Men's Basketball

Mount Vernon Nazarene University

800 Martinsburg Rd - Mount Vernon, OH - 43050
Team Office: Tel: (740) 392-6868 Fax: (740) 392-5079
Team website: www.mvnu.edu/sports/

Founded in 1968, Mount Vernon is a relatively new comprehensive teaching university sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene offering AA, BA, and Masters degrees in more than 80 areas of study. The school offers such majors as Music, Computer Science, Business, Graphic Design, Health Science, and Education. The majority of students are Business majors. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Mount Vernon Nazarene #31 among universities in the midwest offering a Bachelor's degree.

The campus is located in Mount Vernon (pop. 16k) about 45 minutes northeast of Columbus.

School website
www.mvnu.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Private, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

Yes. Nazarene

Enrollment:

2,549

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 20-25

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$23,000
Out-of-State: same

Most Popular Majors

Business (59%) - Education - Philosophy

Misc. Information

Head coach Scott Flemming completed his 18th season at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in 2007-08. Prior to his arrival in 1990-91, the program was a perrenial cellar dweller. During his 18 years, Flemming has compiled an overall record of 374-217 – the most wins of any coach in the program’s 40-year history - and during the last 12 seasons has produced eleven 20+ winning seasons while going 275-116. During that time the program has also made six NAIA tournament appearances. Prior to coming to Mount Vernon, Flemming was an assistant coach at both Wheaton (Ill.) College and the University of South Alabama, an NCAA Division I school, and then as the head coach at Nyack (N.Y.) College. The Cougars went 23-8 in 2007-08 but were beaten in the NAIA tournament second round by Oregon Tech.

Team Name	Cougars
Colors	Blue and Green
Division	NAIA II
All-Time Record	574-599 (.489)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	23-8	25-7	27-9	106-62 (.630)
Conference	9-5	15-3	13-5	52-35 (.597)
Conf. Finish	3	1	2	3, 2, 8, 4, 6
Post Appear.	1st Rnd	2nd Rnd	Elite 8	NAIA 1x
Final 25 Rank	#22	#10	#15	?

Coaches

Head Coach	Scott Flemming
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Mount Vernon Nazarene	1990-91
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	417-264 (.612)
Record at Mount Vernon Nazarene	374-217 (.632)
Coaching Awards	Nat'l COTY 2x, Mid-Ohio COTY (98)

Asst. Coaches	Ryan Frost, Jerry Smith,Bryan Wyant

Recruiting Coordinator

Scott Flemming, (740) 392-6868 x3101, sflemmin@mvnu.edu

Conference and Schedule

Mount Vernon plays in the American Mideast Conference (www.amcsports.org) the largest and one of the most formidable conferences in the NAIA. The conference has recently expanded and is now comprised of schools outside of Ohio. The conference is split into North and South divisions. Mount Vernon plays in the South and plays each team twice in its own division only, home and away. Conference play can begin in December but non-league opponents are mixed in until January. League games are often played on Tuesday and Saturdays and are piggybacked with the women's. The season concludes with the AMC tourney with the top AMC South team playing the top AMC North team to determine the overall AMC champion. Both of those teams get automatic berths in the NAIA II Tournament. The next four teams in each division square off with the tourney winner getting the third and final automatic berth in the NAIA II Tournament.

Conference Opponents

South: Walsh, Rio Grande, Shawnee State, Ohio Dominican, Wilberforce, and Cedarville.

Facilities

P.E. Center, Capacity: 2,000
Avg. Attendance: 1,200

Style/Stats

The style of play is built around an up-tempo offense and a stingy half-court defense. In 2007-08, Mount Vernon was ranked #15 in offense, averaging 82.6 ppg.