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William Covington
First Season: 2010-11 or earlier
Last Season: 2025-26
Total Games: 286
Crew Chief: 147 (51%)
U1: 99 (35%)
U2: 47 (16%)
Home Wins: 60%
Home Fouls: 18.5
Away Fouls: 19.6
Foul Diff: 1.1
Attendance: 3,883
| Games | Total | 2025-26 | 2024-25 | 2023-24 | 2022-23 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 | 2015-16 | 2014-15 | 2013-14 | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 2010-11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 286 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 61 | 18 | 19 |
| Crew Chief | 147 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 11 | 5 |
| U1 | 99 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| U2 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 7 |
| NCAA Tournament | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NIT Tournament | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pre/Mid-Season Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MEAC | 135 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 |
| Southern | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 12 |
| SEC | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CAA | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| CUSA | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| ACC | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Sun Belt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A-10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big South | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MVC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mountain West | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big East | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Big 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MAC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PAC 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Crew Chief | U1 | U2 | Home | Away | Score | Fouls | Fee | Season $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-4-2 | Bret Smith | William Covington | Todd Austin | Auburn | Illinois State | 88 - 66 | 11 - 13 | $2,000 | $34,500 |
| 2026-3-19 | Michael Greenstein | William Covington | Chad Barlow | Ohio State | TCU | 64 - 66 | 10 - 13 | $4,000 | $32,500 |
| 2026-3-5 | William Covington | Isaac Barnett | CJ Middlebrooks | North Carolina Central | South Carolina State | 64 - 80 | 22 - 21 | $1,800 | $28,500 |
| 2026-3-1 | Sean Casady | William Covington | Landon Brandes | Temple | Rice | 74 - 80 | 19 - 21 | $3,100 | $26,700 |
| 2026-2-8 | Doug Shows | William Covington | Bart Lenox | UAB | Rice | 71 - 65 | 10 - 19 | $3,100 | $23,600 |
| 2025-12-17 | William Covington | Blake Harris | Landon Barnes | UAB | Cleveland State | 101 - 77 | 13 - 21 | $3,100 | $20,500 |
| 2025-12-16 | Doug Shows | William Covington | Pat Adams | Tennessee | Louisville | 83 - 62 | 20 - 20 | $3,900 | $17,400 |
| 2025-12-13 | Jerry Heater | William Covington | Steven Anderson | LSU | SMU | 89 - 77 | 18 - 15 | $3,900 | $13,500 |
| 2025-12-3 | William Covington | Tony Chiazza | Keith Fogleman | Elon | Furman | 88 - 97 | 23 - 20 | $2,600 | $9,600 |
| 2025-11-28 | William Covington | Bart Lenox | Christopher Merb | Nevada | San Francisco | 81 - 65 | 18 - 18 | $3,000 | $7,000 |
| 2025-11-27 | William Covington | Bart Lenox | Matt Rafferty | Minnesota | Stanford | 68 - 72 | 19 - 17 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 2025-3-21 | Michael Greenstein | William Covington | Kelly Pfeifer | Arizona | Akron | 93 - 65 | 16 - 14 | $2,000 | $48,650 |
| 2025-3-11 | Ron Groover | Bert Smith | William Covington | UNC Wilmington | Delaware | 76 - 72 | 16 - 20 | $2,600 | $46,650 |
| 2025-3-3 | William Covington | Mike Terry | Galen Durant | North Carolina Central | Norfolk State | 91 - 87 | 19 - 24 | $1,800 | $44,050 |
| 2025-3-2 | William Covington | Wil Howard | Courtney Green | East Carolina | Charlotte | 78 - 76 | 18 - 22 | $3,100 | $42,250 |
| 2025-2-24 | William Covington | Joe Switzer | Glenn Gist | Maryland Eastern Shore | South Carolina State | 68 - 81 | 25 - 20 | $1,800 | $39,150 |
| 2025-2-12 | Terry Oglesby | William Covington | Courtney Green | Missouri | Oklahoma | 82 - 58 | 21 - 24 | $3,900 | $37,350 |
| 2025-2-5 | William Covington | Nathan Farrell | Isaac Barnett | Fordham | Rhode Island | 80 - 79 | 16 - 13 | $2,900 | $33,450 |
| 2025-2-3 | William Covington | Steven Perry | Jarrett Robinson | Howard | South Carolina State | 66 - 89 | 21 - 22 | $1,800 | $30,550 |
| 2025-1-23 | Jerry Heater | William Covington | Bill Covington | Elon | Monmouth | 83 - 71 | 19 - 27 | $2,600 | $28,750 |
| 2025-1-21 | William Covington | Isaac Barnett | Greg Evans | Rhode Island | VCU | 57 - 81 | 18 - 18 | $2,900 | $26,150 |
| 2024-12-22 | William Covington | A.J. Desai | Tommy Morrissey | NC State | Rider | 89 - 63 | 14 - 21 | $3,800 | $23,250 |
| 2024-12-17 | William Covington | Joe Lindsay | Pat Adams | South Carolina | Clemson | 91 - 88 | 21 - 23 | $3,900 | $19,450 |
| 2024-12-9 | William Covington | Scott Bennett | Justin McKie | Norfolk State | Hofstra | 67 - 80 | 19 - 22 | $1,800 | $15,550 |
| 2024-12-8 | Jerry Heater | William Covington | Kellen Miliner | Radford | Bucknell | 74 - 70 | 27 - 30 | $2,150 | $13,750 |
| 2024-11-29 | D.J. Carstensen | William Covington | Tony Chiazza | Wake Forest | Minnesota | 57 - 51 | 15 - 16 | $3,800 | $11,600 |
| 2024-11-22 | William Covington | Mike Nance | Jason Deering | Arkansas | Little Rock | 79 - 67 | 20 - 19 | $3,900 | $7,800 |
| 2024-11-21 | William Covington | K.B. Burdett | Josue Nieves | Ole Miss | Oral Roberts | 100 - 68 | 20 - 14 | $3,900 | $3,900 |
| 2024-3-22 | William Covington | Joe Lindsay | Todd Austin | Wisconsin | James Madison | 61 - 72 | 19 - 20 | $2,000 | $50,162 |
| 2024-3-4 | William Covington | Alfred Smith | Jemel Spearman | Morgan State | North Carolina Central | 88 - 79 | 23 - 16 | $1,746 | $48,162 |
| 2024-3-2 | Jeff Clark | William Covington | Clarence Armstrong | North Carolina | NC State | 79 - 70 | 13 - 21 | $3,686 | $46,416 |
| 2024-2-27 | William Covington | Roger Ayers | Justin Porterfield | Notre Dame | Wake Forest | 70 - 65 | 16 - 18 | $3,686 | $42,730 |
| 2024-2-19 | Tim Clougherty | William Covington | Ted Valentine | Charleston | William & Mary | 65 - 57 | 16 - 21 | $2,522 | $39,044 |
| 2024-2-18 | Byron Jarrett | Keith Kimble | William Covington | SMU | Memphis | 106 - 79 | 18 - 15 | $3,007 | $36,522 |
| 2024-2-7 | William Covington | Bart Lenox | Tommy Morrissey | Duquesne | Davidson | 59 - 72 | 19 - 22 | $2,813 | $33,515 |
| 2024-2-5 | William Covington | Steven Perry | Ian McClenny | Delaware State | Howard | 71 - 75 | 23 - 22 | $1,746 | $30,702 |
| 2024-1-30 | Don Daily | Chuck Jones | William Covington | Ole Miss | Mississippi State | 86 - 82 | 18 - 15 | $3,783 | $28,956 |
| 2024-1-11 | William Covington | Michael Wallace | Chase Shaw | Coastal Carolina | Appalachian State | 45 - 70 | 8 - 12 | $2,474 | $25,173 |
| 2024-1-8 | William Covington | Alfred Smith | Steven Perry | Coppin State | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 58 - 55 | 16 - 17 | $1,746 | $22,699 |
| 2023-12-20 | William Covington | Matt Oblas | Aaron Chambliss | North Carolina Central | Longwood | 79 - 70 | 23 - 24 | $1,746 | $20,953 |
| 2023-12-9 | Doug Shows | William Covington | Steven Anderson | Florida | Richmond | 87 - 76 | 16 - 20 | $3,783 | $19,207 |
| 2023-12-5 | Don Daily | William Covington | Courtney Green | Ole Miss | Mount St. Mary's | 77 - 68 | 11 - 16 | $3,783 | $15,424 |
| 2023-11-22 | William Covington | Olandis Poole | Matt Jarman | Old Dominion | Princeton | 56 - 76 | 14 - 13 | $2,474 | $11,641 |
| 2023-11-20 | Terry Oglesby | William Covington | Garrick Shannon | Kentucky | Saint Joseph's | 96 - 88 | 10 - 21 | $3,783 | $9,167 |
| 2023-11-17 | William Covington | Clarence Armstrong | Chris Hudson | Wyoming | Charleston | 67 - 60 | 14 - 21 | $2,910 | $5,384 |
| 2023-11-16 | Lee Cassell | William Covington | Chris Hudson | Coastal Carolina | Wichita State | 77 - 86 | 13 - 13 | $2,474 | $2,474 |
| 2023-3-28 | Michael Greenstein | William Covington | Bart Lenox | UAB | Utah Valley | 88 - 86 | 23 - 15 | $2,000 | $25,829 |
| 2023-3-5 | William Covington | Justin Porterfield | A.J. Desai | UNC Asheville | Campbell | 77 - 73 | 10 - 18 | $2,021 | $23,829 |
| 2023-2-27 | Haywood Bostic | William Covington | Clarence Armstrong | North Carolina Central | Norfolk State | 76 - 75 | 25 - 18 | $1,692 | $21,808 |
| 2023-2-23 | William Covington | Ted Valentine | Tommy Morrissey | UNC Wilmington | Stony Brook | 76 - 69 | 13 - 18 | $2,444 | $20,116 |
Showing 1-50 of 286 games
Tournament Games
| Tournament | Times Worked | Seasons |
|---|---|---|
| NCAA Second Round | 1 | 2020-21 |
| NCAA First Round | 6 | 2013-14, 2014-15, 2018-19, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26 |
| NIT | 9 | 2012-13, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2022-23, 2025-26 |
| AT WILMINGTON NC | 1 | 2012-13 |
| Acrisure Holiday Classic - Consolation Game | 1 | 2025-26 |
| Acrisure Invitational | 1 | 2025-26 |
| AutoNation Orange Bowl Classic | 1 | 2023-24 |
| CAA Championship - Final | 1 | 2024-25 |
| CAA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL | 1 | 2012-13 |
| CAA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL | 1 | 2013-14 |
| Compete 4 Cause Classic | 1 | 2025-26 |
| DR PEPPER CLASSIC | 2 | 2012-13 |
| EA SPORTS MAUI INVITATIONAL | 1 | 2012-13 |
| ESPN Events Invitational - 3rd Place Game | 1 | 2024-25 |
| Hercules Tires Big South Championship - Final | 1 | 2022-23 |
| JOE CIPRIANO NEBRASKA CLASSIC | 1 | 2012-13 |
| LAS VEGAS CLASSIC | 1 | 2010-11 |
| Legends Classic | 1 | 2022-23 |
| MEAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND | 2 | 2012-13 |
| MEAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL | 5 | 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 |
| MEAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINALS AT WINSTON-SALEM NC | 1 | 2010-11 |
| MEAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL | 2 | 2012-13, 2013-14 |
| MGM GRAND MAIN EVENT - CAMPUS GAME | 1 | 2016-17 |
| Myrtle Beach Invitational | 2 | 2023-24 |
| NEVER FORGET TRIBUTE CLASSIC | 1 | 2018-19 |
| PARADISE JAM | 1 | 2014-15 |
| SHOWCASE ON THE BANKS | 1 | 2017-18 |
| SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND | 1 | 2011-12 |
| SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINALS AT CHATTANOOGA TN | 1 | 2010-11 |
| Wildcat Challenge | 1 | 2023-24 |
William Covington Game Pace by Season
Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day
Estimated Salary Information
Salary estimates based on conference rates, tier level, and season adjustments. Rates vary by conference and year.
Career Summary
Current Tier: Tier 1
Career Total: $497,553
Total Games: 286
Avg per Game: $1,740
Highest Season: $64,289 (2012-13)
Season-by-Season Breakdown
| Season | Tier | Games | CC Games | U1/U2 Games | Total Earned | Avg per Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Tier 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | $34,500 | $3,136 |
| 2024-25 | Tier 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | $48,650 | $2,862 |
| 2023-24 | Tier 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | $50,162 | $2,787 |
| 2022-23 | Tier 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | $25,829 | $2,348 |
| 2021-22 | Tier 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | $20,384 | $2,265 |
| 2020-21 | Tier 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | $5,432 | $2,716 |
| 2019-20 | Tier 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | $24,820 | $2,256 |
| 2018-19 | Tier 1 | 21 | 10 | 11 | $41,474 | $1,975 |
| 2017-18 | Tier 1 | 14 | 8 | 7 | $29,571 | $2,112 |
| 2016-17 | Tier 1 | 22 | 13 | 10 | $39,963 | $1,816 |
| 2015-16 | Tier 1 | 18 | 10 | 10 | $27,650 | $1,536 |
| 2014-15 | Tier 1 | 20 | 13 | 8 | $30,163 | $1,508 |
| 2013-14 | Tier 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | $17,336 | $1,238 |
| 2012-13 | Tier 3 | 61 | 27 | 34 | $64,289 | $1,054 |
| 2011-12 | Tier 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | $16,914 | $940 |
| 2010-11 | Tier 3 | 19 | 5 | 15 | $20,416 | $1,075 |
William Covington Salary Pace by Season
Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day