University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Basketball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- ddacons@unca.edu
- Phone:
- 828-250-3886
Statesville native Dion Dacons in his second year with the UNC Asheville men's basketball program as an assistant coach.
"We're very pleased to have Dion on our coaching staff," commented Bulldog head coach Eddie Biedenbach. "He has an impressive background both as a player and in the classroom. Dion has worked with some outstanding basketball coaches like John Chaney, Fran Dumphy and Steve Smith at Oak Hill. They all speak very highly of him, and we're glad he's a Bulldog.
"Dion did a great job with us last year and was a big reason for our success," added Biedenbach. "He did a great job with our scouting reports and worked well with our players."
The former Temple letterman had been at his alma mater for three years where he served as the Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development with the Owls basketball program. Temple won two Atlantic 10 tournament titles while he was on staff and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year he was there.
He played for Hall of Fame coach John Chaney for three seasons and Fran Dumphy as a senior. During his senior season, Dacons was Temple's leading rebounder with a 6.9 average. He started all 30 games for the Owls and averaged 7.1 points per game and shot .540 from the field. Dacons was named MVP of the team after the season after serving as captain during the year.
He also did a good job in the classroom at Temple as he earned an Owl Club Academic award three times. Dacons also received the Tim Claxton and Jim Maloney Leadership Awards his senior year. He was named as an Anthony B. Cimino, Sr. Scholar-Athlete three different years. Dacons earned a degree in sociology in 2007 and then picked up his master's degree in education in May 2011.
He played professional basketball for one season with Club Malvin in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Dacons played his high basketball at national power Oak Hill Academy. In the 2002-03 season, he averaged 15.8 points and seven rebounds per game for the Warriors and helped lead the school to a 31-4 record.
