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Mickey Clayton

 

Mickey began playing basketball at Merritt Island High School, his senior year under his father. He was awarded a 4-year scholarship to Florida A&M University where he lettered 4 years and won the Academic Award Junior and Senior years. He has coached men and women's basketball at Florida A&M University. He has also had stints coaching high school boys and girls basketball teams in the FAMU Upward Bound Programs. He started and developed the women's basketball program at FAMU and took it from a Division II program to Division I status. They led the state of Florida in attendance for 10 consecutive seasons and turned in 10 straight winning seasons, posting 199 wins. They posted wins over then 10th ranked Auburn University, University of Florida, FSU, Miami, Minnesota and others.

  • New South Women's Athletic Conference Coach-of-the-Year, 1986.

  • New South Women's Athletic Conference Tournament Coach-of-the-Year, 1986.

  • 2nd winningest basketball coach in FAMU history, with over 225 victories.

  • MEAC Tournament Coach of the Year 1999.

  • Chevrolet Player-of-the-Game: FAMU vs Duke, 1999 NCAA Tournament Game.

In 1996 he was inducted into the FAMU Sports Hall of Fame, for success with the women's basketball program. One of only 2 coaches to have ever won conference championships in both men and women's basketball at the same school. Served as the Head Men's Basketball for 4 seasons and led FAMU to only it's second MEAC Conference Tournament Championship in 1999.

Since joining the Comets, Mickey has garnered the following accomplishments:

 
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