Ben Howland
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Howland with UCLA in 2012
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Team | Mississippi State |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 30–33 (.476) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 28, 1957 Lebanon, Oregon |
| Alma mater |
Weber State College, B.S., 1979 Gonzaga University, M.Ed., 1981 |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1978 | Santa Barbara CC |
| 1978–1980 | Weber State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Gonzaga (assistant) |
| 1982–1994 | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
| 1994–1999 | Northern Arizona |
| 1999–2003 | Pittsburgh |
| 2003–2013 | UCLA |
| 2015–present | Mississippi State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 429–236 (.645) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Regional Championships – Final Four (2006, 2007, 2008) Pac-10 Tournament Championship (2006, 2008) Pac-10 Regular Season Championship (2006, 2007, 2008) Pac-12 Regular Season Championship (2013) Big East Tournament Championship (2003) Big East Regular Season Championship (2002, 2003) Big Sky Tournament Championship (1998) Big Sky Regular Season Championship (1997, 1998) |
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| Awards | |
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Henry Iba Award (2002) Naismith College Coach of the Year (2002) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2006) Big East Coach of the Year (2002) Big Sky Coach of the Year |
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Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and former player. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I coaches to take three different teams to the NCAA tournament: Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh, and UCLA.
Born in Lebanon, Oregon, Howland first attended Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, for a year then transferred to Cerritos High School in Cerritos, where he earned his diploma. While at Cerritos, he was a two-time All-CIF and two-time Suburban League Most Valuable Player in basketball.
After high school Howland played college basketball for Santa Barbara City College then transferred to Weber State College in Ogden, Utah, a member of the Big Sky Conference. Known as a defensive specialist, he later played professional basketball in Uruguay.
He earned a bachelor's degree in physical education at Weber State and a master's degree in administration at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.
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