Bob Huggins

Bob Huggins (born September 21, 1953)

Teams coached: Walsh Cavaliers, Akron Zips, Cincinnati Bearcats, Kansas State Wildcats, West Virginia Mountaineers
Walsh record: 71–26 (.732)
Akron record: 97-46 (.678)
Cincinnati record: 399-127 (.759)
Kansas State record: 23-12 (.657)
West Virginia record: 345-203 (.630)
Overall record^: 935-414 (.693)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  26  (1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  9  (1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  2  (1992, 2010)
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  4  (1990, 1991, 2007, 2014)
• CBI Appearances:  1 (2019)
• Conference USA Regular Season Champion:  8  (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
• Great Midwest Regular Season Champion:  2  (1992, 1993)
• Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion:  1  (1986)
• Big East Tournament Champion:  1  (2010)
• Conference USA Tournament Champion:  4  (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004)
• Great Midwest Tournament Champion:  4  (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)
• Ohio Valley Tournament Champion:  1  (1986)
• NAIA Tournament Appearances:  1  (1983)

Awards:

• Sporting News Coach of the Year:  1  (2000)
• Jim Phelan Award:  1  (2015)
• Big 12 Coach of the Year:  1  (2015)
• Conference USA Coach of the Year:  3  (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Ohio Valley Coach of the Year:  1  (1986)
• Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2022)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

Bob Huggins Facts

• Robert Edward Huggins
• Born September 12, 1953
• Hometown: Port Washington, Ohio
• Born in Morgantown, West Virginia
• Alma Mater: West Virginia University (BA, 1977 & MA, 1978)
• A coach’s son, Huggins played for his father at Indian Valley South HS (OH) before starting his collegiate career at Ohio U
  • Transferred to WVU after his freshman year, playing two seasons for head coach Joedy Gardner
• Started coaching at WVU under Gardner in 1977, then spent two seasons as an assistant at Ohio State under Eldon Miller
• Was the head coach for three seasons at D-II Walsh College, going 71-26 overall during that time, including a 34-1 record in 1982-83 (30-0 regular season)
• Spent one season as an assistant under Chuck Machock at UCF before landing the head job at Akron in 1984
• Was head coach at Akron for five years, winning 97 games and going to the NCAA Tournament in 1986 after winning OVC regular season and Tournament titles
• Became the head coach at Cincinnati in 1989, coaching there for 16 seasons
  • Went to the NIT in each of his first two seasons, then led the Bearcats to 14-straight NCAA Tournaments (including the 1992 Final Four)
  • Resigned in 2005 after a DUI arrest in 2004 and the arrest of one of his assistants and several players the following year
• Was hired in March 2006 to be the head coach at Kansas State; led the Wildcats to a 23-12 record and NIT appearance in his only year at KSU
• Had the opportunity to become head coach at alma mater West Virginia and was officially hired in April 2007
  • Has been to the NCAA Tournament 11 times in 16 years as the WVU head coach, including a trip to the 2010 Final Four
  • Had his salary reduced and received a three-game suspension after using a homophobic slur during a radio interview in May 2023
    • The following month, Huggins was arrested for DUI in Pittsburgh and the next day – June 17 – resigned and retired from coaching

Bob Huggins Coaching Tree

• Rod Baker (Delaware 87ers, Harlem Globetrotters, ABA, CBA)
• Jerrod Calhoun (Utah State, Youngstown State, Fairmont State)
• Coleman Crawford (Akron)
• Mick Cronin (UCLA, Cincinnati, Murray State)
• Josh Eilert (West Virginia)
• Andy Kennedy (UAB, Ole Miss, Cincinnati)
• David Kiefer (Southeastern Louisiana)
• James Long (Charleston WV, WVU Tech)
• Erik Martin (South Carolina State)
• Frank Martin (UMass, South Carolina, Kansas State)
• Joe Mazzulla (Boston Celtics, Fairmont State)
• Darris Nichols (Radford)
• John Robic (Youngstown State)
• Brad Underwood (Illinois, Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin)

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels