Bob Hoffman (basketball)
| Bob Hoffman | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Mercer |
| Record | 144–97 (.598) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 18, 1957[1] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1979 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Position(s) | Guard / Forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1987–1990 1990–1999 1999–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–present |
Southern Nazarene (women) Oklahoma Baptist Texas-Pan American Oklahoma (asst.) Arkansas Aeros Rio Grande Valley Vipers Mercer |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 454–253 (.642) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
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Championships
CIT Championship (2012) A-Sun Regular Season Championship (2013, 2014) A-Sun Tournament Championship (2014) | |
Bob Hoffman (born July 18, 1957) is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, United States.[2] He is a graduate of Putnam City High School in Warr Acres, Oklahoma and went to Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee to play basketball. He met his wife there and after graduation he was hired at Piedmont High School in Piedmont, Oklahoma just northwest of Oklahoma City. He was then hired as the head women's basketball coach at Southern Nazarene University, where his team won the NAIA national championship in 1989. From there he returned to his alma mater as men's coach for the following ten years.
From OBU he was the coach at University of Texas-Pan American then back to Oklahoma where he served as an assistant to Kelvin Sampson at the University of Oklahoma until Sampson and Hoffman were found to have committed numerous NCAA violations.[3] Hoffman was not retained by new head coach Jeff Capel and went on to coach in the American Basketball League and the Developmental NBA. He was hired on March 27, 2008 to replace Mark Slonaker. He led Mercer to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament championship as well as the University's first NCAA Tournament victory in an upset of No. 6 Duke on March 21, 2014.
Hoffman won his 400th game as a men's college coach when Mercer defeated Lipscomb University on January 26, 2013.[4][5] With the victory, Hoffman is 488-239 as a men's and women's college coach. In addition, he previously served as head coach of the Arkansas Aeros in the American Basketball Association and of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA Developmental League.
Hoffman is a Christian.[6] Hoffman and Mercer President William D. Underwood are both graduates of Oklahoma Baptist University.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Sooner Athletic Conference) (1990–1999) | |||||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist: | 242–79 (.754) | ||||||||
| Texas–Pan American Broncs (Independent) (1999–2004) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Texas-Pan American | 12–16 | |||||||
| 2000–01 | Texas-Pan American | 12–17 | |||||||
| 2001–02 | Texas-Pan American | 20–10 | |||||||
| 2002–03 | Texas-Pan American | 10–20 | |||||||
| 2003–04 | Texas-Pan American | 14–14 | |||||||
| Texas-Pan American: | 68–77 (.469) | ||||||||
| Mercer Bears (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2008–2014) | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | Mercer | 17–15 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2009–10 | Mercer | 16–17 | 10–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Mercer | 15–18 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Mercer | 27–11 | 13–5 | 2nd | CIT Champions | ||||
| 2012–13 | Mercer | 24–12 | 14–4 | 1st | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2013–14 | Mercer | 27–9 | 14–4 | T–1st | NCAA Round of 32 | ||||
| Mercer Bears (Southern Conference) (2014–present) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Mercer | 19–16 | 12–6 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| Mercer: | 145–98 (.597) | 85–47 (.644) | |||||||
| Total: | 455–254 (.642) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
References
- ↑ "NCAA® Career Statistics". ncaa.org.
- ↑ AP. "Mercer hires Hoffman to replace Slonaker as coach". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ↑ Mercer Bears coach Bob Hoffman took the long, winding road to NCAA stage. Alexander, Chip. The News & Observer (Raleigh), 22 March 2014
- ↑ "News from Macon and Warner Robins, GA, and beyond - The Telegraph". macon.com.
- ↑ "News from Macon and Warner Robins, GA, and beyond - The Telegraph". macon.com.
- ↑ "Bob Hoffman, Mercer University".
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