Billy Hahn
Billy Hahn (1953-2023)
Teams coached: Ohio Bobcats, La Salle Explorers
Ohio record: 43-44 (.494)
La Salle record: 37-54 (.407)
Overall record: 80-98 (.449)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2007-2017 | West Virginia (asst) |
| 2001-2004 | La Salle |
| 1989-2001 | Maryland (asst) |
| 1986-1989 | Ohio |
| 1980-1986 | Ohio (asst) |
| 1977-1980 | Rhode Island (asst) |
| 1976-1977 | Davidson (asst) |
| 1975-1976 | Morris Harvey (asst) |
Billy Hahn Facts
- Billy Hahn
- Born June 22, 1953
- Died April 7, 2023
- Hometown: Mishawaka, Indiana
- Alma Mater: University of Maryland (BA, 1975)
- Graduated from Penn HS (IN) and then played for HOF head coach Lefty Driesell and the Maryland Terrapins
- Part of the Terps’ 1972 NIT title and played in two NCAA Tournaments; team captain for the 1974-75 ACC Champions
- Started his coaching career at Morris Harvey College (now U Charleston), where he spent one year assisting Rich Meckfessel
- Spent one year on Dave Pritchett’s staff at Davidson and then assisted Jack Kraft for two seasons at Rhode Island
- Hired by Danny Nee at Ohio in 1980, where he was part of two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT in six seasons as an assistant
- Elevated to head coach of the Bobcats in 1986, going 43-44 over three seasons at the helm
- Did not reach the postseason but did recruit and coach future NBA players Dave Jamerson and Paul Graham
- Returned to alma mater Maryland in 1989, spending the next twelve seasons working under HOF head coach Gary Williams
- Recruited a number of star players and was instrumental in assembling the team that won the 2002 NCAA Championship
- Left Maryland in 2001 to become the head coach at La Salle, going 37-54 in three seasons there
- He and head women’s coach John Miller were forced to resign in 2004 for failing to disclose an incident in which a men’s player allegedly raped a women’s player
- Returned to coaching in 2007, joining then-new head coach Bob Huggins‘ staff at West Virginia
- Was part of eight NCAA Tournaments, including four Sweet Sixteens and the Mountaineers’ 2010 Final Four run
- Retired in 2017 after ten years at West Virginia and nearly 40 seasons as a collegiate coach
- Hahn passed away in April 2023 at the age of 69 after suffering a heart attack
Billy Hahn Coaching Tree
- Fran Fraschilla (New Mexico, St. John’s, Manhattan)
- John Gallagher (Manhattan, Hartford)
