Greg Kampe

Greg Kampe (born December 5, 1955)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Oakland Golden Grizzlies
Current conference: Horizon League
Oakland record^: 699-537 (.566)
Overall record^: 699-537 (.566)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  4  (2005, 2010, 2011, 2024)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  1  (2017)
• CIT Appearances:  4  (2009, 2012, 2013, 2015)
• Vegas 16 Championships:  0  (Runner-up in 2016)
• Vegas 16 Appearances:  1  (2016)
• Horizon League Regular Season Champion:  2  (2017, 2024)
• Summit League Regular Season Champion:  3  (2000, 2010, 2011)
• GLIAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  2  (1996, 1997)
• Horizon League Tournament Champion:  1  (2024)
• Summit League Tournament Champion:  3  (2005, 2010, 2011)
• NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  4  (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997)

Awards:

• Summit League Coach of the Year:  4  (2000, 2007, 2010, 2011)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

1984-present	Oakland
1978-1984	Toledo (asst)

Greg Kampe Facts

• Greg Charles Kampe
• Born December 5, 1955
• Hometown: Defiance, Ohio
• Alma Mater: Bowling Green State University (BA, 1978) / University of Toledo (MA, 1979)
• The Ohio-native played at Bowling Green for head coaches Pat Haley and John Weinert
  • Also played cornerback and special teams for the BGSU football team
• Started his coaching career after undergrad, spending six seasons as an assistant to long-time Toledo head coach Bob Nichols
• Hired in 1984 to become the head coach at Oakland University, then a Division II program
  • Went to four NCAA D-II Tournaments, including a Sweet Sixteen berth in 1997, and won two Great Lakes (GLIAC) titles
  • Since making the move to Division I program in 1999, Kampe has led the Grizzlies to three NCAA Tournaments, one NIT, four CITs and a runner-up finish in the inaugural Vegas 16
  • Won three Summit League Tournaments and three regular season titles, sweeping both in 2010 and 2011
  • Led the Grizzlies to a shared Horizon League title in 2017, the program’s first since joining the league in 2013; won the Horizon title outright for the first time in 2024 and the Horizon Tournament to get back into the NCAA Tournament
• Kampe is the third-longest tenured head coach currently in Division I men’s basketball, behind Syracuse‘s Jim Boeheim (hired in 1976) and Duke‘s Mike Krzyzewski (hired in 1980)
• Along with his wife, Sue, has three sons

Greg Kampe Coaching Tree

• Michael Malone (Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings)
• Cornell Mann (Grand Valley State)
• Dwayne Stephens (Western Michigan)
• Drew Valentine (Loyola IL)

 

^ Oakland & Overall records includes seasons at both the Division I and Division II level