Ernie Zeigler
Ernie Zeigler (born January 31, 1966)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Nebraska Cornhuskers (Head coach: Fred Hoiberg)
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Teams coached: Central Michigan Chippewas
Central Michigan record: 75-111 (.403)
Overall record: 75-111 (.403)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 2 (2009, 2010)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Nebraska (asst) |
| 2015-2022 | Mississippi State (asst) |
| 2013-2015 | Detroit Mercy (asst) |
| 2006-2012 | Central Michigan |
| 2003-2006 | UCLA (asst) |
| 2001-2003 | Pittsburgh (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Bowling Green (asst) |
| 1999-2000 | Kansas State (asst) |
Ernie Zeigler Facts
- Ernest Franklin Zeigler II
- Born January 31, 1966
- Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
- Alma Mater: Cleary College (BA, 1994)
- The Detroit-native graduated from Cody HS (MI) and played at Schoolcraft JC (MI), D-II Armstrong State (GA) and D-II Northwood (MI)
- Began his coaching career back in Detroit, spending six years as an assistant boys basketball coach at alma mater Cody HS
- Served as a head coach overseas for one year with the Henan Wildcats (China) and two years with Al-Halil (Saudi Arabia)
- Spent one year each on the staff at Kansas State (under Tom Asbury) and Bowling Green (under Dan Dakich)
- Joined Ben Howland‘s staff at Pittsburgh in 2001 and two years later followed him to UCLA, working there for three seasons
- Part of four NCAA Tournaments in those five years, including the Bruins’ 2006 National Runner-up finish
- Returned to his home state in 2006 when he was hired as the head coach at Central Michigan
- Went 75-111 in six seasons at the helm, earning a share of the MAC West division title in both 2009 and 2010
- Finished below .500 in all but one season; was fired in 2012 following a second-straight 20+ loss record
- Spent two seasons on the staff at Detroit Mercy under head coach Ray McCallum
- Reunited with Howland in 2015, spending the next seven years as an assistant at Mississippi State
- Was part of one NCAA Tournament and three NITs, including a 2021 NIT Runner-up
- Hired in August 2022 to be an assistant on Fred Hoiberg‘s staff at Nebraska
- Along with his wife, Seantelle, has two children; son, Trey, played for him at CMU and later at Pittsburgh and TCU
Ernie Zeigler Coaching Tree
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