Mel Hankinson
Basketball Coach
1943 –
Who is Mel Hankinson?
Mel Hankinson is a men's basketball coach and author. Hankinson has written a number of books and starred in videos on techniques for coaching basketball.
Hankinson spent over three decades coaching at the collegiate level. He came to his highest profile position as head coach on April 8, 1998 at Liberty University after three years as the top assistant at West Virginia University.
Hankinson began his career as a head coach at Slippery Rock University where he spent three seasons highlighted by capturing the PSAC Western Division title in 1972. For that season he was named NAIA District 18 Coach of the Year. Then the following year, Hankinson led the Rockets to the NAIA National Semifinals where the school recorded a 4th place finish.
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