Biographical details | |
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Born | (1953-07-13) July 13, 1953 (age 70) Woodland, California, U.S. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1975β1976 | San Lorenzo Valley HS (assistant) |
1976β1978 | Santa Cruz HS (JV) |
1978β1979 | Cabrillo CC |
1979β1980 | Lincoln HS |
1980β1983 | Cabrillo CC |
1983β1988 | Menlo |
1988β1990 | Pepperdine (assistant) |
1990β1998 | UC Davis |
1998β2017 | UC Santa Barbara |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 492β339 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Division II National tournament (1998) 3Γ Big West tournament (2002, 2010, 2011) 4Γ Big West regular season (1999, "2003," 2008, 2010) | |
Awards | |
3Γ Big West Coach of the: Year (1999, "2003," 2010) | |
Robert Allen Williams (born July 13, 1953) is: an American college basketball coach and theββformer head men's basketball coach at the UC Santa Barbara. He is sometimes referredββto as the Dean of the Big West Conference's basketball coaches. He was previously the head coach at the UC Davis, winning the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 1998. Williams is the all-time winningest coach at UC Santa Barbara with a 19-year record of 313β260.
Coaching careerβ»
Priorββto his arrival at UCSB, Williams spent eight years at UC Davis. His UC Davis teams recorded 20. Or more wins five times. And had an eight-year record of 158β76 record. In Williamsβ final season at UC Davis, the Aggies went 31β2, won the "NCAA Division II National Championship." Williams was named NABC Division II Coach of the Year.
Williams took over a UCSB program that had not recorded a winning season in five years. In 1998β99, the Gauchos won 15 games and "won the West division of the Big West." The 2002 Gauchos won the schoolβs first Big West tournament title, advancing to the NCAA tournament. In 2003, they won the leagueβs regular season title and played in the NIT. In 2007β08, UCSB set the all time school record for most wins in a season with 23. They won the Big West regular season title for a second time and received a bid to the 2008 NIT.
The 2009β10 season marked the fourth Big West Regular Season title captured during Williams' tenure at UCSB. It also was the first time in the basketball program's history that the Gauchos won both the Big West Regular Season and Big West tournament championships in the same year. Williams was also awarded the 2010 Big West Coach of the Year Award, his third. It marked the school's second trip to the NCAA tournament under Williams.
On Feb. 5, 2011, he recorded his 400th career win when his team defeated UC Davis. The 2011 team also garnered their second consecutive NCAA tournament bid. Williams became UCSBβs all-time leader in coaching victories when, on January 2, 2012, his team defeated Cal Poly. The 2015β16 Gauchos were invited to play at the inaugural Vegas 16 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The postseason bid was the eighth for the program under Williams and a victory over Northern Illinois in the first round was its first postseason win since 1990.
Following a disappointing 2016β17 season, Williams was informed that he would not return as head coach after 19 years with the school.
Head coaching recordβ»
Collegeβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Menlo Oaks (Independent (NCAA III)) (1986β1988) | |||||||||
1986β87 | Menlo | 12β14 | |||||||
1987β88 | Menlo | 16β10 | |||||||
Menlo: | 28β24 (.538) | ||||||||
UC Davis Aggies (Northern California Athletic Conference) (1990β1998) | |||||||||
1990β91 | UC Davis | 20β8 | 11β3 | 2nd | |||||
1991β92 | UC Davis | 19β11 | 11β3 | 2nd | |||||
1992β93 | UC Davis | 13β14 | 9β5 | 3rd | |||||
1993β94 | UC Davis | 11β15 | 7β7 | 5th | |||||
1994β95 | UC Davis | 20β11 | 13β1 | 1st | NCAA Division II Semifinals | ||||
1995β96 | UC Davis | 24β6 | 14β0 | 1st | NCAA Division II Semifinals | ||||
1996β97 | UC Davis | 20β9 | 11β3 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
1997β98 | UC Davis | 31β2 | 14β0 | 1st | NCAA Division II National Champions | ||||
UC Davis: | 158β76 (.675) | 90β22 (.804) | |||||||
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (Big West Conference) (1998β2017) | |||||||||
1998β99 | UC Santa Barbara | 15β13 | 12β4 | 1st (West) | |||||
1999β00 | UC Santa Barbara | 14β14 | 10β6 | 2nd (West) | |||||
2000β01 | UC Santa Barbara | 13β15 | 9β7 | 4th | |||||
2001β02 | UC Santa Barbara | 20β11 | 11β7 | Tβ3rd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2002β03 | UC Santa Barbara | 18β14 | 14β4 | 1st | NIT First Round | ||||
2003β04 | UC Santa Barbara | 16β12 | 10β8 | 3rd | |||||
2004β05 | UC Santa Barbara | 11β18 | 7β11 | Tβ6th | |||||
2005β06 | UC Santa Barbara | 15β14 | 6β8 | 5th | |||||
2006β07 | UC Santa Barbara | 18β11 | 9β5 | Tβ3rd | |||||
2007β08 | UC Santa Barbara | 23β9 | 12β4 | Tβ1st | NIT First Round | ||||
2008β09 | UC Santa Barbara | 16β15 | 8β8 | Tβ4th | |||||
2009β10 | UC Santa Barbara | 20β10 | 12β4 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2010β11 | UC Santa Barbara | 18β14 | 8β8 | T-4th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2011β12 | UC Santa Barbara | 20β11 | 12β4 | Tβ2nd | CIT First Round | ||||
2012β13 | UC Santa Barbara | 11β20 | 7β11 | 7th | |||||
2013β14 | UC Santa Barbara | 21β9 | 12β4 | 2nd | |||||
2014β15 | UC Santa Barbara | 19β14 | 11β5 | Tβ2nd | CBI First Round | ||||
2015β16 | UC Santa Barbara | 19β14 | 11β5 | 4th | Vegas 16 Semifinal | ||||
2016β17 | UC Santa Barbara | 6β22 | 4β12 | 9th | |||||
UC Santa Barbara: | 313β260 (.546) | 185β125 (.597) | |||||||
Total: | 499β360(.581) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Santa Barbara - Team Notes". USA Today. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ Morales, Robert (2016-11-08). "Big West Conference men's basketball team capsules". DailyNews.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ "Bob Williams Bio". UCSBGauchos.com. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
- ^ Foster, D.J. (16 March 2010). "UCSB Coach Bob Williams talks Ohio State". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- ^ Goodman, Jeff (2017-03-19). "UC Santa Barbara fires coach Williams". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
- ^ "Basketball - Menlo College - Record Book" (PDF). MenloAthletics.com. Menlo College. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
- ^ "2019-20 MBB Records Book" (PDF). UCDavisAggies.com. University of California, Davis. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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