The fourth-ranked and unbeaten Hope College Flying Dutch gave head coach Brian Morehouse another milestone victory with a 95-58 win against Saint Mary’s on Senior Day Saturday at DeVos Fieldhouse. Morehouse is now 500-76 in 20 seasons as head coach.
“There’s no better place than Hope. There’s no better place that I’d rather do this,” Morehouse told an enthused DeVos Fieldhouse crowd of 1,130 during a post-game ceremony honoring him. “I have great players. I get way too much of the credit honestly.”
Morehouse is the 28th Division III women’s basketball coach all-time to reach 500 wins and 18th current one.
Under Coach Morehouse, the Flying Dutch have won 20-or-more games 17 consecutive seasons, claimed 12 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) titles, made 14 trips to the NCAA tournament, including two Final Four appearances and a Division III national championship in 2006.
Morehouse was chosen the 2005-06 Division III national coach of the year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and the publication DIII News. The Detroit Free Press included Morehouse among the state’s top sports figures in 2006 and among the candidates for the newspaper’s annual “Michigan’s Best” honor roll. Three times in his career, (2001-02, 2002-03 and 2008-09), he has been voted the Regional Coach of the Year by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA). He has been named the Michigan Collegiate women’s basketball coach of the year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan three times in his career (2001-02, 2007-08, 2011-12).
Seasons: 20
Overall Record: 500-76, .868
Home Floor Record: 274-24, .919 (DeVos Arena 161-5, Dow Center 113-19)
Away Record: 236-52, .819
MIAA Record: 12 championships, 254-32, .888
NCAA Record: 14 appearances, 32-14, .696
Milestone Games Under Coach Morehouse
First Game Coached – at Grand Valley 71, Hope 45, 11-22-96
Victory #1 – at Hope 72, Saint Mary’s 46, 11-26-96 (3rd game as coach)
Victory #100 – at Hope 89, Rochester 26, 11-20-01 (138th game)
Victory #200 – at Hope 89, Kalamazoo 66, 2-22-05 (250th game)
Victory #300 – at Hope 73, Olivet 42, 1-17-09 (358th game)
Victory #400 – Hope 62, at Defiance 56, 11-20-12 (468th game)
Victory #500 – Hope 95, Saint Mary’s 58, 2-6-16 (576th game)
First Win in MIAA – Hope 65, at Albion 57, 1-15-97
First Win vs. Calvin – at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00 (after seven losses)
Clinched First MIAA Title – at Hope 59, Calvin 36, 2-15-00
First NCAA Game – at Baldwin-Wallace 75, Hope 71, 3-2-98
First NCAA Win – at Hope 87, Thomas More, Ky. 76, 3-2-02 (after three losses)
First DeVos Fieldhouse Game – Hope 94, Edgewood, Wisc. 55, 11-19-05
First NCAA Final Four Appearance – Hope 59, Scranton, Pa. 56, 3-17-06
National Championship Game – Hope 69, Southern Maine 56, 3-18-06
National Championship Game – Washington, Mo. 65, Hope 59, 3-20-10
Coach Brian Morehouse Year-by-Year
| W | L | Pct. | MIAA | NCAA | |
| 2015-16 | 21 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
| 2014-15 | 25 | 5 | .833 | Second | Lost Sectional Semis |
| 2013-14 | 28 | 1 | .966 | First | Lost Second Round |
| 2012-13 | 27 | 2 | .858 | First-tie | Lost Sectional Finals |
| 2011-12 | 22 | 5 | .815 | Second | — |
| 2010-11 | 27 | 3 | .900 | First-tie | Lost Second Round |
| 2009-10 | 32 | 2 | .941 | First | Second in Nation |
| 2008-09 | 28 | 2 | .933 | First | Lost Sectional Finals |
| 2007-08 | 30 | 1 | .968 | First | Lost Sectional Finals |
| 2006-07 | 24 | 4 | .857 | Second | Lost First Round |
| 2005-06 | 33 | 1 | .971 | First | National Champions |
| 2004-05 | 23 | 4 | .889 | First-tie | — |
| 2003-04 | 23 | 4 | .889 | Second | — |
| 2002-03 | 31 | 1 | .968 | First | Lost Sectional Finals |
| 2001-02 | 27 | 3 | .900 | First | Lost Sectional Semis |
| 2000-01 | 25 | 3 | .893 | First | Lost 2nd Round |
| 1999-00 | 21 | 5 | .808 | First | — |
| 1998-99 | 20 | 7 | .741 | Third | Lost First Round |
| 1997-98 | 16 | 11 | .593 | Second | Lost First Round |
| 1996-97 | 15 | 12 | .556 | Fourth | — |
| Career | 479 | 76 | .863 |
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