Jerry Pimm
Jerry Pimm (born September 28, 1938)
Teams coached: Utah Utes, UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
Utah record: 173-86 (.668)
UC Santa Barbara record: 222-201 (.525)
Overall record: 395-287 (.579)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 7 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1990)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 4 (1977, 1978, 1981, 1983)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1989, 1992, 1993)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 3 (1977, 1981, 1983)
Awards:
- Big West Coach of the Year: 1 (1992)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1983-1998 | UC Santa Barbara |
| 1974-1983 | Utah |
| 1961-1974 | Utah (asst) |
| 1960-1961 | USC (asst) |
Jerry Pimm Facts
- Jerry Pimm
- Born September 28, 1938
- Hometown: Montebello, California
- Alma Mater: University of Southern California (BA, 1960)
- Attended Montebello HS (CA) before playing four seasons under head coach Forrest Twogood at USC
- Spent one year on Twogood‘s staff before Jack Gardner‘s staff at Utah in 1961
- Was an assistant at Utah for thirteen seasons, ten under Gardner then three more under Bill E. Foster
- Took over as the head coach at Utah in 1974 when Foster departed for Duke
- Went 173-86 in nine seasons at the helm, leading the Utes to five NCAA Tournaments (four Sweet Sixteens)
- Won the WAC title three times and finished with 20+ wins four of nine seasons
- Left Utah in 1983 to become the head coach at UC Santa Barbara, a position he held for 15 seasons
- Went 222-201 during his tenure at UCSB, going to two NCAA Tournaments and three NITs
- Stepped away from coaching in 1998 but continued to work within the school’s athletic department
- Was an assistant with Team USA (under head coach Lute Olson), who won gold at the 1986 FIBA World Championships
Jerry Pimm Coaching Tree
- Jamie Dixon (TCU, Pittsburgh)
- Conner Henry (Fort Wayne Mad Ants, overseas)
- Ben Howland (Mississippi State, UCLA, Pittsburgh, Northern Arizona)
- Ray Lopes (Fresno State)
- Brian Shaw (Denver Nuggets)
- Larry Shyatt (Wyoming, Clemson)
