player_team coach_years current_team championships birth_place overall_record player_years coach_team awards current_title sport birth_date current_record image article_title name
west virginia 1977 1983 -- 1984 1984 -- 1989 1989 -- 2005 2006 -- -- 2007 2007 -- present 1978 1978 -- 1980 1980 -- 1983 west virginia ncaa east tournament championship -lrb- 2010 -rrb- c -- usa tournament regional championship -lrb- 1996 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 -rrb- championship c -- usa regular season championship -lrb- 1996 , 1997 -lrb- , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 1992 , 2004 -rrb- great mw tournament championship -lrb- 1992 , , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 -rrb- great mw regular season 2010 championship -lrb- 1992 , 1993 -rrb- ovc tournament championship -lrb- -rrb- 1986 -rrb- ovc regular season championship -lrb- 1986 -rrb- big morgantown , west virginia 765 -- 312 -lrb- 765 312 -rrb- 1975 -- 1977 west -rrb- walsh central florida -lrb- asst. -rrb- akron cincinnati kansas virginia state west virginia -lrb- asst. -rrb- ohio state -lrb- asst. c -rrb- c -- usa coach of the year -lrb- 1998 -- , 1999 , 2000 -rrb- ovc coach of the year usa -lrb- 1986 -rrb- big-12 coach of the year -lrb- 2015 coach -rrb- jim phelan national coach of the year award -lrb- of 2015 -rrb- the decade -lrb- 2005 head coach basketball 21 september 1953 175 -- 101 -lrb- 175 101 -rrb- bob_huggins . jpg bob huggins
 bob huggins
bob huggins

robert edward `` bob '' huggins -lrb- born september 21 , 1953 -rrb- , nicknamed `` huggy bear '' , is the head coach of the west virginia mountaineers men 's basketball team .
huggins previously held the head coaching positions at walsh college -lrb- 1980-1983 -rrb- , the university of akron -lrb- 1984-1989 -rrb- , the university of cincinnati -lrb- 1989 -- 2005 -rrb- and kansas state university -lrb- 2006 -- 2007 -rrb- .
his 690 -- 251 record -lrb- .733 -rrb- during his 28 seasons as a head coach -lrb- as of 2010 -rrb- ranks him eighth in winning percentage and fourth in victories among active division i coaches .
he is one of only 4 active division i coaches with 700 or more career victories .
huggins has been to 15 total ncaa tournaments , including 14 of the last 15 seasons .
huggins ' teams have participated in the postseason 25 of 28 times , including two final fours : 1992 with cincinnati and 2010 with west virginia .
huggins has averaged 23.6 wins per season , including 25.6 his last 15 years .
on april 5 , 2007 , he accepted an offer to return to coach his alma mater of west virginia university .
after leading the mountaineers to a sweet 16 appearance , huggins signed an 11-year contract with the university after the season ended .
