Bob Boyd
Bob Boyd (1930-2015)
Teams coached: Seattle Redhawks, USC Trojans, Mississippi State Bulldogs
Seattle record: 41-13 (.759)
USC record: 216-131 (.622)
Mississippi State record: 55-87 (.387)
Overall record^: 312-231 (.575)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1964, 1979)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1964)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (1973)
- NCIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 1974)
- NCIT Appearances: 2 (1974, 1975)
Awards:
- SEC Coach of the Year: 1 (1985)
- Pac-10 Coach of the Year: 1 (1979)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1996-1997 | LSU (asst) |
| 1994-1995 | Utah State (asst) |
| 1990-1992 | Chapman |
| 1989-1990 | Riverside CC |
| 1981-1986 | Mississippi State |
| 1966-1979 | USC |
| 1963-1965 | Seattle |
| 1957-1963 | Santa Ana College |
Bob Boyd Facts
- William Robert Boyd
- Born June 7, 1930
- Died January 14, 2015
- Hometown: Alhambra, California
- Alma Mater: University of Southern California (BA, 1953)
- Played at USC for head coach Forrest Twogood, earning team MVP honors as a senior in 1952
- Started his coaching career at the prep level, coaching at five different California high schools
- Was the head coach for six seasons at Santa Ana College (CA) before getting his first major college job
- Went 41-13 in two years as head coach at Seattle, reaching the NCAA Tournament in 1964 after winning 22 games
- Resigned in 1965 when the FBI discovered that three players failed to report a bribe attempt to fix games
- Boyd spent the next year out of coaching, instead working for Converse
- Resigned in 1965 when the FBI discovered that three players failed to report a bribe attempt to fix games
- Returned to coaching in 1966, taking over as head coach at alma mater USC
- Was 216-131 in thirteen seasons with the Trojans, reaching one NIT, one NCAA Tournament and two NCITs
- Remembered for many battles with John Wooden and UCLA, the toast of college basketball at the time
- Announced in 1978 that the next season would be his last; won 20 games and went to the NCAA Tournament
- After another couple years out of coaching, Boyd was hired as head coach at Mississippi State
- Later coaching stops included stints leading Riverside CC and D-III Chapman University in Orange, CA
- Was also an assistant for one season at Utah State under his own former assistant, Larry Eustachy
- Spent one year at LSU assisting Dale Brown; Boyd had given LSU Brown’s name in 1972 after turning the Tigers’ head coaching job down himself
- During the season, LSU played a Samford team coached by John Brady, a former assistant of Boyd’s at MSU
- Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001 and the Pac-12 Hall of Honor in 2004
- Passed away from natural causes in 2015 at the age of 2015
- Survived by three sons and 10 grandchildren; preceded in death by his wife, Betty, and son, Bruce
Bob Boyd Coaching Tree
- Lynn Archibald (Utah, Idaho State)
- John Brady (Arkansas State, LSU, Samford)
- Kermit Davis (Ole Miss, Middle Tennessee, Idaho, Texas A&M)
- Larry Eustachy (Colorado State, Southern Miss, Iowa State, Utah State, Idaho)
- David Farrar (Idaho, Middle Tennessee)
- Rex Hughes (San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Kent State)
- Jeff Malone (Florida Flame, Columbus Riverdragons)
- Stan Morrison (San Jose State, USC, Pacific)
- Paul Westphal (Sacramento Kings, Pepperdine, Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns, Grand Canyon)
- Richard Williams (Mississippi State)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only