HOOP HISTORIANS
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 Meet the Hoop Historians

 

Dennis Mishko attended 45 consecutive Final Fours from 1975 to 2019.  Dennis most recently served as Head Coach of the Scranton Steamers basketball team in the Premier Basketball League.  Mishko earned his legendary coaching success as Head Basketball Coach at Keystone College, coaching the Giants to two Division II Junior College National Championship games.  Mishko was named the National Junior College Division II "Coach of the Year" in 1986 and 1989.   He coached eleven different teams which won 20 or more games.  Dennis was also head soccer coach at Keystone College for 21 years and produced 27 All-Americans.  For his efforts, he has over 700 lifetime coaching victories.  In 2006 Mishko was named to the Scranton Times-Tribune Top 25 Area Coaches of All-Time, and in 2008 Dennis was named to the Keystone College Hall of Fame. Dennis also coached soccer at Abington Heights High School in Pennsylvania and won nine consecutive league championships, five district tiles and was named "Coach of the Year" five different times.  Mishko compiled a 164-29-6 record in his nine year career at Abington Heights.  Mishko is a Pennsylvania Athletic Association soccer official and has twice called a PIAA soccer state championship game, and an NCAA ECAC soccer championship game and numerous PIAA state and district basketball contests.  In 2019 Dennis was inducted into the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame.  Dennis was elected by the general membership to a position on the Hoop Historians Board of Directors.  Mishko's three children were selected as members of the Hoop Historians in 2016.  Dennis has been a member of the Hoop Historians Board of Directors since 2009.

Click Here for Dennis Mishko's NCAA Tournament Game Log