Bennie Seltzer

Bennie Seltzer
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Texas State
Conference	Sun Belt
Biographical details
Born	January 20, 1971 (age 53); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1993	Washington State
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2006	Oklahoma (asst.)
2006–2008	Marquette (asst.)
2008–2012	Indiana (asst.)
2012–2014	Samford
2015–2017	Loyola (Chicago) (asst.)
2017–2019	Washington State (asst.)
2019–2020	Evansville (asst.)
2019–2020	Evansville (interim HC)
2020–present	Texas State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2014–2015	Indiana (dir. player performance)
Head coaching record
Overall	24–47 (.338)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	First-team All-Pac-10 (1993);

Last updated March 20, 2024

Bennie Seltzer (born January 20, 1971) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces team following the firing of Walter McCarty.^[1] Seltzer is the former head coach of the Samford Bulldogs, a position to which he was hired on April 5, 2012.^[2] Previously, he was hired in April 2008 by new Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Crean, who brought him and fellow assistant Tim Buckley over from his staff at Marquette. Following his dismissal from Samford, Seltzer was hired by Crean to be Indiana's Director of Player Performance.^[3]

Career

Seltzer was the former assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1997 to 2006 under head coach Kelvin Sampson. Sampson also coached Seltzer during his playing days at Washington State. The Sooners went to the NCAA tournament eight times in Seltzer's nine seasons on the staff. Seltzer then moved on to Marquette as an assistant under Tom Crean. Seltzer joined Crean and Buckley on the Indiana staff in April 2008, after Crean was hired to replace the fired Kelvin Sampson.

While his first 3 seasons in Bloomington were a major rebuilding project, the 2011-12 Hoosiers finished 5th in the Big Ten Conference and made a run to the Sweet Sixteen. On April 4, 2012, Seltzer was hired to replace Jimmy Tillette as the head men's basketball coach at Samford University.^[2] The move marked a return home for Seltzer, who is native to Birmingham.

In addition to his college coaching jobs, Seltzer was selected as one of four coaches for the USA Basketball national team trials in July 2004. He worked with players that were trying out for the final roster, a team that would go on to win the gold medal.

Seltzer had an outstanding playing career at Washington State. He earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors in 1990, first-team All-Pac-10 as a senior in 1993 and still holds the All-Time record for career assists in the conference (473). He then went on to spend four seasons playing professionally in Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and the Netherlands.^[4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Samford Bulldogs (Southern Conference)(2012–2014)
2012–13	Samford	11–21	9–9	T–3rd (North)
2013–14	Samford	13–20	6–10	T–7th
Samford:		24–41 (.369)	15–19 (.441)
Evansville Purple Aces (Missouri Valley Conference)(2019–2020)
2019–20	Evansville	0–6	0–6	10th
Evansville:		0–6 (.000)	0–6 (.000)
Total:		24–47 (.338)

Personal life

Seltzer graduated from A.H. Parker High School (Birmingham, Alabama) in 1989 and went on to earn his B.A. in sociology from Washington State University. He is married to DicQues and has two sons, Diamond and Bennie III.

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References

↑ Lindskog, Chad (October 31, 2019). "Evansville basketball hopes 'next year' is now in Walter McCarty's second season". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved November 18, 2019.
1 2 Scarbinsky, Kevin (April 4, 2012). "Samford hires Bennie Seltzer as men's basketball coach". The Birmingham News. AL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2012.
↑ Bozich, Alex (January 12, 2015). "Bennie Seltzer returns to IU as director of player performance". Inside The Hall. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
↑ Samford To Name Bennie Seltzer As Head Men's Basketball Coach Thursday - Samford University Official Athletic Site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

Bennie Seltzer Profile - IUHOOSIERS.COM - Indiana University Athletics

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[1] Lindskog, Chad (October 31, 2019). "Evansville basketball hopes 'next year' is now in Walter McCarty's second season". Indianapolis Star . Retrieved November 18, 2019.

[Samford-2] 1 2 Scarbinsky, Kevin (April 4, 2012). "Samford hires Bennie Seltzer as men's basketball coach". The Birmingham News. AL.com. Retrieved April 4, 2012.

[Player_Performance-3] Bozich, Alex (January 12, 2015). "Bennie Seltzer returns to IU as director of player performance". Inside The Hall. Retrieved March 25, 2015.

[4] Samford To Name Bennie Seltzer As Head Men's Basketball Coach Thursday - Samford University Official Athletic Site ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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