# Doug Day

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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Doug Day
| image = 
| career_number = 
| career_position = [Shooting guard](/source/Shooting_guard)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|17}}
| birth_place = [Blacksburg, Virginia](/source/Blacksburg%2C_Virginia), U.S
| high_school = [Blacksburg](/source/Blacksburg_High_School) ([Blacksburg, Virginia](/source/Blacksburg%2C_Virginia))
| college = [Radford](/source/Radford_Highlanders_men's_basketball) (1989–1993)
| draft_year = 1993
| cyears1 = 1993–1997
| cteam1 = [Northside HS](/source/Northside_High_School_(Roanoke%2C_Virginia)) (assistant)
| cyears2 = 1997–2002
| cteam2 = [Blacksburg HS](/source/Blacksburg_High_School) (assistant)
| cyears3 = 2002–present
| cteam3 = Blacksburg HS
| highlights = 
* 4× All-[Big South](/source/Big_South_Conference) selection
* No. 20 honored by Radford Highlanders
| number = 20
}}
'''Douglas Mcarthur Day, Jr.''' (born February 17, 1972) is an American high school basketball coach and former college [basketball](/source/basketball) player.

==Playing career==
At {{height|ft=6|in=1}}, Day played the [shooting guard](/source/shooting_guard) position for [Radford University](/source/Radford_University) between 1989 and 1993. He was a prolific [three-point field goal](/source/three-point_field_goal) shooter; at the time of his graduation, his 401 made three-pointers were the most in [NCAA Division I](/source/Division_I_(NCAA)) history, breaking the prior mark of 363 set by Loyola Marymount's Jeff Fryer in 1990.<ref name=LEGENDS>{{cite web| last =Teitel| first =Jon| title =Jon Teitel's Forgotten Legends Series: Radford Great Doug Day| publisher =CollegeHoops.net| date =September 14, 2010| url =http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/jon-teitels-forgotten-legends-series-radford-great-doug-day-168713| accessdate =April 24, 2013| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20130603003604/http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/jon-teitels-forgotten-legends-series-radford-great-doug-day-168713| archivedate =June 3, 2013}}</ref> Day led the nation in threes made per game as a [junior](/source/Junior_(education_year)) when he connected for 4.03 per contest.<ref name=RHOF>{{cite web| title =Radford Athletics Hall of Fame: Class of 2005| publisher =Radford University| year =2012| url =http://www.ruhighlanders.com/sports/2009/10/19/RUhof.aspx| accessdate =April 24, 2013| archive-date =March 12, 2012| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120312210151/http://www2.ruhighlanders.com/sports/2009/10/19/RUhof.aspx| url-status =dead}}</ref> That season, he led the [Highlanders](/source/Radford_Highlanders_men's_basketball) to their first [Big South Conference](/source/Big_South_Conference) men's basketball regular season championship; it was also the second of back-to-back 20-win seasons.<ref name=RHOF/>

In each of Day's four seasons he was named to an All-Big South team.<ref name=LEGENDS/> He graduated in 1993 as the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,027 points, which through the 2024–25 season is still the record.<ref name=LEGENDS/> Day also set the still-standing Radford record for points in a game with 43, which he achieved on December 12, 1990 against [Central Connecticut State](/source/Central_Connecticut_Blue_Devils_men's_basketball).<ref name=LEGENDS/> He holds many of the three-point records at Radford as well, including makes in a game (11, twice), season (117) and career (401); and attempts in a game (19), season (314), and career (1,068).<ref>{{cite web| title =Men's Basketball Individual Records| publisher =Radford University| url =http://www.radfordathletics.com/sports/2010/10/27/MBB_1027100655.aspx?id=152| accessdate =April 24, 2013}}</ref>

Day was inducted into the Radford University Hall of Fame in 1998 and the Big South Conference Hall of Fame in 2005.<ref name=RHOF/><ref>{{cite web| title =Big South Conference Inducts Five New Members Into Hall of Fame| publisher =Big South Conference| date =June 8, 2005| url =http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=151862&SPID=2026&SPSID=25897| accessdate =April 24, 2013}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
After graduating from Radford in 1993 with a degree in education, Day began his coaching career as an assistant boys' basketball coach at [Northside High School](/source/Northside_High_School_(Roanoke%2C_Virginia)) in [Roanoke, Virginia](/source/Roanoke%2C_Virginia).<ref name=COACH>{{cite web| last =Teitlebaum| first =Bob| title =Great player now coaches his old school| work =The Sports Journal of the Valleys| publisher =HawkeyeReport.com| date =January 21, 2003| url =http://fe12.rivals.sports.sp1.yahoo.net/content.asp?Load=&CACHE=1&CID=159611&SID=940| accessdate =April 24, 2013| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://archive.today/20130703121308/http://fe12.rivals.sports.sp1.yahoo.net/content.asp?Load=&CACHE=1&CID=159611&SID=940| archivedate =July 3, 2013}}</ref> He spent several seasons at Northside until becoming an assistant at his ''alma mater'', [Blacksburg High School](/source/Blacksburg_High_School), in [Blacksburg, Virginia](/source/Blacksburg%2C_Virginia).<ref name=COACH/> After five seasons, head coach Bob Trear stepped down and in August 2002 Day became the new boys' head coach, a position he still holds today.<ref name=COACH/> In 2025–26, Blacksburg finished last in the region with a 1–21 record.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schedule – Blacksburg Bruins (Blacksburg, VA) Basketball 25–26 |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/va/blacksburg/blacksburg-bruins/basketball/schedule/ |access-date=April 9, 2026 |website=maxpreps.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=River Ridge Region Basketball Standings |url=https://www.maxpreps.com/va/basketball/25-26/region/river-ridge/?leagueid=99bd5c6d-d6ef-4513-b55f-2619a12d5efa |access-date=April 9, 2026 |website=maxpreps.com}}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of NCAA Division I men's basketball season 3-point field goal leaders](/source/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_men's_basketball_season_3-point_field_goal_leaders)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:1972 births
Category:Living people
Category:American men's basketball coaches
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball coaches from Virginia
Category:Basketball players from Virginia
Category:High school basketball coaches in Virginia
Category:People from Blacksburg, Virginia
Category:Radford Highlanders men's basketball players
Category:Shooting guards
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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