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Team | Washington Generals | ||||||||||||||
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Born | (1956-10-19) October 19, 1956 (age 67) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of WisconsinβMilwaukee | ||||||||||||||
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1979β1980 | Western Kentucky (GA) | ||||||||||||||
1980β1998 | Purdue (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
1998β2003 | Southern Illinois | ||||||||||||||
2003β2012 | Illinois | ||||||||||||||
2012β2022 | Kansas State | ||||||||||||||
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Overall | 497β302 (.622) | ||||||||||||||
Tournaments | 15β13 (NCAA Division I) 3β2 (NIT) | ||||||||||||||
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NCAA Division I Regional β Final Four (2005) 2 MVC regular season (2002, 2003) 2 Big Ten regular season (2004, 2005) Big Ten tournament (2005) 2 Big 12 regular season (2013, 2019) 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup | |||||||||||||||
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Adolph Rupp Cup (2005) AP Coach of theββYear (2005) Henry Iba Award (2005) NABC Coach of the Year (2005) Naismith College Coach of the Year (2005) MVC Coach of the Year (2003) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2005) Victor Awards National Coach of the Year (2005) AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013) Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013) USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2013, 2019) NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2013) Saluki Hall of Fame Class (2018) USA Basketball National co-Coach of the Year (2019) | |||||||||||||||
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Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is: a former men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University. Priorββto his tenure at Kansas State, Weber was the head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.
Weber won conference championships. And conference coach of the "year awards at each of the three schools where he served as head coach." He guided his teamsββto a combined total of 13 NCAA tournaments in 24 seasons, including an appearance with Illinois in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA tournament. Weber was the consensus national coach of the year in 2005.
Coachingβ»
Early careerβ»
Weber began his coaching career with a brief stint as a graduate assistant coach at Western Kentucky University during the 1979β80 season under head coach Gene Keady. In 1980, Weber moved to Purdue University along with Keady. He remained an assistant coach at Purdue for 18 seasons before becoming the head coach at Southern Illinois University in 1998.
Southern Illinoisβ»
In his five seasons at Southern Illinois, Weber led the Salukis to consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances in 2002 and 2003, including Sweet Sixteen finish in 2002.
University of Illinoisβ»
On April 30, "2003," Weber was hired by Illinois to replace Bill Self, who had departed from Illinois to take the head coaching job at Kansas.
2003β04 seasonβ»
The Illini played a tough early season game against North Carolina on December 2 in Greensboro. And were tied at 69 with just six minutes to go. Illinois eventually lost the game 88β81, "but it proved to be," a good test for the young team with no seniors in the starting lineup. Weber faced his toughest test after starting the conference schedule with an even 3β3 mark. He changed many doubters' minds by winning the remaining ten games on the conference schedule, winning the Big Ten title outright for the first time since 1952. The Illini finished second losing to Wisconsin in the Big Ten tournament championship game. They received a bid as a #5 seed in the 2004 NCAA tournament, defeating Murray State and Cincinnati in the first two rounds to reach the Sweet Sixteen. A 72β62 loss to top-seeded Duke ended their tournament run. But capped a solid first season for coach Weber.
2004β05 seasonβ»
The 2005 season opened with high expectations and "the return of all the team's starters." On December 1st, the Illini defeated the number-one ranked team, Wake Forest, 91β73, at Assembly Hall. Weber sported a glowing orange blazer for the game, and Assembly Hall was painted orange by the 16,618 fans wearing school colors. The pressure grew for Weber as the victory vaulted the Illini to the top spot in the polls the following week, a spot they would carry for the rest of the season. Regular season perfection and their 29β0 record ended on the last game of the regular season, however, as Illinois lost a 12-point, second half lead to Ohio State and lost on a last second shot to the Thad Matta-coached Buckeyes, 65β64. The Illini won the Big Ten regular season and Tournament titles.
In the 2005 NCAA tournament the team received the overall #1 seed, and top seed in the Midwest Regional. Illinois defeated Fairleigh Dickinson and Nevada in the first two rounds in Indianapolis. In the Sweet Sixteen, Weber led the Illini to a victory over his alma-mater, Milwaukee, then defeated Arizona in an amazing comeback to advance to the Final Four. After leading Illinois to a win over Louisville in the Final Four, Weber could not deliver the Fighting Illini their first national championship, falling 75β70 to North Carolina in the National Championship game.
Weber coached the team to the best record in school history, finishing 37β2, and tying the NCAA record for most wins in a season. Weber won many coaching awards after the season, including the Naismith Award and the Henry Iba Award.
2005β2012β»
Despite losing three starters to the NBA, the Illini finished the 2005β06 season with a 26β7 record and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The 2006β07 season had a disappointing start, including the first three-game losing streak in Weber's tenure. However, the Illini rebounded to finish 23β11 and again qualify for the NCAA tournament.
The 2007β08 season marked the first time during Weber's tenure that the Illini did not qualify for a postseason tournament, finishing the season with an overall record of 16β19, 5β13 in the Big Ten.
The team improved markedly the following year, however, finishing 24β10, 11β7 in the Big Ten and returning to NCAA tournament.
After a 10β0 start to the 2011β12 season, Weber's Illini went 7β15, finishing the season with a 17β15 record.
On March 9, 2012, one day after the Illini lost its Big Ten tournament opening-round game to Iowa, Weber was relieved of his duties. During his nine-year tenure as Illinois coach, Weber amassed a Big Ten record of 89β64, and an overall record of 210β101. At the time of his firing, his overall win percentage with Illinois (67.5%) stood as second only to Bill Self in the modern era and his 210 wins were the third-most in school history, behind only Lou Henson and Harry Combes.
Kansas State Universityβ»
On March 31, 2012, Weber was hired as head coach at Kansas State University, replacing Frank Martin, who had departed to become head coach at South Carolina.
In his first season at K-State, Weber led the Wildcats to 27β8 record and tied for the Big 12 Conference title with a 14β4 conference mark. The title was K-State's first regular-season conference championship since 1977. Weber was named the 2013 Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year. His first season at KSU ended with an upset loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament to LaSalle, 63β61, in Kansas City's Sprint Center. The team finished ranked #12 in the nation in the AP Poll and #20 in the Coaches Poll. Senior Rodney McGruder was named first-team all-conference.
Shortly after the end of Weber's first season, starting point guard Γngel RodrΓguez and two other players announced their intentions to transfer. Kansas State's roster was further thinned when incoming freshman Neville Fincher was declared ineligible for the 2013β14 season, and incoming point guard Jevon Thomas was declared ineligible for the fall semester.
Weber started his second season at Kansas State 0β1, but finished the non-conference schedule with an 8-game winning streak and a 10β3 record. In its first conference game, Kansas State upset #6 Oklahoma State and earned a #25 ranking in the following week's AP Poll. The team finished the regular season with a 20β12 record, 10β8 in the Big 12, and returned to the NCAA tournament for a school-record fifth straight season.
Weber's third season at Kansas State ended with a 15β17 record (8β10 in Big 12 play), and the school did not advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009. The losing record was only the second for Weber in his first 17 seasons as a head coach. Following the season, Weber's squad saw the transfer and departure of six scholarship players, including Marcus Foster, Jevon Thomas, Nigel Johnson, Tre Harris and Malek Harris. The following season, Weber's Wildcats finished the 2015β16 season 17β15, 5β13 in Big 12 play.
In 2016β17, the Wildcats returned to the NCAA tournament and finished with a 21β14 (8β10) record. In 2017β18, the team improved to 25β12 (10β8) and advanced to the Elite Eight of the 2018 NCAA tournament, including 61β58 win over Kentucky in the Sweet Sixteen. The team received a #19 national ranking at season's end in the Coaches Poll.
In 2018β19, the team tied with Texas Tech for its second regular-season Big 12 Conference title under Weber, with a 14β4 conference record. For the third consecutive season, Kansas State was invited to the NCAA tournament. After an upset first-round loss in the NCAA tournament, the team finished with a 25β9 record and a #18 national ranking in the AP Poll, and #19 ranking in the Coaches Poll. Two players from the team were named first-team all-conference: Dean Wade and Barry Brown Jr.
After winning two conference titles and making five NCAA tournament appearances in his first seven seasons at KSU, Weber's final three teams posted losing records: 11β21 in 2020, 9β20 in 2021, and 14β17 in 2022. The day after a loss to West Virginia in the Big 12 tournament, Weber announced his resignation from Kansas State.
Weber's tenure with Kansas State concluded with two conference co-championships and five NCAA Tournament appearances, including an appearance in the 2018 Elite Eight. At the time of his resignation, he ranked third on K-State's all-time total wins list, behind only Jack Hartman and Tex Winter, and 11th in overall winning percentage.
National teamβ»
In the summer of 2019, Weber coached the United States national under-19 team at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. His team won the tournament championship with a 7β0 record.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Southern Illinois Salukis (Missouri Valley Conference) (1998β2003) | |||||||||
1998β99 | Southern Illinois | 15β12 | 10β8 | Tβ5th | |||||
1999β00 | Southern Illinois | 20β13 | 12β6 | 3rd | NIT Second Round | ||||
2000β01 | Southern Illinois | 16β14 | 10β8 | Tβ4th | |||||
2001β02 | Southern Illinois | 28β8 | 14β4 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2002β03 | Southern Illinois | 24β7 | 16β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
Southern Illinois: | 103β54 (.656) | 62β28 (.689) | |||||||
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2003β2012) | |||||||||
2003β04 | Illinois | 26β7 | 13β3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2004β05 | Illinois | 37β2 | 15β1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Runner-up | ||||
2005β06 | Illinois | 26β7 | 11β5 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2006β07 | Illinois | 23β12 | 9β7 | Tβ4th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2007β08 | Illinois | 16β19 | 5β13 | Tβ9th | |||||
2008β09 | Illinois | 24β10 | 11β7 | Tβ2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2009β10 | Illinois | 21β15 | 10β8 | 5th | NIT Quarterfinal | ||||
2010β11 | Illinois | 20β14 | 9β9 | Tβ4th | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
2011β12 | Illinois | 17β15 | 6β12 | 9th | |||||
Illinois: | 210β101 (.675) | 89β65 (.578) | |||||||
Kansas State Wildcats (Big 12 Conference) (2012β2022) | |||||||||
2012β13 | Kansas State | 27β8 | 14β4 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2013β14 | Kansas State | 20β13 | 10β8 | 5th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2014β15 | Kansas State | 15β17 | 8β10 | Tβ6th | |||||
2015β16 | Kansas State | 17β16 | 5β13 | 8th | |||||
2016β17 | Kansas State | 21β14 | 8β10 | 6th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2017β18 | Kansas State | 25β12 | 10β8 | 4th | NCAA Division I Elite Eight | ||||
2018β19 | Kansas State | 25β9 | 14β4 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2019β20 | Kansas State | 11β21 | 3β15 | 10th | |||||
2020β21 | Kansas State | 9β20 | 4β14 | 9th | |||||
2021β22 | Kansas State | 14β17 | 6β12 | 9th | |||||
Kansas State: | 184β147 (.556) | 82β98 (.456) | |||||||
Total: | 497β302 (.622) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Post-Coaching Careerβ»
Weber joined Big Ten Network as a studio analyst in 2022 and occasionally serves as a color commentator.
Personalβ»
Weber was born in Milwaukee to Louis and Dawn Weber, growing up with two sisters and two brothers. Weber attended the University of WisconsinβMilwaukee, and played college baseball for the Milwaukee Panthers. He graduated from UWM in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in education. Weber added a master's degree in education administration and physical education from Western Kentucky University in 1981. He is married to Megan Weber, and has three daughters β Christy, Emily, and Hannah.
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "KSU Weber biography". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ^ "Illinois Weber biography". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
- ^ "Arizona vs. Illinois β Game Recap β March 26, 2005 β ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ^ "Illinois fires Bruce Weber". Sports Network. March 27, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "La Salle Upsets No. 4 Kansas St. 63-61 - CBS Chicago". CBS News. 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Angel Rodriguez leaving Kansas State men's basketball program". April 22, 2013.
- ^ "K-State recruit Fincher fails to qualify".
- ^ "New York point guard Jevon Thomas to join Kansas State basketball next season".
- ^ "Kansas State's Marcus Foster will transfer to Creighton, Wildcats add recruit". kansascity. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Weber Resigns as Men's Basketball Head Coach". Kansas State University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ "Former Cats Coach Weber to do Studio Work for Big Ten Network". 12 October 2022.
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