College of Wooster Men's Basketball

Few people, if any, understand The College of Wooster basketball experience more fully than Doug Cline, a 1995 graduate of the school, does. Cline, who just completed his 24th year as a full-time member of the coaching staff, is now at the helm of the program he once starred for, following the retirement of Steve Moore at the conclusion of the 2019-20 academic year. As an assistant, and more recently as associate head coach, Clines been heavily involved with every facet of the tradition-rich program, which has sustained a remarkable run of success, rivaled even by household name Div. I programs. Woosters won nearly 600 games (592-149) during Clines 24 years as a full-time assistant, and hes helped the program make 23 NCAA appearances during that stretch, headlined by trips to the Div. III Final Four in 2003, 2007, and 2011. At the conference level, Woosters won 15 of its North Coast Athletic Conference-leading 18 titles during Clines tenure on the staff, including seven straight from 2005-11. As a player for the Scots, Cline was a member of one of the top basketball classes ever at Wooster. Along with teammates Scott Meech, Craig Bradley, Jason Zerger, and Jeff Hamilton, Cline helped lead the Scots to three NCAA Tournament appearances, three North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championships, two NCAC regular season titles, and a record of 91-21 (.813) in four years. For his career, Cline finished with 1,396 [points](https://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/CLINE_DOUGview=bio#), placing him 17th on Woosters all-time scoring list (No. 8 upon graduation). The three-time all-conference honoree also holds the fifth-best career field-goal percentage mark (.607) and the ninth-best field-goal percentage in a season (.634). An outstanding rebounder as well, Cline led the team in that category twice, including his senior year when he averaged 8.2 boards. Prior to joining the Wooster team, Cline was a local high school star at Northwestern where he was an all-county and all-state selection as both a junior and senior. Personally, Doug, and his wife, Lauren, live in Wooster. They are the proud parents of Joshua (18), a freshman at Wooster, the late Corey (3), and twins Courtney and Jordan (10).