Bob Huggins
Alma Mater:
Class of:
Hometown:
Gnadenhutten, OH
High School:
Indian Valley South High School
- Advanced to two Final Fours--Cincinnati in 1992 and West Virginia in 2010
- Captured a total of 10 conference tournaments--one with Akron (Ohio Valley in 1986) and eight with Cincinnati (all four Great Midwest from 1992 through 1995, four in Conference USA in 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004 and one in Big East in 2010)
- Guided Akron to nation's best record among independent schools in 1988 and 1989
- Cincinnati's all-time winningest coach
- Assistant coach at West Virginia under Joedy Gardner for one season in 1977-78, at Ohio State under Eldon Miller for two seasons in 1978-79 and 1979-80, and at UCF under Chuck Machock for one season in 1983-84
- Major-college career playing statistics under Gardner (8.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 45.9 FG%, 79.4 FT%)
- Final Top 20 Rankings (11: AP/UPI/USA)--1992 (12/14/5), 1993 (7/7/6), 1994 (25/NR/NR), 1996 (7/7/6), 1997 (10/16), 1998 (9/14), 1999 (11/11), 2000 (7/7), 2001 (NR/22), 2002 (5/8), 2004 (11/18), 2005 (23/25), 2008 (NR/17) and 2010 (6/3)
- Major-college All-Americans (five): Cincinnati's Danny Fortson (1996 and 1997), Steve Logan (2002), Kenyon Martin (2000) and Nick Van Exel (1993) and West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler (2010).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walsh (OH) | 14-16 | 9-5 | T-3rd | Mid-Ohio | DNP | |
Walsh (OH) | 23-9 | 11-3 | 1st | Mid-Ohio | DNP | |
Walsh (OH) | 34-1 | 14-0 | 1st | Mid-Ohio | NAIA (0-1) | |
12-14 | 6-8 | 6th | Probation | |||
22-8 | 10-4 | T-1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-9 | 9-5 | T-2nd | NIT (0-1) | |||
21-7 | DNP | |||||
21-8 | NIT (0-1) | |||||
20-14 | 9-5 | T-2nd | NIT (1-1) | |||
18-12 | 8-6 | 3rd | NIT (1-1) | |||
29-5 | 8-2 | T-1st | NCAA (4-1) | |||
27-5 | 8-2 | 1st | NCAA (3-1) | |||
22-10 | 7-5 | 4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
22-12 | 7-5 | T-3rd | NCAA (1-0) | |||
28-5 | 11-3 | 1st | C-USA (Blue) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
26-8 | 12-2 | 1st | C-USA (Blue) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
27-6 | 14-2 | 1st | C-USA (American) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
27-6 | 12-4 | 1st | C-USA (American) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
29-4 | 16-0 | 1st | C-USA (American) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
25-10 | 11-5 | 1st | C-USA (American) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
31-4 | 14-2 | 1st | C-USA (American) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
17-12 | 9-7 | T-3rd | C-USA (American) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
25-7 | 12-4 | T-1st | NCAA (1-1) | |||
25-8 | 12-4 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
23-12 | 10-6 | 4th | NIT (1-1) | |||
26-11 | 11-7 | T-5th | NCAA (2-1) | |||
23-12 | 10-8 | T-7th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
31-7 | 13-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (4-1) | |||
21-12 | 11-7 | T-6th | NCAA | |||
2011-12 |
* Record in 1994-95 does not include one forfeit victory awarded from California.
- 28-Year Coaching Record: 670-241 (.735) overall
- 71-26 (.732) in three years at Walsh (OH)
- 97-46 (.693) in five years at Akron
- 398-128 (.757) in 16 years at Cincinnati
- 23-12 (.657) in one year at Kansas State
- 80-30 (.727) in first three years at West Virginia
- 34-8 (.810) in Mid-Ohio Conference
- 25-17 (.595) in Ohio Valley Conference
- 17-11 (.607) in Metro Conference
- 30-14 (.682) in Great Midwest Conference
- 123-33 (.788) in Conference USA
- 10-6 (.625) in Big 12 Conference
- 34-20 (.630) in Big East Conference
- 3-1 (.750) in OVC Tournament
- 1-2 (.333) in Metro Tournament
- 10-0 (1.000) in Great Midwest Tournament
- 16-6 (.727) in C-USA Tournament
- 1-1 (.500) in Big 12 Tournament
- 7-2 (.778) in Big East Tournament
- 26-18 (.591) in NCAA Tournament
- 3-5 (.375) in NIT
- 0-1 (.000) in NAIA Tournament