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John Michael McConathy (born December 27, 1955) is an American former basketball coach and the winningest college basketball coach in Louisiana history. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana from 1999 to 2022.[1] He was raised in Bossier City and played college basketball at Louisiana Tech, earning honorable mention All-American honors. From 1983 to 1999, McConathy was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board. He was hired as head coach at Northwestern State in March 1999.[2]

Mike McConathy

Biographical details
Born	(1955-12-27) December 27, 1955 (age 66)
Playing career
1973–1977	Louisiana Tech
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1999	Bossier Parish CC
1999–2022	Northwestern State
Head coaching record
Overall	330–377 (.467)
Tournaments	NCAA Division I: 1–3 CIT: 0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3× Southland tournament (2001, 2006, 2013) 2× Southland regular season (2005, 2006) Southland East Division (2007)
Awards
As player: Southland Player of the Year (1976) Louisiana Tech Athletic Hall of Fame (2011) As head coach: 2× Southland Coach of the Year (2005, 2006)

He is the son of the late John McConathy, a former NBA player who was selected fifth overall in the 1951 NBA draft. John McConathy was a superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board prior to his retirement in 1983.[3]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Northwestern State Demons (Southland Conference) (1999–2022)
1999–2000	Northwestern State	17–13	11–7	T–4th
2000–01	Northwestern State	19–13	11–9	T–4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2001–02	Northwestern State	13–18	8–10	9th
2002–03	Northwestern State	6–21	6–14	10th
2003–04	Northwestern State	11–17	8–8	T–5th
2004–05	Northwestern State	21–12	13–3	T–1st
2005–06	Northwestern State	26–8	15–1	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2006–07	Northwestern State	17–15	10–6	1st (East)
2007–08	Northwestern State	15–18	9–7	T–2nd (East)
2008–09	Northwestern State	11–20	3–13	T–5th (East)
2009–10	Northwestern State	10–19	5–11	T–4th (East)
2010–11	Northwestern State	18–14	10–6	2nd (East)
2011–12	Northwestern State	16–16	8–8	3rd (East)
2012–13	Northwestern State	23–9	15–3	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2013–14	Northwestern State	17–14	12–6	4th
2014–15	Northwestern State	19–13	13–5	T–3rd	CIT first round
2015–16	Northwestern State	8–20	5–13	12th
2016–17	Northwestern State	13–16	7–11	T–8th
2017–18	Northwestern State	4–25	1–17	13th
2018–19	Northwestern State	11–20	6–12	11th
2019–20	Northwestern State	15–15	11–9	T–4th
2020–21	Northwestern State	11–18	9–7	5th
2021–22	Northwestern State	9–23	5–9	6th
Northwestern State:		330–377 (.467)	201–195 (.508)
Total:		330–377 (.467)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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