
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida College System Activities Association welcomed three individuals to its Men's Basketball Hall of Fame during the DI Basketball Championships.
Damitrius Coleman, student-athlete, St. Petersburg College, 2002-04
Coleman played for FCSAA Hall of Fame coach Earnest Crumbley from 2002 to 2004, before finishing his career with stops at Mercer University and Bethune-Cookman University. From start to finish, Coleman was one of the nation's best distributors of THE ROCK.
First, at St. Pete, he helped lead the Titans to the 2003 FCSAA Tournament, where they fell to eventual champion Okaloosa-Walton. As a freshman, he averaged 5.7 assists, then more than doubled that number, dishing out 12.3 assists per game as sophomore, to lead the FCSAA and rank inside the top 5 nationally, while also scoring 13.3 points per contest.
In 28 games with Mercer in 2004-05, he established school records for most assists in a game with 14 and in a season with 224, averaging an NCAA-best 8.3 per game. He also set school records for most steals in a game with 7 and in a season with 80.
Coleman finished his collegiate career at Bethune-Cookman in 2006-07, averaging 3.8 points and 3.3 assists in 26 games.
From 2007 to 2011, Coleman played professionally in Saudi Arabia for three seasons followed by a one-year stint with Sioux Falls in the G-League.
Since 2019, Coleman has taught at Benjamin E. Mays IB World School in St. Paul, Minnesota, and will receive his doctorate later this year.
Harold Fox, student-athlete, Brevard Junior College (now Eastern Florida State College), 1968-70
When Harold enrolled at what was then Brevard Junior College in 1968, his name was already well-known in basketball circles. Hailing from the nation's capital, Harold had already delivered what was widely considered to be the greatest single-game performance in the history of DC area high school basketball. Playing for Northwestern High School, he pumped in 64 points and, according to the Washington Post, was credited with 15 rebounds and 13 assists against Oxon Hill in 1968.
Harold's knack for scoring continued with the Titans, where he played for FCSAA Hall of Fame coach Tom Wasdin. As a freshman, he averaged 27.7 points in 29 games and led Brevard to the 1969 FCSAA Championship Game en route to NJCAA Third-team All-America honors. The following season, he was named NJCAA Honorable Mention All-America and was selected to the five-member All-FCSAA team for the second straight season.
Harold's name is still in the FCSAA Tournament Record Books for the third-most points scored and fourth-most field goals made in a single tournament, and his 42 points against Gulf Coast in 1969 remains the fourth-highest single-game total in tournament history.
Following his two seasons at Brevard, Harold played at Jacksonville University from 1970 to 1972, averaging 19.9 points and 6.5 assists. In 1971, he teamed with future Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore to lead the Dolphins to the NCAA Tournament; and was the 15th overall pick in the 1972 NBA Draft, selected by the Buffalo Braves.
Paul O'Liney, student-athlete, Pensacola Junior College (now Pensacola State College), 1990-91 and 1992-93
Paul played for his hometown school, then-known as Pensacola Junior College, from 1990 to 1993. As a freshman, O'Liney averaged 13.4 points in 28 games and led Pensacola to the FCSAA Tournament, where it defeated Lake City before falling to Polk in the semifinals.
After redshirting in 1991-92, O'Liney earned FCSAA Player of the Year honors in 1993, averaging 22.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists, while shooting 49.6 percent from the field, 43.3 percent from three and 79.5 percent from the line. He again took Pensacola to the postseason, where the Pirates won the FCSAA Championship and, ultimately, the program's first and only NJCAA National Championship. In Hutch, he was selected as the tournament's Most Valuable Player and was later named a First-team NJCAA All-American.
O'Liney finished his college career at the University of Missouri where he played from 1993 to 1995. As a junior, he helped Missouri to the Big 8's 1994 regular season championship, becoming just the third Big 8 team to finish the conference schedule with a perfect record. The Tigers reached the Elite Eight that season and were back in March Madness in 1995, advancing to the Second Round before falling to eventual national champion UCLA.
As a senior, O'Liney averaged 19.9 points and was named Second-team All-Big 8.
Following college, O'Liney enjoyed a professional career overseas.
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