John Groce
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Akron |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 7, 1971 Muncie, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Taylor |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1996 | Taylor (asst.) |
| 1996–2000 | NC State (asst.) |
| 2000–2001 | Butler (asst.) |
| 2001–2004 | Xavier (asst.) |
| 2004–2008 | Ohio State (asst.) |
| 2008–2012 | Ohio |
| 2012–2017 | Illinois |
| 2017–present | Akron |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 180–131 (.579) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2× MAC Tournament championships (2010, 2012) | |
John Gordon Groce (/ɡroʊs/) (born September 7, 1971) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach at Akron. He was formerly the head coach of Ohio University and the University of Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team.
Groce graduated from Taylor University, an NAIA Division II school in Upland, Indiana, in 1994 and played basketball for the school while he was there. Groce started his coaching career as an assistant with his alma mater, Taylor University, under Paul Patterson from 1993 to 1996. His next job was an assistant at North Carolina State University under Herb Sendek from 1996 to 2000. He then moved on to Butler University to join his good friend Thad Matta and was there just one season (2000–01). Together they then moved onto Xavier University where he was an assistant from 2001 to 2004, and moved again with Matta to Ohio State University as an assistant from 2004 to 2008.
He was named as the head men's basketball coach at Ohio University on June 27, 2008, replacing Tim O'Shea, who resigned to take the head coach position at Bryant University. Groce was at Ohio from 2008 to 2012 and led the school to the NCAA Tournament twice. Qualifying as a #14 seed in 2010, Groce led the Bobcats to an upset win over Georgetown in the first round. In 2012, Groce led the #13 seed Bobcats all the way to the Sweet Sixteen, where they suffered a 73–65 overtime loss to North Carolina. Ohio had not been that far in the tournament since 1964. In four seasons at Ohio, Groce was 85–56 overall and 34–30 in Mid-American Conference games.
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