Bruce Weber
Alma Mater:
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Class of:
Hometown:
Milwaukee, WI
High School:
Marshall High School
- Consensus national coach of the year in 2005
- Finished runner-up with Illinois in 2005 NCAA Tournament
- Won 2005 Big Ten Conference Tournament
- Assistant coach at Western Kentucky under Gene Keady for one season in 1979-80, and at Purdue under Keady for 18 seasons from 1980-81 through 1997-98
- Final Top 20 Rankings (three: AP/USA)--2002 (NR/22), 2004 (13/11), 2005 (1/2) and 2006 (13/17)
- All-Americans (three): Illinois' Dee Brown (2005 and 2006), Luther Head (2005) and Deron Williams (2005).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15-12 | 10-8 | T-5th | DNP | |||
20-13 | 12-6 | 3rd | NIT (1-1) | |||
16-14 | 10-8 | T-4th | DNP | |||
28-8 | 14-4 | T-1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
24-7 | 16-2 | 1st | NCAA (0-1) | |||
26-7 | 13-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
37-2 | 15-1 | 1st | NCAA (5-1) | |||
26-7 | 11-5 | T-2nd | NCAA (1-1) | |||
23-12 | 9-7 | T-4th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
16-19 | 5-13 | T-9th | DNP | |||
24-10 | 11-7 | T-2nd | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-15 | 10-8 | 5th | NIT (2-1) | |||
20-14 |
- 13-Year Coaching Record: 296-140 (.679) overall
- 103-54 (.627) in five years at southern Illinois
- 193-86 (.692) in first eight years at Illinois
- 62-28 (.689) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 74-44 (.627) in Big Ten Conference
- 5-5 (.500) in MVC Tournament
- 12-6 (.667) in Big Ten Tournament
- 10-7 (.588) in NCAA Tournament
- 3-2 (.600) in NIT