Karl Hobbs
Karl Hobbs (born August 7, 1961)
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Head coach: Damon Stoudamire)
Current conference: Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)
Teams coaches: George Washington Colonials
George Washington record: 166-129 (.563)
Overall record: 166-129 (.563)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2005, 2006, 2007)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2004)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2010)
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 2 (2005, 2006)
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 2 (2005, 2007)
Awards:
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Georgia Tech (assoc. HC) |
| 2016-2023 | Rutgers (assoc. HC) |
| 2014-2016 | Connecticut (asst) |
| 2012-2014 | Connecticut (DBO) |
| 2001-2011 | George Washington |
| 1993-2001 | Connecticut (asst) |
| 1987-1993 | Boston University (asst) |
Karl Hobbs Facts
- Karl Bernard Hobbs II
- Born August 7, 1961
- Hometown: Roxbury, Massachusetts
- Alma Mater: University of Connecticut (BS, 1986)
- Played at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Boston alongside Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing before heading to UConn to play for Dom Perno
- Started coaching in 1987 as an assistant at Boston U under head coach Mike Jarvis, who had coached him at Cambridge
- Returned to UConn in 1993 to become an assistant coach under Hall of Famer Jim Calhoun
- Was on staff when the Huskies won their first ever NCAA Championship in 1999
- Spent ten seasons as the head coach at George Washington, winning 166 games, two Atlantic 10 regular seasons, two Atlantic 10 Tournaments and earning three trips to the NCAA Tournament
- Rejoined Calhoun’s staff at UConn in 2012 and remained on staff as the program was handed over to Kevin Ollie
- Was an assistant for another NCAA Championship in 2014
- Worked for his former GWU assistant Steve Pikiell at Rutgers as associate head coach for seven seasons; part of the Knights’ back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022
- Left Rutgers in 2023 to be the associate head coach for Damon Stoudamire at Georgia Tech
Karl Hobbs Coaching Tree
- Kevin Broadus (Morgan State, Binghamton)
- Donyell Marshall (Central Connecticut)
- Steve Pikiell (Rutgers, Stony Brook)
