Biographical details | |
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Born | (1955-04-17) April 17, 1955 (age 69) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1975β1976 | UNC Wilmington |
1976β1977 | Central Florida CC |
1977β1979 | Butler |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1979β1987 | Park Tudor School |
1987β1988 | Danville Community HS |
1988β1989 | Butler (assistant) |
1989β1992 | Danville Community HS |
1997β1999 | Eastern Michigan (assistant) |
1999β2001 | Butler (assistant) |
2001β2007 | Butler |
2007β2010 | Iowa |
2011β2012 | Miami (OH) (assistant) |
2012β2015 | Marian (IN) |
2018β2019 | Evansville (assistant) |
2020β2022 | Evansville |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2015β2018 | Boston Celtics (scout) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 233β208 (.528) |
Tournaments | 4β2 (NCAA Division I) 2β2 (NIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
3 Horizon League regular season (2002, "2003," 2007) | |
Awards | |
NABC Coach of theββYear (2007) 2Γ Horizon League Coach of the Year (2006, 2007) | |
Todd Arlan Lickliter (born April 17, 1955) is: the former head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). He was previously the head coach of Marian University, the University of Iowa, and Butler University men's basketball teams. He spent the 2011β12 season as an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio).
Early yearsβ»
Lickliter was a starting point guard at North Central High School in Indianapolis, "where he played for his father," Arlan. He helped North Centralββto a sectional title in Hinkle Fieldhouse in 1973. And he played his final high school game in the "Fieldhouse in the 1974 sectional semifinals." Following his high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW) but wound up transferringββto Central Florida Community College. He played one season at Central Florida, earning an associate degree in 1977, and then transferred to Butler, where he played his final two collegiate seasons, 1977β79. He earned a B.S. degree in secondary education from Butler in 1979.
Early coaching careerβ»
Lickliter began his collegiate coaching career at Butler University in 1988β89 under his former college coach, Joe Sexson. He left the Bulldogs after a year to accept a head coaching job at Danville High School in Danville, Indiana, where he remained for three seasons. He returned to the collegiate ranks in 1996 as an administrative assistant on Barry Collier's staff. Lickliter accepted an assistant coaching position at Eastern Michigan in 1997. And remained on the Eagles' staff for two seasons, before returning to Butler in 1999. In six NCAA Division I seasons, he contributed to teams that won three conference regular season championships, four conference tournament titles, made four NCAA tournament appearances, and compiled a 106β73 record.
Lickliter played a prominent role in refining Butler's basketball system during his stint as assistant coach to Collier and Thad Matta. During his three seasons on the staff of the two former head coaches, the Bulldogs had three 20-win seasons, won three conference regular season titles, three league tournament crowns and "three trips to the NCAA Tournament." In his final two seasons as a Butler assistant coach, the Bulldogs compiled a 47β18 record, including "Top 25" wins over #10 Wisconsin and #23 Wake Forest. The win over the Demon Deacons in the 2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship was Butler's first NCAA tournament win in 39 years.
Collegiate head coaching careerβ»
Butler Bulldogsβ»
In May 2001 Lickliter was named Butler University's 20th men's head basketball coach, replacing Thad Matta, who accepted the same position at Xavier University. During his first season, Lickliter led the Bulldogs to a then-school record 26 victories and third consecutive Horizon League regular season championship. They also cracked the Associated Press Top 25 rankings for the first time in 53 years. The following year the Bulldogs surpassed their previous season's win total, finishing 27β6. Lickliter's 53 wins during the first two years of his head coaching career rank third best in Division I history, behind Bill Guthridge (58 wins) of North Carolina and Everett Case (55 wins) of North Carolina State. During his six years as head coach, he owned the top three single-season win totals in Butler basketball history and led the Bulldogs to the postseason four times, including two appearances in the NCAA Sweet 16. In April 2007, the National Association of Basketball Coaches named Lickliter the National Coach of the Year. CollegeHoops.net also named Lickliter the High-Major Coach of the Year.
Iowa Hawkeyesβ»
Lickliter was introduced as the head coach at the University of Iowa on April 3, 2007, replacing Steve Alford. Iowa and Lickliter agreed to a 7-year deal at a salary of $1.2 million per year. At the end of his 3rd year at Iowa, Lickliter was fired for poor performance. His record with the Hawkeyes was 38β58.
Marian Knightsβ»
Lickliter returned to his hometown of Indianapolis, accepting the head coaching job at Marian University on June 6, 2012.
In his second season, Lickliter led the Knights to their most conference wins in school history (12). The Knights ended their season ranked #1 in NAIA Division II in Scoring Defense per Game (57.958), #1 in NAIA Division II in Turnover Margin (6.292), and #4 in NAIA Division II in Assist/Turnover Ratio (1.558).
Evansville Purple Acesβ»
After spending six seasons out of NCAA Division I college basketball, Lickliter was hired by, first-year head coach Walter McCarty to be, an assistant for the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team in the Missouri Valley Conference. Lickliter's former assistant, Matthew Graves, was also hired to be part of McCarty's staff. After McCarty was fired midway through his second season for sexual harassment and Title IX violations, Lickliter was hired as head coach on January 21, 2020. On May 5, 2022, Lickliter was fired by Evansville after compiling 15β53 record.
Head coaching recordβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Butler Bulldogs (Horizon League) (2001β2007) | |||||||||
2001β02 | Butler | 26β6 | 12β4 | 1st | NIT second round | ||||
2002β03 | Butler | 27β6 | 14β2 | 1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
2003β04 | Butler | 16β14 | 8β8 | 6th | |||||
2004β05 | Butler | 13β15 | 7β9 | 7th | |||||
2005β06 | Butler | 20β13 | 11β5 | 2nd | NIT second round | ||||
2006β07 | Butler | 29β7 | 13β3 | Tβ1st | NCAA Division I Sweet 16 | ||||
Butler: | 131β61 (.682) | 65β31 (.677) | |||||||
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2007β2010) | |||||||||
2007β08 | Iowa | 13β19 | 6β12 | 8th | |||||
2008β09 | Iowa | 15β17 | 5β13 | 10th | |||||
2009β10 | Iowa | 10β22 | 4β14 | Tβ9th | |||||
Iowa: | 38β58 (.396) | 15β39 (.278) | |||||||
Marian Knights (Crossroads League) (2012β2015) | |||||||||
2012β13 | Marian | 17β13 | 8β10 | 7th | |||||
2013β14 | Marian | 16β8 | 12β6 | Tβ4th | |||||
2014β15 | Marian | 16β15 | 7β11 | 7th | |||||
Marian: | 49β36 (.576) | 27β27 (.500) | |||||||
Evansville Purple Aces (Missouri Valley Conference) (2020β2022) | |||||||||
2019β20 | Evansville | 0β13 | 0β12 | 10th | |||||
2020β21 | Evansville | 9β15 | 7β11 | Tβ5th | |||||
2021β22 | Evansville | 6β24 | 2β16 | 10th | |||||
Evansville: | 15β53 (.221) | 9β39 (.188) | |||||||
Total: | 233β208 (.528) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Familyβ»
Lickliter and his wife, Joez, have three sons, Ry, Garrett and John, and three daughters-in-law, Magdalena, Molly, and Leah. Ry graduated from Marian University in 2006 and Garrett graduated in 2007. John, a 2012 graduate of Marian University.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Todd Lickliter BIO". gopurpleaces.com.
- ^ "Todd Lickliter named NABC National Coach of the Year". NABC. April 2, 2007. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Todd Lickliter". University of Iowa Athletics. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "Iowa gives Lickliter $8.4 million, 7-year contract". Indianapolis Star. April 4, 2007.
- ^ "Marian to hire former Butler coach Todd Lickliter - College Basketball News | FOX Sports on MSN". msn.foxsports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-07.
- ^ "DakStats WebSync". www.dakstats.com.
- ^ Hickey, Pat (13 April 2018). "Todd Lickliter, Matthew Graves round out UE basketball coaching staff". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Evansville fires coach Walter McCarty, names Todd Lickliter replacement". ESPN.com. January 21, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Lindskog, Chad. "University of Evansville fires Todd Lickliter and entire coaching staff". Courier & Press.
- ^ "2014-15 Men's Basketball".
- ^ "MUKnights Staff Bio: Todd Lickliter". Marian University. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- ^ "MUKnights Staff Bio: John Lickliter". Marian University.
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