Bill Courtney (basketball)

Bill Courtney
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Cornell
Biographical details
Born May 4, 1970
Playing career
1988–1992 Bucknell
Position(s) Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–2005
2005–2006
2006–2009
2009–2010
2010–present
Robinson Secondary School
Thomas Jefferson HS for S&T
American (asst.)
Bowling Green (asst.)
George Mason (asst./assoc. HC)
Providence (asst.)
Virginia (asst.)
Virginia Tech (asst.)
Cornell

Bill Courtney (born May 4, 1970) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach of the Cornell University Big Red.

Coaching career

Head coach

On April 23, 2010, following the resignation of former head coach Steve Donahue, a press conference was held at Cornell University to officially hire Courtney as the next basketball coach. Courtney thanked Donahue for leading the University to three consecutive Ivy League titles, and mentioned that his first goal was to win a fourth. He also mentioned that while “no one thinks we're going to be that good next year," he told the team to "put no limits on what they can accomplish because [Courtney] certainly won't." Courtney's official title is Robert E. Gallagher '44 Head Coach of Cornell Men's Basketball.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Cornell (Ivy League) (2010–2011)
2010–11 Cornell 10–18 6–8 T–5th
2011–12 Cornell 12–16 7–7 5th
2012–13 Cornell 13–18 5–9 T–6th
2013–14 Cornell 2–26 1–13 8th
2014–15 Cornell 13–17 5–9 T-5th
Cornell: 50–95 24–46
Total: 50–95

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. "Bill Courtney Named New Men's Basketball Coach". The Cornell Sun. Cornell University. June 10, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2010.

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