Bob Huggins
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | West Virginia |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 219–114 (.658) |
| Annual salary | $3,250,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 21, 1953 Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1977 | West Virginia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1977–1978 | West Virginia (asst.) |
| 1978–1980 | Ohio State (asst.) |
| 1980–1983 | Walsh |
| 1983–1984 | Central Florida (asst.) |
| 1984–1989 | Akron |
| 1989–2005 | Cincinnati |
| 2006–2007 | Kansas State |
| 2007–present | West Virginia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 809–323 (.715) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Regional Championship (1992, 2010) Big East Tournament championship (2010) 4× C–USA Tournament championship (1996, 1998, 2002, 2004) 8× C–USA regular season championship (1996–2002, 2004) 4× Great Midwest Tournament championship (1992–1995) 2× Great Midwest regular season championship (1992, 1993) OVC Tournament championship (1986) OVC regular season championship (1986) |
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| Awards | |
| C–USA Coach of the Decade (2005) 3× C–USA Coach of the Year (1998–2000) OVC Coach of the Year (1986) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2015) Jim Phelan Award (2015) |
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Robert Edward Huggins (born September 21, 1953), nicknamed "Huggs," is an American college basketball coach. He is the head coach of the West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team. Huggins previously held the head coaching positions at Walsh College (1980–1983), the University of Akron (1984–1989), the University of Cincinnati (1989–2005) and Kansas State University (2006–2007). On April 5, 2007, he accepted an offer to return to coach his alma mater, West Virginia University. After leading the Mountaineers to a Sweet 16 appearance, Huggins signed an 11-year contract with the university after the season ended.
One of only ten coaches ever with 800 or more career victories, Huggins has been to 22 total NCAA tournaments, including 21 in the last 24 seasons. He has led his teams to seven Sweet Sixteen appearances, four Elite Eight appearances, and two Final Four appearances (1992 with Cincinnati; 2010 with West Virginia). As of January 2017, Huggins has averaged 23 wins per season over the course of his career.
Huggins, who had moved to Port Washington, Ohio, with his family, played basketball for his father, Charles, at Indian Valley South High School. As a senior, he helped lead his team to a 26–0 season.
Huggins began college at Ohio University. He returned to his native West Virginia, after transferring out from Ohio University after his freshman season, playing point guard for the West Virginia University Mountaineers from 1975 until 1977. Huggins' career-high was 28 points against Virginia Tech, he averaged 13.2 points as a senior, and he totaled 800 career points in his three collegiate seasons. Teammate Maurice Robinson said of Huggins as a player, "You always knew that he was going to be successful in whatever he did because he worked real hard.”
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