Ed Schilling
Ed Schilling (born January 4, 1966)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Pepperdine Waves
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Wright State record: 75-93 (.446)
Pepperdine record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 75-93 (.446)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Pepperdine |
| 2020-2024 | Grand Canyon (asst) |
| 2017-2019 | Indiana (asst) |
| 2013-2017 | UCLA (asst) |
| 2003-2005 | Memphis (asst) |
| 1997-2003 | Wright State |
| 1996-1997 | New Jersey Nets (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | UMass (asst) |
Ed Schilling Facts
- Edmund C. Schilling Jr.
- Born January 4, 1966
- Hometown: Lebanon, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Miami University (BA, 1988)
- Graduated from Lebanon Senior HS (IN) then played four seasons for coach Jerry Peirson at Miami (OH)
- Started out coaching at the HS level, including stints as the head coach at Western Boone Junior-Senior HS (IN) (1988-91) and Logansport HS (IN) (1991-95)
- Hired in 1995 by John Calipari to be an assistant coach at UMass; was part of the Minutemen’s (later vacated) 1996 NCAA Final Four run
- Followed Calipari to the NBA in 1996 and spent one year as an assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets
- Returned to the college ranks in 1997 when he was hired to be the head coach at Wright State
- Went 75-93 in six seasons with the Raiders but never reached the postseason; was fired in 2003 after a 10-18 campaign
- Reunited with Calipari for two seasons in Memphis, going to one NCAA Tournament (2004) and one NIT (2005)
- Spent four seasons (2009-13) as the head basketball coach at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis, coaching future IU and NBA player Yogi Ferrell
- Headed out West in 2013 to be an assistant at UCLA under new head coach – and fellow Indiana-native – Steve Alford
- Worked with the Bruins for four seasons and was part of three NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances
- Went back to his home state in 2017 to become an assistant with the Indiana Hoosiers, spending two seasons under Archie Miller
- Schilling spent four years an assistant at Grand Canyon for another Indiana-native, Bryce Drew, where he was a part of three NCAA Tournament appearances and two WAC regular season titles
- Hired in April 2024 to be the new head coach at Pepperdine in the WCC
Ed Schilling Coaching Tree
- Otis Hughley, Jr. (Alabama A&M)
- Kareem Richardson (UMKC)
