Bob_Hoffman_(basketball)
Bob Hoffman (basketball)
American college basketball coach (born 1957)
Bob Hoffman (born July 18, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Central Oklahoma.[2]
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Central Oklahoma |
| Conference | The MIAA |
| Record | 48–36 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1957-07-18) July 18, 1957 (age 66)[1] Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oklahoma Baptist University |
| Playing career | |
| 1975–1979 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| Position(s) | Guard / forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1985 | Piedmont High School |
| 1987–1990 | Southern Nazarene (women) |
| 1990–1999 | Oklahoma Baptist |
| 1999–2004 | Texas-Pan American |
| 2004–2006 | Oklahoma (asst.) |
| 2006–2007 | Arkansas Aeros |
| 2007–2008 | Rio Grande Valley Vipers |
| 2008–2019 | Mercer |
| 2019–present | Central Oklahoma |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 568–356 (.615) (men's) 88–16 (.846) (women's) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NAIA women's national championship (1989) CIT (2012) 2× Atlantic Sun regular season (2013, 2014) Atlantic Sun tournament (2014) MIAA regular season (2022) MIAA tournament (2022) | |
| Awards | |
| 2x Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2013, 2014) MIAA Coach of the Year (2022) | |
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 was found to have committed numerous NCAA violations.[3] After an investigation of the entire coaching staff, Hoffman was cleared by the NCAA of any wrongdoing,[4] and parted ways with the program. Prior to his role at Mercer University, Hoffman went on to coach in the American Basketball League and the NBA Development League. 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.[5][6] With the victory, Hoffman was 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 Development League Hoffman was the first coach in NCAA Division I Men's basketball history to post a victory in each of the collegiate post season basketball tournaments. He later coached at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia from 2008 to 2019.[7][8]
Hoffman ended his tenure at Mercer with a record of 209–165 (.572).
Women's
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm (Sooner Athletic Conference) (1987–1990) | |||||||||
| 1987–88 | Southern Nazarene | 21–11 | |||||||
| 1988–89 | Southern Nazarene | 36–2 | NAIA National Champions | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Southern Nazarene | 31–3 | 1st | ||||||
| Southern Nazarene: | 88–16 (.846) | ||||||||
| Total: | 88–16 (.846) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Men's
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma Baptist Bison (Sooner Athletic Conference) (1990–1999) | |||||||||
| 1990–91 | Oklahoma Baptist | 15–17 | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Oklahoma Baptist | 16–17 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Oklahoma Baptist | 34–4 | NAIA Division I Runner-up | ||||||
| 1993–94 | Oklahoma Baptist | 30–7 | NAIA Division I Semifinals | ||||||
| 1994–95 | Oklahoma Baptist | 28–6 | NAIA Division I First Round | ||||||
| 1995–96 | Oklahoma Baptist | 29–7 | NAIA Division I Second Round | ||||||
| 1996–97 | Oklahoma Baptist | 36–4 | NAIA Division I Runner-up | ||||||
| 1997–98 | Oklahoma Baptist | 24–9 | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Oklahoma Baptist | 31–7 | NAIA Division I Elite Eight | ||||||
| Oklahoma Baptist: | 243–78 (.757) | ||||||||
| 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 Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| Mercer Bears (Southern Conference) (2014–2019) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | Mercer | 19–16 | 12–6 | 3rd | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2015–16 | Mercer | 19–15 | 8–10 | 7th | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Mercer | 15–17 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Mercer | 19–15 | 11–7 | T–4th | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2018–19 | Mercer | 11–20 | 6–12 | 6th | |||||
| Mercer: | 209–165 (.559) | 119–85 (.583) | |||||||
| Central Oklahoma Bronchos (MIAA) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Central Oklahoma | 11–18 | 8–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Central Oklahoma | 13–11 | 12–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Central Oklahoma | 24–7 | 18–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Central Oklahoma | 26–6 | 18–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 2024–24 | Central Oklahoma | 20–11 | 12–10 | T–5th | |||||
| Central Oklahoma: | 94–53 (.639) | 68–39 (.636) | |||||||
| Total: | 614–373 (.622) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Hoffman is a Christian.[10] Hoffman and Mercer President William D. Underwood are both graduates of Oklahoma Baptist University.
- "NCAA® Career Statistics". ncaa.org.
- "Bob Hoffman Introduced as Head Coach". Central Oklahoma Bronchos athletics. August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- Mercer Bears coach Bob Hoffman took the long, winding road to NCAA stage. Alexander, Chip. The News & Observer (Raleigh), 22 March 2014
- "Attorney: Former OU assistant 'pleased' with outcome". ESPN. Associated Press. 26 May 2006.
- "Mercer men's basketball coach Bob Hoffman fired after losing season". macon. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- AP (27 March 2008). "Mercer hires Hoffman to replace Slonaker as coach". ESPN. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
- "Women's Basketball Coaches". SNU athletics. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
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