Kevin O’Neill
Kevin O’Neill (born January 24, 1957)
Teams coached: Marquette Golden Eagles, Tennessee Volunteers, Northwestern Wildcats, Arizona Wildcats, USC Trojans
Marquette record: 86-62 (.581)
Tennessee record: 36-47 (.434)
Northwestern record: 30-56 (.349)
Arizona record: 0-14 (.000) **
USC record: 48-65 (.425)
Overall record^: 200-244 (.450) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1993, 1994, 2011) **
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (1994)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 3 (1990, 1996, 1999)
- Great Midwest Regular Season Champion: 1 (1994)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2009-2013 | USC |
| 2008-2009 | Memphis Grizzlies (asst) |
| 2007-2008 | Arizona (interim HC) |
| 2004-2006 | Indiana Pacers (asst) |
| 2003-2004 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2001-2003 | Detroit Pistons (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | New York Knicks (asst) |
| 1997-2000 | Northwestern |
| 1994-1997 | Tennessee |
| 1989-1994 | Marquette |
| 1986-1989 | Arizona (asst) |
| 1985-1986 | Tulsa (asst) |
| 1983-1985 | Delaware (asst) |
| 1982-1983 | Marycrest |
| 1980-1982 | North Country CC |
Kevin O’Neill Facts
- Kevin James O’Neill
- Born January 24, 1957
- Hometown: Chateaugay, New York
- Alma Mater: McGill University (B.Ed., 1979) / Marycrest College (M.Ed, 1983)
- Started his coaching career in 1979 at Hammond HS (NY), followed by positions at North Country CC (NY) and alma mater Marycrest College (IA), where he went 17-14 overall
- Spent six years as a Division I assistant: two under Ronald Rainey at Delaware, one under J. D. Barnett at Tulsa and three at Arizona under Hall of Fame head coach Lute Olson
- Was Marquette head coach for five seasons, winning 86 games, going to two NCAA Tournaments, one NIT and winning the 1994 Great Midwest title
- While at Marquette, O’Neill played a role in the iconic basketball documentary Hoop Dreams (1994)
- Spent three seasons each as the head coach at Tennessee and Northwestern, going to one NIT at each stop
- Moved on to the NBA in 2000, working under Jeff Van Gundy (NYK) and Rick Carlisle (DET) before becoming the head coach of the Raptors in 2003
- Went 33-49 (.402) during the 2003-04 season, his lone campaign as an NBA head coach
- Spent the next two seasons with the Indiana Pacers assisting Carlisle
- Returned to the college ranks in 2007, rejoining Olson‘s staff at Arizona
- Named the interim head coach for the 2007-08 season when Olson announced an indefinite medical leave of absence
- The Wildcats went 19-15 under O’Neill, but all 19 wins and 1 NCAA Tournament loss were later vacated by the NCAA
- Spent one year as an assistant coach for Marc Iavaroni with the Memphis Grizzlies
- Named the head coach at USC in June 2009, coaching the Trojans for the next three and a half seasons
- Took the team to the NCAA Tournament in 2011, but went just 6-26 (1-17) the following year
- Fired 17 games into the 2012-13 season after starting 7-10 (2-2)
Kevin O’Neill Coaching Tree
- Gib Arnold (Hawaii)
- Bret Brielmaier (Long Island Nets)
- Michael Curry (Florida Atlantic, Detroit Pistons)
- Bo Ellis (Chicago State)
- Lawrence Frank (Detroit Pistons, New Jersey Nets)
- Brian Gregory (South Florida, Georgia Tech, Dayton)
- Tavaras Hardy (Loyola MD)
- Cornelius Jackson (Marshall)
- Ben Johnson (Minnesota)
- Phil Johnson (UTEP)
- Jesse Mermuys (Raptors 905)
- Miles Simon (South Bay Lakers)
- Rod Strickland (LIU)
- Kevin Whitted (Westchester Knicks, ABA)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
** Listed accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA