The Sports Inquirer

Release from Georgia State Athletics:

Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter, who led the Panthers to a second-straight Sun Belt title, has been named a finalist for the Ben Jobe Award, given annually to one of the top coaches in college basketball.

The Ben Jobe Award is presented annually to the top minority coach in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. Coach Jobe is best known as the head coach of the Southern University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He has also head coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and South Carolina State.

The 2014-15 finalists include Tommy Amaker (Harvard), Kevin Baggett (Rider), Bobby Collins (UMES), Ed Cooley (Providence), Mike Davis (Texas Southern), Frank Haith (Tulsa), Ron Hunter (Georgia State), James Jones (Yale), Robert Jones (Norfolk State), Kevin Keatts (UNC Wilmington), Marvin Menzies (New Mexico State), LeVelle Moton (North Carolina Central), King Rice (Monmouth), John Thompson III (Georgetown), Gary Waters (Cleveland State), Willis Wilson (Texas A&M Corpus Christi).

Coach Jobe is an icon in the history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is best known as the head coach of the Southern University, a position he held for 12 seasons. He has also head coach at Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Talladega, Tuskegee and South Carolina State.

Hunter, now in his fourth season at the helm of the Georgia State, led the Panthers to their third 20-plus win season in the last four years. He has been a part of 84 wins in four seasons, the winningest four-year stretch in program history