Bruce Weber (basketball)
Weber at Illinois open practice prior to the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kansas State |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 100–68 (.595) |
| Annual salary | $1.85 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 19, 1956 Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1979–1980 | Western Kentucky (asst.) |
| 1980–1998 | Purdue (asst.) |
| 1998–2003 | Southern Illinois |
| 2003–2012 | Illinois |
| 2012–present | Kansas State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 413–223 (.649) |
| Tournaments | 12–11 (NCAA) 3–2 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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NCAA Final Four (2005) Big 12 regular season (2013) 2× Big Ten regular season (2004, 2005) Big Ten Tournament (2005) 2× MVC regular season (2002, 2003) |
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| Awards | |
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Naismith College Coach of the Year (2005) AP National Coach of the Year (2005) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2005) MVC Coach of the Year (2003) |
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Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University. Weber was formerly head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.
Weber has won conference championships and conference coach of the year awards at each of the three schools where he has served as head coach. He has guided his teams to a combined total of eleven NCAA Tournaments, including an appearance with Illinois in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Weber was the consensus national coach of the year in 2005.
Weber began his coaching career with a brief stint as a graduate assistant coach at Western Kentucky University during the 1979–80 season under head coach Gene Keady. In 1980, Weber moved to Purdue University along with Keady. He remained an assistant coach at Purdue for 18 seasons before becoming the head coach at Southern Illinois University in 1998.
In his five seasons at Southern Illinois, Weber led the Salukis to consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances in 2002 and 2003, including a Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002.
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