Bob McKillop (born July 13, 1950)
Teams coached: Davidson Wildcats
Davidson record: 634-380 (.625)
Overall record: 634-380 (.625)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2022)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2008)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 8 (1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2021)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2011)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2015, 2022)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 13 (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (2018)
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 7 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Awards:
- NABC Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
- Clair Bee Coach of the Year: 1 (2008)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 2 (2015, 2022)
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 9 (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
1989-2022 | Davidson |
1978-1979 | Davidson (asst) |
Bob McKillop Facts
- Robert Howard McKillop
- Born July 13, 1950
- Hometown: Queens, New York
- Alma Mater: Hofstra University (BA, 1972)
- Coached at Holy Trinity Diocesan HS in Hicksville, NY (1973-78) and Long Island Lutheran HS in Brookville, NY (1979-89)
- Went 86-25 at Holy Trinity and 182-51 at Long Island Lutheran (268-76 overall)
- In between, he spent one season as an assistant under Eddie Biedenbach at Davidson
- Served as the head coach at Davidson from 1989-2022, winning 634 games and going to ten NCAA Tournaments and eight NITs
- His tenure was highlighted by a 2008 run to the Elite Eight behind star player and future NBA MVP Stephen Curry
- Along the way, McKillop claimed fifteen regular season conference titles (2x in the A-10 and 13x in the SoCon) and was named conference coach of the year eleven times (2x A-10 and 9x SoCon)
- In June 2022, McKillop announced his retirement after 33 seasons at the helm; turned the program over to son, Matt
- Along with his wife, Cathy, has one daughter and two sons
Bob McKillop Coaching Tree
- Abe Woldeslassie (Macalester College)
- Duggar Baucom (The Citadel, VMI, Tusculum)
- Matt Doherty (SMU, FAU, North Carolina, Notre Dame)
- Jim Fox (Appalachian State)
- Landry Kosmalski (Swarthmore)
- Matt Matheny (Elon)
- Matt McKillop (Davidson)
- Ryan Mee (Vassar)
- Tom Pecora (Fordham, Hofstra)
- Tim Sweeney (Connecticut College, Hobart College)
- Jason Zimmerman (Emory)