Dana Altman trained men’s b-ball at Creighton for 16 seasons from 1994-2010, completing his residency with the Bluejays with a 327-176 record. He was drafted in the Creighton Sports Lobby of Popularity on August 25, 2018.
Named a mentor on the MVC Men’s B-ball Centennial Group, Altman drove Creighton to 11 straight times of at least 20 successes, also 13 continuous postseason appearances. The two imprints are MVC records.
Creighton likewise won at least 10 association games in 13 straight seasons under Altman, another MVC mark.
The dignitary of the Missouri Valley Meeting at the hour of his takeoff from Creighton, he positions third on the training triumphs list throughout the entire existence of The Valley, following just B-ball Corridor of Notoriety mentors Henry Iba (486) and Eddie Hickey (337).
Altman directed Creighton to an expansion in triumphs in 10 of his most recent 15 years while immovably laying out the Bluejay program on the public scale.
His Creighton competitors acquired six All-America respects on the court and four Scholastic All-America trees in the homeroom. Three players he trained at Creighton, Kyle Korver, Rodney Buford and Anthony Tolliver, played in the NBA.
In 2008-09 Altman drove Creighton to a portion of the MVC standard season title, and its 27 successes were second-most in school history. The Bluejays positioned twelfth broadly with 15,930 fans for every home game, drawing a Valley-record 302,676 fans. Booker Woodfox was named Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year and the Jays posted separate nine and 11 game dominate streaks during the season. Creighton had 25 games air on TV, remembering nine for CBS, seven on Fox Sports Net and five on ESPN-associated networks.
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