Bill Grier
Bill Grier (born October 19, 1963)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Colorado Buffaloes (Head coach: Tad Boyle)
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Teams coached: San Diego Toreros
San Diego record: 117-144 (.448)
Overall record: 117-144 (.448)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2008)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2014)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 1 (2008)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | Colorado (asst) |
| 2015-2016 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 2007-2015 | San Diego |
| 1991-2007 | Gonzaga (asst) |
Bill Grier Facts
- William Theodore Grier
- Born October 19, 1963
- Hometown: Silverton, Oregon
- Alma Mater: University of Oregon (BS, 1990)
- Graduated from Cottage Grove HS (OR) then played at Central Oregon CC and Southwestern Oregon CC
- Eventually graduated from Oregon but didn’t play basketball for the Ducks
- Joined the coaching staff at Gonzaga in 1991, working as an assistant under Dan Fitzgerald for six seasons
- Stayed at GU until 2007, also working under head coaches Dan Monson and Mark Few
- In 16 total years on the Bulldogs’ bench, Grier was part of 10 NCAA Tournaments and 12 WCC titles
- Hired by WCC foe San Diego in 2007, serving as the head coach of the Toreros for eight seasons
- Led the program to the NCAA Tournament via a WCC Tournament title in his first season at the helm
- Went 117-144 overall before he was fired in 2015 following his fifth sub-.500 record in the previous six years
- Spent one year on Travis Ford‘s staff at Oklahoma State before getting hired by Tad Boyle at Colorado in 2016
Bill Grier Coaching Tree
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