Career
He replaced Baronet Lundy in 2009. Cherry is a native of Ballston Spa, New New York Cherry played for the Saratoga Central Catholic High School Saints in Saratoga Springs, New New York
He played under coach Bob King who is widely considered Spa Catholic"s greatest basketball coach of all time.
University of North Carolina basketball head coach Dean Smith visited the Spa Catholic gym to sign Cherry in 1988. Cherry played for the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team under Dean Smith from 1989 to 1993.
Following his college career, Cherry played one season for AEL in Limassol, Cyprus. He then returned to the United States. and subsequently became a forklift salesman for three years.
Early Coaching
Cherry began his coaching career in 1997 as an assistant coach at Bishop McGuinness (North Carolina) High School.
He then spent one season as an assistant women"s basketball coach at Middle Tennessee State. In 1999, he began the first of two stints as an assistant to Jim Larranaga at George Mason. He left the Patriots in 2002 and spent one year as an assistant at Tennessee Technology
He returned to George Mason in 2003 and participated in the Patriots 2006 run to the Final Four.
In 2007, he joined the staff of Darrin Horn as an assistant at Western Kentucky. Cherry followed Horn to South Carolina for the 2008-2009 season.
He was named the head coach of High Point on March 26, 2009. High Point
Cherry was hired as High Point Men"s Basketball Coach on March 26, 2009.
His first season in High Point, HPU finished 15-15, a 6-game winning improvement for the previous season.
Cherry finished the 11-12 season with a 13-18 record, and High Point ranked 6th in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in three-point percentage. The next season, High Point played non-conference games at Wake Forest (L 60-71) and Eastern Kentucky (L 70-73). Cherry was given a 3-year contract extension running through the 16-17 season.
Cherry again led the Panthers to a Big South north division championship, and the outright regular season championship, another program first.
The Panthers were invited to the 2014 National Invitation Tournament, losing in the first round to Richard Pitino"s Minnesota"s team Cherry led High Point to the best start in school history in 2014-2015 campaign, starting the season 14-3.
High Point lost in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, but received a bid to play in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Wes Miller - Current head coach at University of North Carolina Greensboro.
Served as assistant coach under Cherry during the 2009-2010 season.