Brian Ellerbe

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Brian Hersholt Ellerbe (born September 1, 1963) is an American basketball coach. The Capitol Heights, Maryland native served as head men's basketball coach at Loyola-Maryland from 1994 to 1997, and then at the University of Michigan from 1997 to 2001, where he posted a 62-60 record. However, nearly all of Ellerbe's wins at Michigan were later forfeited or vacated from official records as a result of a scandal in which four players received money from booster Ed Martin. Ellerbe himself was cleared of wrongdoing.

[edit] Education

Ellerbe attended Bowie High School in Bowie, MD. He graduated from Rutgers in 1985.

[edit] Career

Ellerbe served as an assistant coach at Rutgers for one season before moving to Bowling Green University for 2 seasons. He got his first coaching job at George Mason University during the 1989-90 season. The next season he coached the Gamecocks at the University of South Carolina. In 1990, he moved on to become an assistant coach at the University of Virginia for 4 years.

Preceded by
Skip Prosser
Loyola College in MD Men's Head Basketball Coach
1994–1997
Succeeded by
Dino Gaudio
Preceded by
Steve Fisher
Michigan Men's Head Basketball Coach
1997–2001
Succeeded by
Tommy Amaker