Vance Walberg
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 9, 1956 |
| Nationality | American |
| Career information | |
| High school | Monta Vista (Cupertino, California) |
| College |
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| Coaching career | 1978–present |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1978–1981 | Mountain View HS |
| 1981–1983 | Los Altos HS |
| 1984–1989 | Newark Memorial HS |
| 1989–2002 | Clovis West HS |
| 2002–2006 | Fresno CC |
| 2006–2008 | Pepperdine |
| 2008–2011 | UMass (assistant) |
| 2012–2013 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
| 2013–2015 | Philadelphia 76ers (assistant) |
| 2015–2016 | Sacramento Kings (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Clovis West HS |
Vance Patrick Walberg (born July 9, 1956) is an American basketball coach. He was previously an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, and an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts. He is known for developing the dribble drive motion offense, sometimes known as the Memphis Attack, AASAA offense.
Walberg graduated from Monta Vista High in Cupertino, California in 1974, where he was the team's Most Valuable Player in winning a league championship. He spent two seasons at De Anza Community College, where he won two conference championships and finished as the school's all-time steals leader. He then went to Cal State Bakersfield for the next two years, and was named the school's Defensive Player of the Year twice and served as team captain.
Walberg became head coach of Mountain View (Calif.) High at age 22. He also served as badminton coach at James Logan High School (1983–84) and head basketball coach at Los Altos High School (1981–83). Walberg then became the head coach at Newark (Calif.) Memorial High School for five seasons (1985–89), winning one league title on two trips to the championships. In 1990, he embarked on a 13-year tenure as head coach at Clovis West High School in Fresno, Calif. In 1997, he had his Clovis West High team adopt his AASAA offense, leading to a 159-18 five-year record.
Walberg's stint at Fresno City College (2002–06) had his team going 133-11 on more than 100 points a game, leading to a 2005 California state community college title. He was named California Community College Coach of the Year twice (2003 and 2005) and was Central Valley Conference Coach in every season he coached there.
He became the Pepprdine head coach in April 2006. On January 17, 2008, Walberg resigned from Pepperdine, citing family issues. On May 5, 2008, he officially joined head coach Derek Kellogg's staff at UMass. He served on the UMass staff for three seasons.
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