The Appalachian State Mountaineers basketball team is the college basketball

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 team at Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University is a comprehensive , public, coeducational university located in Boone, North Carolina, United States. Appalachian State, also referred to as Appalachian, App State, or simply App, is the sixth largest institution in the University of North Carolina system...

 in Boone

Boone, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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. The Mountaineers

Appalachian State Mountaineers

The Appalachian State Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, United States. The Mountaineers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have been a member of the Southern Conference since 1972....

 have competed in the Southern Conference

Southern Conference

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 since 1972, and are currently a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

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 (NCAA). Appalachian plays their home games at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center.

The current head coach of the Apps is Jason Capel

Jason Capel

Jason Maurice Capel is the 15th and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team. Capel is the youngest head coach in Division I...

, who was hired on April 21, 2010. Capel is the youngest head coach in Division I. Notable past coaches include Press Maravich

Press Maravich

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 and Bobby Cremins

Bobby Cremins

Bobby Cremins is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Tech.-Early years:...

. The Mountaineers have appeared in the NCAA Tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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 twice, 1979

1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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 and 2000

2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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, and appeared in the National Invitation Tournament

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 in 2007

2007 National Invitation Tournament

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. The Mountaineers also reached the semifinals of the 2010

2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament

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 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

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.

Conference championships

Year	Conference	Record	Coach
1939–1940	North State North State Conference The North State Conference was a collegiate athletic conference in the United States and is the predecessor of Conference Carolinas. Founded on December 6, 1930 at the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham, North Carolina, the conference was formed “for the greater advantage of the small colleges in...	19–3	Flucie Stewart Flucie Stewart Basketball-References:...
1940–1941	North State	22–3	Clyde Canipe
1942–1943	North State	16–5	Belus Smawley Belus Smawley Belus Van Smawley was an American basketball player.A 6'1" guard/forward from Rutherford County, North Carolina, Smawley was one of the first basketball players to regularly use the jump shot. Smawley developed his shot in an abandoned train depot near his home that was fashioned into a basketball...
1947–1948	North State	20–8	Francis Hoover Francis Hoover Francis L. Hoover was the eighth head football coach and seventh basketball coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers located in Boone, North Carolina...
1949–1950	North State	21–9	Francis Hoover
1966–1967	Carolinas	21–8	Bob Light
1977–1978	Southern Southern Conference The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...	9–3	Bobby Cremins Bobby Cremins Bobby Cremins is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Tech.-Early years:...
1978–1979	Southern	11–3	Bobby Cremins
1980–1981♦	Southern	11–5	Bobby Cremins
1997–1998♦*	Southern	13–2 (North)	Buzz Peterson Buzz Peterson Robert Bower "Buzz" Peterson, Jr. is the current head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team. Peterson was the Head Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers for four years before being fired in 2005. He previously coached a second stint at Appalachian State--he coached the 2009–10...
1998–1999	Southern	13–3 (North)	Buzz Peterson
1999–2000	Southern	13–3 (North)	Buzz Peterson
2002–2003♦	Southern	11–5 (North)	Houston Fancher Houston Fancher Houston Fancher was the 14th head basketball coach of the Mountaineers at Appalachian State University. His first two seasons saw his team go 11–20, and 10–18 respectively. The following season, 2002–2003, his team went 19–10, and Fancher was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year...
2006–2007	Southern	15–3 (North)	Houston Fancher
2007–2008♦	Southern	13–7 (North)	Houston Fancher
2009–2010	Southern	13–5 (North)	Buzz Peterson
Total		16
♦ Denotes a tie for first place and conference co-champion * The Southern Conference split into North and South divisions beginning with the 1994–95 season

Coaching history

Coach	Years	Seasons	Record	Pct.	Conf. Record	Pct.	Conf. Titles	NIT App.	NCAA App.
No Coach	1919–20/1925–34	9	86–33
Eugene Garbee Eugene Garbee -Basketball:-References:...	1934–35	1	8–11
Flucie Stewart Flucie Stewart Basketball-References:...	1935–40/1946–47	6	67–38		48–24		1
Clyde Canipe	1940–42	2	38–7		22–5		1
Belus Smawley Belus Smawley Belus Van Smawley was an American basketball player.A 6'1" guard/forward from Rutherford County, North Carolina, Smawley was one of the first basketball players to regularly use the jump shot. Smawley developed his shot in an abandoned train depot near his home that was fashioned into a basketball...	1942–43	1	16–5		9–0		1
Harold Quincy	1943–44	1	0–7
G. P. Eggers	1944–45	1	6–13		7–5
Francis Hoover Francis Hoover Francis L. Hoover was the eighth head football coach and seventh basketball coach for the Appalachian State Mountaineers located in Boone, North Carolina...	1945–46/1947–57	11	133–127		91–87		2
Bob Light	1957–72	15	212–178		94–85		1
Press Maravich Press Maravich Petar "Press" Maravich was an American college and professional basketball coach. He received the nickname "Press" for always having gossip-styled updates in his hometown of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh suburb. Maravich Sr...	1972–75	3	14–63		5–30
Bobby Cremins Bobby Cremins Bobby Cremins is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Tech.-Early years:...	1975–81	6	100–70		51–31		3		1
Kevin Cantwell	1981–86	5	61–78		33–47
Tom Apke Tom Apke Tom Apke was a college basketball coach at Creighton, Colorado, and Appalachian State. From 1974 to 1981, he coached at Creighton, where he compiled a 130–64 record. From 1981 to 1986, he coached at Colorado, where he compiled a 59–81 record. From 1986 to 1996, he served as the head basketball...	1986–96	10	139–147		70–82
Buzz Peterson Buzz Peterson Robert Bower "Buzz" Peterson, Jr. is the current head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team. Peterson was the Head Coach of the Tennessee Volunteers for four years before being fired in 2005. He previously coached a second stint at Appalachian State--he coached the 2009–10...	1996–2000/2009–10	5	103–52		60–17		4		1
Houston Fancher Houston Fancher Houston Fancher was the 14th head basketball coach of the Mountaineers at Appalachian State University. His first two seasons saw his team go 11–20, and 10–18 respectively. The following season, 2002–2003, his team went 19–10, and Fancher was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year...	2000–09	9	137–136		79–73		3	1
Jason Capel Jason Capel Jason Maurice Capel is the 15th and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team. Capel is the youngest head coach in Division I...	2010–present	2	17–15		10–8
Totals	1919–present	87	1137–980		579–494		16	1	2

External links

• GoASU.com - Official Appalachian State Mountaineers basketball website