{"id":89120,"date":"2018-07-30T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=89120"},"modified":"2024-01-19T16:17:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T21:17:48","slug":"ucf-basketball-coaches-extend-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-basketball-coaches-extend-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Head Basketball Coaches Extend Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After two successful seasons at UCF, Head Women\u2019s Basketball\u00a0Coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson<\/a> and Head Men\u2019s Basketball\u00a0Coach Johnny Dawkins have both signed contract extensions.<\/p>\n<p>Abrahamson-Henderson, also known as Coach Abe, has inked a one-year deal keeping\u00a0her at the helm through the 2022-23 season. Dawkins will lead the\u00a0Knights through the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very fortunate to have Katie\u00a0Abrahamson-Henderson leading our women\u2019s basketball program [and] I am thrilled to have Johnny Dawkins\u00a0leading our men\u2019s basketball program,\u201d says Danny White, vice president and director of <a href=\"http:\/\/ucfknights.com\">UCF Athletics<\/a>.<dfn><\/dfn><\/p>\n<p>Under Abrahamson-Henderson\u2019s guidance, the Knights finished the 2017-18 campaign with a 22-11 record, tying the most wins in a season as a Division I program. UCF turned in a 12-4 mark in The American \u2013 its best record in league play since 2010-11 \u2013 and posted its highest finish in the conference for the second consecutive season, earning the third seed.\u00a0One year after earning the program\u2019s first postseason victory in either the NCAA or WNIT tournaments, Abrahamson-Henderson\u2019s squad followed with a second-straight WNIT second round appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am blessed and excited for the confidence of Danny White,\u00a0Brandi Stuart, former President Hitt and new President Whittaker,\u201d Abrahamson-Henderson says. \u201cOur team\u2019s success over the last two seasons, both on the court and in the classroom, would not be possible without their support. Our entire staff is looking forward to building on the success of back-to-back postseason appearances as we head into this season and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins took over a 12-18 team that hadn\u2019t finished above .500 since the 2012-13 season and has led UCF to 43 wins in his two years under his leadership.\u00a0In the last two seasons, Dawkins\u2019 Knights have made a run to the National Invitation Tournament Semifinals, led the NCAA in field goal percentage defense, won at Memphis for the first time ever and earned their first true road win over a ranked opponent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very thankful to Danny White, Eric Wood, former President John Hitt, and new President Dale Whittaker for their continued support of me and my staff,\u201d Dawkins says. \u201cIt\u2019s great to have our administration behind us, knowing they believe in what we\u2019re doing as a program and our standard of representing UCF and the community at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the 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