 1992-93.

A 1985 graduate of Virginia Tech, Everhart got his start as a college coach as a graduate assistant for Bobby Cremins' 1985-86 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Georgia Tech team. He then moved on to Virginia Military Institute for two seasons (1986-87 and 1987-88) before arriving at Tulane.

Everhart played his final season of high school basketball for the legendary Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md. where he earned first team Catholic Prep All-America honors. Prior to attending DeMatha, Everhart was a basketball and baseball letterman at his hometown Fairmont West High.

Everhart and his wife, Mirchana, who was born and raised in Grafton, West Virginia, are the parents of twins Ronnie and Gianna.