Greg Gard
Greg Gard (born December 3, 1970)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Wisconsin Badgers
Current conference: Big Ten Conference
Wisconsin record: 186-107 (.635)
Overall record: 186-107 (.635)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 6 (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 2 (2016, 2017)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2023)
- Big Ten Regular Season Champion: 2 (2020, 2022)
- Big Ten Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Jim Phelan Award: 1 (2016)
- Big Ten Coach of the Year: 2 (2020, 2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2015-present | Wisconsin |
| 2008-2015 | Wisconsin (assoc. HC) |
| 2001-2008 | Wisconsin (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Milwaukee (asst) |
| 1993-1999 | Wisconsin-Platteville (asst) |
Greg Gard Facts
- Gregory Glen Gard
- Born December 3, 1970
- Hometown: Cobb, Wisconsin
- Alma Mater: UW-Platteville (BS, 1995 & MSE, 2007)
- First two coaching jobs were high school positions: Southwestern (WI), 1990-93 & Platteville (WI), 1993-94
- Spent more than twenty-two seasons as an assistant to Bo Ryan at UW-Platteville, Milwaukee and Wisconsin
- Promoted to associate head coach at Wisconsin starting with the 2008-09 season
- Upon Ryan‘s retirement in December 2015, Gard was named interim head coach
- Signed a five-year contract to become Wisconsin’s head basketball coach after leading team to a 13-6 finish in 2015-16
- Led the Badgers to the Sweet Sixteen in each of his first two seasons as head coach
- Won a share of the Big Ten title in 2020 and 2022 and earned Big Ten COY honors both years
Greg Gard Coaching Tree
- Kyle Blackbourn (Rockhurst)
- Lamont Paris (South Carolina, Chattanooga)
