Herb Sendek

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Herb Sendek
Title Head coach
College Arizona State
Sport Basketball
Born February 22, 1963 (age 44)
Place of birth Flag of United States Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Career Highlights
School as a player
1981-1984 Carnegie Mellon
Coaching positions
1985-1989
1989-1993
1994-1996
1996-2006
2006-present
Providence (Asst.)
Kentucky (Asst.)
Miami (OH)
North Carolina State
Arizona State

Herbert J. Sendek (born February 22, 1963 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is the head basketball coach at Arizona State University.

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[edit] Background

Sendek was formally introduced as the ASU head coach on April 3, 2006.[1] A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, he served as an assistant coach at Providence College and the University of Kentucky under Rick Pitino. He was then the head coach at Miami University (Ohio) and at North Carolina State University. He is the grandson of a coal miner. Herb Sr., his father, is a teacher and basketball coach at both the high school and junior college levels. During his youth, Sendek was influenced by several coaches who had a great impact on him, including legendary junior college coach Bill Shay. Sendek became a standout guard as a senior at Penn Hills High School, earning All-East Suburban notice as the team captain. He was also a leader in the classroom, graduating with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. He was recently named to the Penn Hills Hall of Fame and to the East Boros Chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. From there, Sendek opted to attend Carnegie Mellon University, earning a Carnegie Merit Scholarship and the opportunity to play for coach Dave Maloney.

[edit] Timeline

[edit] Coaching career

[edit] Arizona State

On April 3, 2006, Sendek accepted the head coaching job at Arizona State. His early successes at the school include signing Jerren Shipp, a highly regarded high school guard, and Eric Boateng, a former McDonald's All-American who transferred from Duke. On August 14th 2006 he received a commitment from point guard Jamelle McMillan, a four star recruit and the son of former NC State Basketball star Nate McMillan, who Sendek had been recruiting while he was at NC State.

[edit] NC State

Sendek was hired at NC State in 1996 after three years of success at Miami (Ohio), his first head coaching experience. He immediately improved upon the Les Robinson era since internal restriction applied to Robinson were relaxed, winning 17 games for the program's first winning record in six years. In his first year at NC State, the Wolfpack also finished the year winning eight of eleven games, advanced to the finals of the ACC Tournament, and earned a trip to the postseason in the NIT. Despite this improvement, Sendek was never able to achieve success on the level of prior NCSU coaches Everett Case, Press Marivich, Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano.

Sendek coached NC State to the NCAA tournament five consecutive years from 2002 until 2006 (tying the school record). He had his most success during these last five years, winning his 100th game at NC State in 2002 and having a winning conference record in each year but one. In 2004, Sendek won ACC Coach of the Year and Julius Hodge, one of Sendek's most prized recruits during his NC State tenure, won the ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year. In 2005, NC State upset defending champion Connecticut in the second round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, NC State's deepest run into the tournament during Sendek's years. Sendek finished his NC State coaching career with a 71-88 record in the ACC and a 32-87 record against RPI top 50 teams.

In 10 years, Sendek's teams won no championships of any kind, and lost 3 ACC title games, this combined with weak out of conference schedualing at NCSU resulted in a split fan base and ultimately in Sendek leaving for ASU.

[edit] Year-by-Year Head Coaching Record

Season School Record (conference) / Finish Record (overall) Postseason
1993-94 Miami (Ohio) 19-11 NIT
1994-95 Miami (Ohio) 23-7 NCAA, Second Round
1995-96 Miami (Ohio) 21-8 NIT
1996-97 NC State 4-12 / 8th 17-15 NIT
1997-98 NC State 5-11 / 8th 17-15 NIT
1998-99 NC State 6-10 / 5th 19-14 NIT
1999-00 NC State 6-10 / 6th 20-14 NIT, Semifinals
2000-01 NC State 5-11 / 7th 13-16 None
2001-02 NC State 9-7 / T-3rd 23-11 NCAA, Second Round
2002-03 NC State 9-7 / 4th 18-13 NCAA, First Round
2003-04 NC State 11-5 / 2nd 21-10 NCAA, Second Round
2004-05 NC State 7-9 / T-6th 21-14 NCAA, Regional Semifinal
2005-06 NC State 10-6 / 4th 22-10 NCAA, Second Round
2006-07 Arizona State 2-16 / 10th 8-22 None
Preceded by
Joby Wright
Miami University (Ohio)
Men's Basketball
Head Coach

1993–1996
Succeeded by
Charlie Coles
Preceded by
Les Robinson
NC State University
Men's Basketball
Head Coach

1996–2006
Succeeded by
Sidney Lowe
Preceded by
Rob Evans
Arizona State University
Men's Basketball
Head Coach

2006–present
Succeeded by
(current)

Stone • Hoskins • Browne • Flack • Roberts • Little • Rider • Ewing • Tillotson • MauerEwbank • Van Winkle • Foster • Brickels • Rohr • Shrider • Locke • Hedric • Peirson • Wright • SendekColes

Hargrove • Sandborn • Hegarty • Tucker • Hartsell • Safford • Crozier • Tebell • Sermon • Warren • Jay • CaseMaravichSloanValvanoRobinsonSendekLowe

Adams • Schaeffer • Cooper • Wills • McCreary • Shipkey • Lavik • Pomeroy • Lavik • KajikawaWulk • Weinhauer • PattersonFrieder • Newman • EvansSendek

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Arizona State University (April 3, 2006). Arizona State Names Herb Sendek Men's Head Basketball Coach. Press release. Retrieved on April 3, 2006.

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