Todd Bozeman

Todd Bozeman
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Morgan State
Biographical details
Born December 5, 1963 (1963-12-05) (age 48)
Place of birth Washington, D.C., USA
Playing career
1982–1986 Rhode Island
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1987
1987–1988
1988–1990
1990–1992
1993–1996
1997–1998
1998–2001
2006–present		 Potomac HS (asst.)
George Mason (asst.)
Tulane (asst.)
California (asst.)
California
Vancouver Grizzlies (scout)
Toronto Raptors (scout)
Morgan State

Todd Bozeman (born December 5, 1963 in Washington, D.C.) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Morgan State University.

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Berkeley

Previously he served as head coach at University of California, Berkeley from 1993 to 1996. He took over as interim coach in February 1993 when Lou Campanelli was fired with 10 games to go in the season. He led the Golden Bears to an upset of two-time defending national champion Duke in the second round of the 1993 tourney—becoming the youngest coach (29 years old) to ever take a team to the "Sweet Sixteen". Following the season, Bozeman was given the coaching job on a permanent basis. He led the Golden Bears to two more NCAA tournaments.

Scandal and Controversy

Bozeman was forced to resign in the fall of 1996. He admitted paying $30,000 over two years to the parents of Golden Bears recruit Jelani Gardner so they could drive from their home in Mendocino to see him play. When Gardner's playing time dwindled, his parents turned Bozeman in to the NCAA (Gardner eventually transferred to Pepperdine).[1] He had also been the subject of a sexual harassment complaint; just before the announcement he had been ordered to stay away from a former Cal student who had accused him of making lewd phone calls and threatening her.[2]

As a result of a subsequent investigation, Cal had to forfeit the entire 1994–95 season and all but two games of the 1995–96 season. The school also vacated its appearance in the 1996 NCAA Tournament. The NCAA also imposed an eight-year "show-cause" order on Bozeman. The show-cause order meant that until 2005, no NCAA member school could hire Bozeman unless it either agreed to impose sanctions on him or convinced the NCAA that he had served his punishment. The NCAA came down particularly hard on Bozeman because he'd lied to school and NCAA officials about his role in making the payments, and only admitted it a week before the NCAA hearing.[3]

Since most schools will not even consider hiring a coach with an outstanding "show-cause" on his record, Bozeman was effectively blackballed from the college ranks for eight years. Additionally, Bozeman was hampered by rumors that he had deliberately undermined Campanelli,[4] even though the National Association of Basketball Coaches cleared Bozeman of any wrongdoing in the events that led to Campanelli's ouster.[5]

After Berkeley

Bozeman spent the next ten years working as an NBA assistant and scout before landing the Morgan State job in 2006. He is the first coach to land a job at another school after being slapped with a "show-cause."[4]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
California (Pac-10) (1993–1996)
1992–1993* California 11–2* 8–1* 2nd NCAA Sweet 16
1993–1994 California 22–8 13–5 T–2nd NCAA 1st Round
1994–1995 California 13–14** 5–13** T–8th
1995–1996 California 17–11** 11–7** 4th NCAA 1st Round**
California: 63–35& 37–26&
Morgan State (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2006–2008)
2006–2007 Morgan State 13–18 10–8 3rd
2007–2008 Morgan State 22–11 14–2 1st NIT 1st Round
2008–2009 Morgan State 23–12 13–3 1st NCAA 1st Round
2009–2010 Morgan State 27–10 15–1 1st NCAA 1st Round
2010–2011 Morgan State 17–14 10–6 3rd
MSU: 102–65 62–20
Total: 162–99

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

*Bozeman was named acting head coach in February 1993 following the firing of Lou Campanelli; California credits the first 17 games of the regular season to Campanelli and the final 13 games (including the NCAA Tournament) to Bozeman.
**Entire 1994–95 season and all but two games of 1995–96 season forfeited by NCAA after it was discovered that Jelani Gardner was ineligible. 1996 NCAA Tournament appearance was vacated. Official record for 1994–95 is 0–27 (0–18 Pac-10), official record for 1995–96 is 2–26 (2–16 Pac-10).
&Official record at California is 35–63 (23–41 Pac-10) not including forfeited and vacated games.

References

  1. ^ Curtis, Jake (2006-05-09). "10 years later, Bozeman again coaching Golden Bears". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/09/SPGQKINT271.DTL. Retrieved 2007-09-21. 
  2. ^ "Bozeman quits at California". New York Times. 1996-08-29. 
  3. ^ 1997 probation announcement
  4. ^ a b Schmadtke, Alan (2006-11-19). "Bozeman back in game". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-154698259.html. 
  5. ^ Friend, Tom (1993-02-16). "Successor to Cal Coach Is Cleared by His Peers". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D81638F935A25751C0A965958260. Retrieved 2008-12-30. 
Current men's basketball head coaches of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference