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Biography
Mark Edward Phelps (born January 22, 1966) is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant at the University of Arizona. Prior to Arizona, Phelps spent the 2013-14 season as an assistant coach for Marquette University. His most recent head coaching job was with the Drake University men's basketball team. He was named the 25th head basketball coach at Drake University and successor to Keno Davis on April 21, 2008. He was fired by Drake on March 14, 2013. He has a B.S. in physical education from Old Dominion University, which he received in 1996, and is a 1984 graduate of Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
On May 18, 2015, Phelps was hired as an assistant to Sean Miller's staff at the University of Arizona. Phelps was hired to replace assistant Damon Stoudamire who left to return to his old position under Josh Pastner at the University of Memphis.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake (Missouri Valley Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Drake | 17–16 | 7–11 | T–8th | CIT, First Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Drake | 14–19 | 7–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Drake | 13–18 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Drake | 18–16 | 9–9 | T–3rd | CIT, Second Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Drake | 15–17 | 7–11 | T–7th | |||||
| Drake: | 77–86 | 37–53 | |||||||
| Total: | 77–86 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||