Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | March 18, 1963 |
Playing career | |
1982–1986 | Buffalo State |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1986–1987 | Broome CC (asst.) |
1987–1988 | Binghamton (asst.) |
1988–1991 | St. Nicholas of Tolentine HS (asst.) |
1992–1993 | Rice HS (asst.) |
1993–1994 | Xavier (asst.) |
1994–1998 | Providence (asst.) |
1998–1999 | Virginia (asst.) |
1999–2006 | Manhattan |
2006–2010 | Seton Hall |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 174–123 (.585) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2× MAAC Tournament champions (2003, 2004) 3× MAAC regular season champions (2003, 2004, 2006) |
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Awards | |
2× MAAC Coach of the Year (2003, 2006) |
Robert P. "Bobby" Gonzalez (born March 18, 1963) is the former head coach of the Seton Hall University Pirates men's basketball team. Gonzalez was previously the head coach at Manhattan College and was well known for leading the Jaspers to two NCAA tournaments and the second NCAA tournament win in school history.
Gonzalez had previously been an assistant under Pete Gillen at Xavier, Providence and Virginia, serving as one of Gillen's top recruiters.
A native of Binghamton, New York, Gonzalez graduated from Buffalo State College in 1986.
Gonzalez began his career as an assistant at Broome Community College in the 1986–87 season then moved up to the NCAA Division I level as an assistant at Binghamton in 1987–88. From 1988 to 1991, Gonzalez was an assistant at St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School in Brooklyn and coached AAU teams as well. In the 1992–93 school year, Gonzalez was head coach at Rice High School in Manhattan.
Gonzalez later was an assistant under Pete Gillen for six seasons, first at Xavier in the 1993–94 season, then at Providence from 1994 to 1998, and finally at Virginia in the 1998–99 season.