Bruce Parkhill
Bruce Parkhill (born June 16, 1949)
Teams coached: William & Mary Tribe, Penn State Nittany Lions
William & Mary record: 89-75 (.543)
Penn State record: 181-169 (.517)
Overall record: 270-244 (.525)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1991)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 5 (1983, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 1 (1983)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 1 (1991)
Awards:
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (1990)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2000-2002 | Ohio State (asst) |
| 1983-1995 | Penn State |
| 1977-1983 | William & Mary |
| 1974-1977 | William & Mary (asst) |
| 1972-1974 | Virginia (grad. asst) |
Bruce Parkhill Facts
- Bruce Parkhill
- Born June 16, 1949
- Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Lake Haven University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1971)
- Graduated from State College Area HS (PA) and was a three-sport athlete at Lock Haven (PA)
- His father, Will, played basketball at Penn State while his brother, Barry, starred at Virginia
- Began his coaching career at Virginia, where his brother was player, serving as a graduate assistant under Bill Gibson
- Hired in 1974 to join George Balanis’ staff at William & Mary and three years later became the Tribe’s head coach
- Went 89-75 in six seasons at the helm, winning the ECAC South (now CAA) title in 1983 to earn a NIT berth
- Moved back to State College in 1983 to take over as the head coach at Penn State
- Led the Nittany Lions for 12 seasons. going 181-169 during that span
- Appeared in four NITs and one NCAA Tournament, by way of the 1991 A-10 Tournament title
- The 13-seed Lions upset 4-seed UCLA 74-69 in the Round of 64
- Helped led the program in the transition from the Atlantic 10 to the Big Ten Conference (starting 1992-93)
- Resigned unexpectedly in September 1995, citing burnout from his long coaching career
- Briefly returned to coaching in 2000, spending two years as one of Jim O’Brien‘s assistants at Ohio State
Bruce Parkhill Coaching Tree
- Jeff Bower (Marist, New Orleans Hornets)
- Tom Brennan (Vermont, Yale)
- Keith Cieplicki (Syracuse (w), Vermont (w))
- Ed DeChellis (Navy, Penn State, East Tennessee State)
- Jerry Dunn (Tuskegee, Penn State)
- Dan Earl (Chattanooga, VMI)
- Barry Parkhill (Saint Michael’s, William & Mary)
- Mark Schmidt (St. Bonaventure, Robert Morris)
