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Two-time conference champion and coach of the year, Mark Turgeon has led three programs to 14 applicable postseason appearances. He’s also accomplished 25+ win seasons at three different institutions, boasting five 25+ win seasons overall. He led his teams to a winning season in 21 of his 24 seasons as a head coach, including a current streak of 20 consecutive winning seasons. Turgeon’s career record as a coach is 476-275 (.634). He ranks in the top 100 for career wins in men’s Division I. 
 

Throughout his career, Turgeon coached 11 future NBA players: Gal Mekel, Donald Sloan, Khris Middleton, DeAndre Jordan, Alex Len, Jake Layman, Diamond Stone, Kevin Huerter, Bruno Fernando, Jalen Smith and Aaron Wiggins. Turgeon’s highest selection was Len, who was selected fifth overall by the Suns in 2013.
 

Mark Turgeon served as the head coach of Maryland men’s basketball from 2011-21. He led his teams to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Sweet 16 in 2016 and a Big Ten regular-season title in 2020. He won Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2015, Maryland’s first season as a member institution of the Big Ten Conference.
   

A Turgeon-led Maryland team never finished with a record of .500 or below. He achieved 11 winning seasons, including the 2021-22 season, where he stepped down as head coach in December. Turgeon is the only Maryland men’s basketball coach to finish every season above .500.
  

Turgeon compiled a 226-116 (.661) overall record and a 105-79 (.571) mark in conference action (ACC & B1G). His overall winning percentage is the second-best in program history behind Hall of Fame head coach Lefty Driesell. He’s also the only coach in program history to record at least three 24+ win regular seasons, having achieved the feat four times.
  

Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Turgeon’s Big Ten Championship-winning Terrapins could not compete in the postseason, as it was canceled. Having claimed just the program’s seventh regular-season title, Maryland was 24-7 and a lock for at least a top-4 seed in the NCAA Tournament. 
 

Since taking over the program in 2011-12, Turgeon’s Terrapins amassed a 151-33 (.821) home record overall. The Terps recorded the most consecutive wins at home in program history (27) from Dec. 6, 2015 - Feb. 13, 2016. 

Turgeon led the Terrapins to a 30-11 record through their first 41 Big Ten games, becoming the fastest Big Ten coach to reach 30 conference wins since former Illinois mentor Bruce Weber guided the Illini to 30 victories in his first 35 conference games. 

Mark Turgeon was the head coach at Texas A&M from 2007-11. He earned Big 12 Coach of the Year accolades in 2010 and 2011 and helped the Aggies reach the NCAA Tournament in his four seasons. His 97-40 overall record at Texas A&M was the highest four-year win total in the program's history.
   

Turegon’s tenure with the Aggies got off to a historic start. He finished his inaugural season under Turgeon with a 25-11 record. The 25 wins matched the record for most wins by a first-year coach at a Big 12 school, set by former Texas coach Tom Penders in the 1988-89 season.
  

Turgeon also had immense success as a recruiter and developer of NBA talent at Texas A&M. During the 2009 signing period, the Aggies signed Naji Hibbert, Khris Middleton, Kourtney Roberson, and Ray Turner, all of whom were listed in the Rivals.com Top 150 prospects. Middleton, DeAndre Jordan, and Donald Sloan are among the NBA players Turgeon coached at Texas A&M.   

In seven years at Wichita State, Mark Turgeon built the Shockers into a power in the Missouri Valley Conference, earning the league title and an NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance in 2006. It was the first time Wichita State won the MVC since 1983 and the school’s first trip to the NCAA tournament since 1988. Wichita State beat Seton Hall and Tennessee in that NCAA Tournament before losing to eventual Final Four participant George Mason. 
 

Turgeon amassed a 128-89 record at Wichita State (2000-07), posting the third-most wins in school history. The Shockers advanced to three straight NITs from 2003-05 in addition to the 2006 NCAAs. It was WSU's first four straight postseason appearances in 40 years. 

Mark Turgeon was an assistant at Kansas for five seasons, first under Larry Brown (1987-88) and then under Roy Williams (1988-92). The Jayhawks made the NCAA Tournament in four of those seasons, winning the national championship in 1988 and finishing as the runner-up in 1991. The Jayhawks won Big Eight titles in 1991 and 1992 with Turgeon on staff.
  

Following the 1992 season, Turgeon was the top assistant under Jerry Green at Oregon from 1992-97. During his five years as an assistant, the Ducks were invited to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 34 years, earned a spot in the 1997 NIT, and had three consecutive winning seasons for the first time in two decades.
 

Mark Turgeon was selected as a court coach for the USA Basketball Pan-American Team in preparation for the Pan-Am Games in the summer of 2015. The following year, Turgeon served as an assistant coach for USA Basketball’s Under-18 Team, working with head coach Shaka Smart and assistant coach Kevin Ollie to help guide the squad to a gold medal. On June 13, 2016, he was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Ad Hoc Committee on NCAA men’s basketball tournament selection, seeding, and bracketing.
  

Outside of coaching, Turgeon began working as a CBS Sports Network analyst for college basketball in 2023. He also provides consulting services to college coaches and programs and serves on the athletic board at Catholic University. 
 

One of his greatest passions is the non-profit The Leo Fund, which he and his family started to generate awareness and financial resources for organizations dedicated to ending Alzheimer’s, a disease that has touched his family.
  

During his time in College Park, Turgeon hosted the Coaches vs. Cancer Season Tip-Off Breakfast with the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches for five years. Turgeon also worked with the Infiniti Coaches Charity Challenge to raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association.
  

In addition, Turgeon and his team worked with the Special Olympics of Maryland. Each season, they hosted a basketball clinic for the organization's athletes and invited them to home games. Turgeon also participated in the Special Olympics Relay Across America, carrying the Flame for Hope through the College Park campus in 2016.
  

Turgeon was selected to the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 2024. He boasts two other Hall of Fame distinctions, including being a member of the Topeka Sports Hall of Fame and Hayden High School Hall of Fame. He was also honored as the 2015 Kansan of the Year.  

As a point guard at Kansas from 1984-87, Mark Turgeon was the first player in the Jayhawks' history to play in four straight NCAA tournaments. Under Brown's coaching, the Jayhawks went 108-33 during his time there. Turgeon was team captain in his junior and senior seasons, leading the Jayhawks to the 1986 NCAA Final Four and Big Eight Conference regular season and tournament titles. The Jayhawks finished the 1985-86 season 35-4 overall.
  

As a student-athlete, he was selected to the Big Eight All-Academic Team in 1986 and was a Big Eight All-Freshman pick in 1984. He earned a bachelor of science degree in personnel administration from Kansas in 1987.  

A native of Topeka, Kansas, Mark Turgeon led Hayden High School to back-to-back Class 4A state titles in 1982 and 1983, earning 

all-tournament honors each year. A first-team all-state pick as a senior, Hayden went 47-3 in his high school career.
  

Turgeon is married to Ann Fowler of Wilmette, Illinois. They have two sons, Will and Leo, and a daughter, Ella.