Jim Platt (basketball coach)

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Name = Jim Platt
Sport = Basketball
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College = Army
Title = Assistant coach
Awards = Big South Coach of the Year (2001)
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OverallRecord = 111-148 (.429)
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Years = 1969–1973
Team = Concordia
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CoachYears = 1973–1978
1978–1984
1984–1990
1990–1994
1994–1997
1997–2000
2000–2005
2005–present
CoachTeams = Luther HS
Illinois State (asst.)
DePaul (asst.)
Arkansas-Little Rock
Tulsa (asst.)
Florida State (asst.)
Charleston Southern
Army (asst.)
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Jim Platt (born in Aurora, Illinois) is an assistant coach with the Army Black Knights basketball team. He has previously served as head coach at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Charleston Southern University.

Platt arrived at the Academy after spending the previous five seasons at Charleston Southern, picking up Big South Conference Coach of the Year honors in his first season at the helm. The Buccaneers were 55-89 under his leadership.

Prior to his arrival in Charleston, Platt worked as an assistant coach at Florida State University for three years, which itself was preceded by another three-year assistant's job at the University of Tulsa.

Platt arrived at Tulsa after being relieved of his duties at his first head coaching job at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Platt worked for four years at the helm of the Trojan program, accruing a record of 56-59 between 1990 and 1994.

Platt started his collegiate coaching career in 1978 at Illinois State University, where he stayed for six years. He left Illinois State to join Joey Meyer's coaching staff at DePaul University in 1984, where he spent another six years as an assistant.

He is an alumnus of Concordia University Chicago, where he played both basketball and baseball as an undergrad. In 2003, Platt was inducted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame.

After graduating from Concordia in 1973, Platt got his start in coaching at Illinois' Luther High School, where he stayed for five years before transitioning to the collegiate level.

References

* [http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=56258&SPID=4606&DB_OEM_ID=11100&ATCLID=612026&Q_SEASON=2006 Bio at Army's athletics site]