| Bill Grier | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | San Diego |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 19, 1963 |
| Place of birth | Silverton, Oregon, USA |
| Playing career | |
| 1986–1987 1987–1988 |
Central Oregon CC Southwestern Oregon CC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–2007 2007–present |
Gonzaga (asst.) San Diego |
Bill Grier (born October 19, 1963) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head men's basketball coach at the University of San Diego.
Grier was born in Silverton, Oregon, and he attended Cottage Grove High School in Cottage Grove, Oregon. He began coaching freshman basketball at his alma mater in 1986. He left to attend Central Oregon Community College and Southwestern Oregon Community College, where he played basketball, before earning a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon in 1990.[1]
He coached at Creswell High School in Creswell, Oregon before becoming an assistant college coach at Gonzaga University in 1992. He remained at Gonzaga until 2007, when he was hired to coach at USD.[1] In his first season, Grier coached the Toreros to an upset of Gonzaga in the finals of the WCC tournament. The Toreros received a #13 seed in the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament and upset #4 seed Connecticut in the first round.
In April 2008, Grier explored the opening at Oregon State but decided to remain at San Diego.[2]
| Season | Team | Overall | |||||||
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| San Diego (West Coast Conference) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007–2008 | San Diego | 22–14 | 11–3 | 3rd | NCAA 2nd Round | ||||
| 2008–2009 | San Diego | 16–16 | 6–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2009–2010 | San Diego | 11–21 | 3-11 | T-6th | |||||
| San Diego: | 49–51 | 20–22 | |||||||
| Total: | 38–30 | ||||||||
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National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion |
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