Doc Sadler

Kenneth "Doc" Sadler
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Team	Southern Miss
Biographical details
Born	(1960-06-12) June 12, 1960
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1982–1985 1985–1986 1986 1987–1988 1988–1991 1991–1994 1994–1997 1997–1998 1998–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2012 2013–2014 2014–present	Arkansas (asst.) Lamar (asst.) Houston (asst.) Chicago State (asst.) Arkansas–Fort Smith (asst.) Texas Tech (asst.) Arizona State (asst.) Arkansas–Fort Smith (asst.) Arkansas–Fort Smith UTEP (asst.) UTEP Nebraska Iowa State (asst.) Southern Miss
Head coaching record
Overall	149–107 (.582)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships WAC Tournament Championship (2005)

Kenneth "Doc" Sadler (born (1960-06-12)June 12, 1960^[1]) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Southern Miss. He was previously an assistant coach at Iowa State University.

Biography

Sadler, a native of Greenwood, Arkansas,^[1] was previously the coach at the University of Texas at El Paso, where he took over for former Texas Tech Red Raiders head coach Billy Gillispie^[2] after previously serving as his assistant coach.^[3] At UTEP, Sadler led his team to a 48–18 record^[4]^[5] and two postseason appearances in his 2 seasons at the helm.^[5]^[6]^[7] He departed UTEP for the head coaching job at the University of Nebraska on August 8, 2006 to take over for former coach Barry Collier, who left to become the athletic director at Butler University.^[5]

At Nebraska, Sadler inherited a team that had been relegated to the end of the pack in the Big 12 Conference for several seasons, after former coach Danny Nee led the team to five NCAA tournament appearances, an NIT title and a Big 8 tournament title in the 1990s. Instead under Sadler's leadership, the Huskers were relegated to the end of the pack in the Big 10 Conference. He was fired on March 9, 2012^[8] after six seasons without ever making an NCAA tournament appearance.^[9]

Sadler received his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was a student manager under legendary coach Eddie Sutton. Sadler also head coached at the Arkansas–Fort Smith, and was an assistant coach at Arkansas (1982–85), Lamar (1985–86), Houston (1986), Chicago State (1987–88), Arkansas–Fort Smith (1988–91, 1997–98), Texas Tech (1991–94) and Arizona State (1994–97).^[4]^[5]

On June 13, 2012, Kansas basketball coach, Bill Self announced the hiring of Sadler to replace Barry Hinson as Director of Basketball Operations.^[4]

On May 31, 2013, Sadler was hired by Iowa State to serve as an assistant under Fred Hoiberg.

Coaching career

While under Sadler at Nebraska, over 80 percent of seniors who finished their eligibility earned their degrees.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UTEP Miners (Western Athletic Conference) (2004–2005)
2004–05	UTEP	27–8^[10]	14–4^[10]	2nd^[11]	NCAA 1st Round^[10]
UTEP (Conference USA) (2005–2006)
2005–06	UTEP	21–10^[12]	11–3^[12]	3rd^[13]	NIT 1st Round^[12]
UTEP Miners:		48–18 (.727)	25–7 (.781)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–07	Nebraska	17–14^[14]	6–10^[14]	7th^[15]
2007–08	Nebraska	20–13^[16]	7–9^[16]	T–7th^[17]	NIT 2nd Round^[16]
2008–09	Nebraska	18–13^[18]	8–8^[18]	8th^[19]	NIT 1st Round^[18]
2009–10	Nebraska	15–18^[20]	2–14^[20]	12th^[21]
2010–11	Nebraska	19–13^[22]	7–9^[22]	T–7th^[23]	NIT 1st Round^[22]
Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Ten Conference) (2011–2012)
2011–12	Nebraska	12–18^[22]	4–14^[24]	T–11th^[25]
Nebraska:		101–89^[4] (.532)	34–64 (.347)
Southern Miss Golden Eagles (Conference USA) (2014–present)
2014–15	Southern Miss	9–20	4–14	13th
Southern Miss:		9–20 (.310)	4–14 (.222)
Total:		158–127 (.554)
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

Notes

External links

University of Nebraska profile

UTEP Miners basketball head coaches

Tommy Dwyer (1914–1923)
Jack Vowell (1923–1924)
George B. Powell (1924–1926)
No team (1926–1927)
E. J. Stewart (1927–1928)
Mack Saxon (1928–1934)
No team (1934–1935)
J. B. Andrews (1935–1936)
Marshall Pennington (1936–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Charles Finley (1944–1945)
Dale Waters (1945–1947)
Ross Moore (1947–1948)
Dale Waters (1948–1949)
Russ Moore (1949–1950)
Dale Waters (1950–1953)
George McCarty (1953–1959)
Harold Davis (1959–1961)
Don Haskins (1961–1999)
Jason Rabedeaux (1999–2002)
Billy Gillispie (2002–2004)
Doc Sadler (2004–2006)
Tony Barbee (2006–2009)
Tony Madlock # (2009)
Tony Barbee (2009–2010)
Tim Floyd (2010–2015)
Phil Johnson # (2015)
Tim Floyd (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball head coaches

Frank Lehmer (1897–1899)
T. P. Hewitt (1900)
E. Berry (1901)
Fred Morrell (1902)
Walter Hiltner (1902–1903)
R. G. Clapp (1904–1909)
T. J. Hewitt (1910)
Osmond F. Field (1911)
Ewald O. Stiehm (1912–1915)
Sam Waugh (1916)
E. J. Stewart (1917–1919)
Paul J. Schissler (1919–1921)
Owen A. Frank (1922–1923)
William G. Kline (1924–1925)
Ernest Bearg (1925–1926)
Charlie T. Black (1926–1932)
William Browne (1932–1940)
Adolph J. Lewandowski (1940–1945)
L. F. Klein (1945–1946)
Harry Good (1946–1954)
Jerry Bush (1954–1963)
Joe Cipriano (1963–1980)
Moe Iba (1980–1986)
Danny Nee (1986–2000)
Barry Collier (2000–2006)
Doc Sadler (2006–2012)
Tim Miles (2012– )

Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball head coaches

R. G. Slay (1912–1913)
A. B. Dillie (1913–1916)
No team (1916–1918)
R. G. Slay (1918–1920)
B. B. O'Mara (1920–1921)
O. V. Austin (1921–1923)
No team (1923–1924)
Herschel Bobo (1924–1928)
William B. Saunders (1928–1930)
Allen Selby (1930–1932)
Allison Hubert (1932–1936)
Reed Green (1936–1941)
No team (1941–1945)
Reed Green (1945–1946)
J. D. Stonestreet (1946–1948)
Jess Thompson (1948–1949)
Lee Floyd (1949–1954)
Charles Finley (1954–1957)
Fred Lewis (1957–1962)
Lee Floyd (1962–1971)
Jeep Clark (1971–1976)
M. K. Turk (1976–1996)
James Green (1996–2004)
Larry Eustachy (2004–2012)
Donnie Tyndall (2012–2014)
Doc Sadler (2014– )

Current men's basketball head coaches of Conference USA