Solomon Bozeman
Solomon Bozeman (born December 18, 1987)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions
Current conference: Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)
Arkansas-Pine Bluff record: 30-63 (.323)
Overall record: 30-63 (.323)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- SWAC Regular Season Champion: 0
- SWAC Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Sun Belt Player of the Year: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2021-present | Arkansas-Pine Bluff |
2018-2021 | Oral Roberts (asst) |
2016-2018 | Little Rock (asst) |
2014-2016 | Abilene Christian (asst) |
Solomon Bozeman Facts
- Solomon Bozeman
- Born December 18, 1987
- Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas
- Alma Mater: University of Arkansas-Little Rock (BS, 2010 & MA, 2012)
- The son of a college coach, Bozeman spent three years at Oxford HS (MS) while his father, Eric, was an assistant at Ole Miss
- Eric was hired as the head coach at D-II Southern Arkansas in 2005 so Solomon finished his prep career at Magnolia HS (AR)
- Played for two seasons at South Florida for head coaches Robert McCullum (2006-07) and Stan Heath (2007-08), then transferred to Little Rock to play his final two seasons under head coach Steve Shields
- Helped lead the Trojans to the NCAA Tournament as a RS senior in 2011 and was named Sun Belt POY
- Spent some time in the NBA D-League and had stints playing overseas in Macedonia, Estonia, Ukraine and Qatar
- Returned to the States in 2014 to begin his coaching career; spent two seasons on Joe Golding‘s staff at Abilene Christian
- Left for alma mater Little Rock in 2016, working as an assistant coach for two seasons under Wes Flanigan
- When Flanigan was fired in 2018, Bozeman headed to Oral Roberts and spent three seasons as an assistant under Paul Mills
- Was part of the 2021 Golden Eagles team that became just the 2nd-ever 15-seed to reach the Sweet Sixteen
- In June 2021, Bozeman was hired to be the head coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the SWAC
Solomon Bozeman Coaching Tree
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