Bill Gibbons (basketball)

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Bill Gibbons
Biographical details
Born Worcester, Massachusetts
Alma mater Clark University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–2019 Holy Cross
Head coaching record
Overall613–410 (.599)

Bill Gibbons, Jr. is a former American women's basketball coach. As head coach for College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Gibbons was one of the longest tenured coaches in the NCAA Division I, having debuted as coach during the 1985-1986 season and coaching at Holy Cross until 2019. In 2007, Gibbons was an assistant coach on the United States squad that won the gold medal in women's basketball at the Pan American Games.

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In October 2014, Gibbons was removed as head basketball coach after a former player, Ashley Cooper, filed a lawsuit against him alleging physical and verbal abuse. He was reinstated to the team in January 2015 after Holy Cross investigated and concluded that "The College believes the lawsuit's allegations have no legal merit" and were false;. [1]

On March 28, 2019, Gibbon’s contract was not renewed after a second suspension as head coach.

He was born and raised in Worcester and graduated from Clark University with his B.A. and M.A. [2]

Coaching career

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Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Holy Cross Crusaders (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(1985–1990)
1985–86Holy Cross 21–78–43rd
1986–87Holy Cross 19–108–42nd
1987–88Holy Cross 21–89–32nd
1988–89Holy Cross 21–1010–22nd NCAA First round
1989–90Holy Cross 20–107–34th
Holy Cross (MAAC):102–45 (.694)42–16 (.724)
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League)(1990–2019)
1990–91Holy Cross 25–612–01st NCAA Second round
1991–92Holy Cross 16–1310–4T-3rd
1992–93Holy Cross 22–712–21st
1993–94Holy Cross 15–1410–43rd
1994–95Holy Cross 21–912–21st NCAA First round
1995–96Holy Cross 23–109–32nd NCAA First round
1996–97Holy Cross 23–412–01st
1997–98Holy Cross 21–910–21st NCAA First round
1998–99Holy Cross 21–811–11st NCAA First round
1999–00Holy Cross 23–711–11st NCAA First round
2000–01Holy Cross 21–911–11st NCAA First round
2001–02Holy Cross 23–812–21st WNIT First round
2002–03Holy Cross 24–813–11st NCAA First round
2003–04Holy Cross 13–158–64th
2004–05Holy Cross 20–1112–21st NCAA First round
2005–06Holy Cross 16–1410–42nd
2006–07Holy Cross 15–187–73rd NCAA First round
2007–08Holy Cross 19–1310–42nd
2008–09Holy Cross 13–178–64th
2009–10 Holy Cross 10–215–94th
2010–11Holy Cross 10–206–86th
2011–12Holy Cross 19–157–75th WBI second round
2012–13 Holy Cross 18–148–64th
2013–14 Holy Cross 20–1210–85th
2014–15 Holy Cross 15–1711–73rd
2015–16 Holy Cross 13–1710–85th
2016–17 Holy Cross 8–226–127th
2017–18 Holy Cross 13–187–117th
Holy Cross (Patriot):500–356 (.584)270–128 (.678)
Total:602–401 (.600)312–144 (.684)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

  1. ↑ "Holy Cross coach Bill Gibbons returns to team". ESPN.com . January 15, 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Bill Gibbons Bio - Holy Cross Crusaders - College of the Holy Cross Official Athletic Site". www.goholycross.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05.
  3. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. ↑ "Patriot League record book" (PDF). Patriot League.
  5. ↑ "Holy Cross Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). Holy Cross.
  6. ↑ "Patriot League - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Patriot League - 2016-17 Women's Basketball Standings". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  8. ↑ "2015-16 Patriot League WBB". Patriot League.


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