Herb Sendek
Herb Sendek (born February 22, 1963)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Santa Clara Broncos
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Miami (OH) record: 63-26 (.708)
NC State record: 191-132 (.591)
Arizona State record: 159-137 (.537)
Santa Clara record: 120-93 (.563)
Overall record: 533-388 (.579)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 8 (1995, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2014)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2005)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 12 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2022, 2023)
- WCC Regular Season Champion: 0
- MAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (1995)
- WCC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Pac-12 Coach of the Year: 1 (2010)
- ACC Coach of the Year: 1 (2004)
- MAC Coach of the Year: 1 (1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | Santa Clara |
| 2006-2015 | Arizona State |
| 1996-2006 | NC State |
| 1993-1996 | Miami (OH) |
| 1989-1993 | Kentucky (asst) |
| 1986-1989 | Providence (asst) |
| 1985-1986 | Providence (grad. asst) |
Herb Sendek Facts
- Herbert Joseph Sendek, Jr.
- Born February 22, 1963
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Carnegie Mellon University (BS, 1985)
- Attended Penn Hills HS and played PG at D-III Carnegie Mellon, both in his hometown of Pittsburgh
- First coaching job was a season an an assistant at Central Catholic HS (PA)
- Spent two seasons working under Rick Pitino – first as a graduate assistant and then a full assistant coach – at Providence
- Stayed at Providence for two more seasons assisting coach Rick Barnes before rejoining Pitino’s staff at Kentucky in 1989
- Worked at Kentucky for four seasons before becoming a head coach
- Went 63-26 in three seasons as the head coach at Miami (OH), reaching two NITs and the 1995 NCAA Tournament
- Left for NC State in 1996, coaching the Wolfpack for the next ten seasons
- Won 191 games at NC State, went to four-straight NITs and later five-straight NCAA Tournaments
- Finished in the ACC top 3 just twice and had a losing record against Duke and North Carolina, leading Sendek to leave in 2006 for Arizona State
- Coached the Sun Devils for nine seasons, winning 159 games and going to the postseason six times (two NCAA, four NIT)
- Fired in 2015 following an 18-16 finish to the preceding season
- After one year out of coaching, Sendek was hired as the head coach at Santa Clara
- Through seven seasons, Sendek is 120-93 overall and has won 20+ games on three occasions
- Notable for his extensive coaching tree (see below); a number of his assistants have had great success as head coaches
- Along with his wife, Melanie, has three daughters
Herb Sendek Coaching Tree
- Jim Christian (Boston College, Ohio, TCU, Kent State)
- Charlie Coles (Miami OH)
- John Groce (Akron, Illinois, Ohio)
- Larry Hunter (Western Carolina)
- Ron Hunter (Tulane, Georgia State, IUPUI)
- Stan Johnson (Loyola Marymount)
- Thad Matta (Butler, Ohio State, Xavier)
- Archie Miller (Rhode Island, Indiana, Dayton)
- Sean Miller (Arizona, Xavier)
- Eric Musselman (Arkansas, Nevada)
- Barret Peery (Portland State)
- Scott Pera (Rice)
- Mark Phelps (Drake)
- Rob Senderoff (Kent State)
- Lamont Smith (San Diego)
- Dedrique Taylor (Cal State Fullerton)
- James Whitford (Ball State)
- Ben Wilkins (Seton Hill)
