Bob Williams (basketball, born 1953)

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Bob Williams
Biographical details
Born (1953-07-13) July 13, 1953 (age 70)
Woodland, California, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1976 San Lorenzo Valley HS (assistant)
1976–1978 Santa Cruz HS (JV)
1978–1979 Cabrillo CC
1979–1980 Lincoln HS
1980–1983 Cabrillo CC
1983–1988 Menlo
1988–1990 Pepperdine (assistant)
1990–1998 UC Davis
1998–2017 UC Santa Barbara
Head coaching record
Overall492–339 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Division II National tournament (1998)
3× Big West tournament (2002, 2010, 2011)
4× Big West regular season (1999, 2003, 2008, 2010)
Awards
3× Big West Coach of the Year (1999, 2003, 2010)

Robert Allen Williams (born July 13, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the UC Santa Barbara. [1] He is sometimes referred to as the Dean of the Big West Conference's basketball coaches. [2] He was previously the head coach at the UC Davis, winning the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship in 1998. Williams is the all-time winningest coach at UC Santa Barbara with a 19-year record of 313–260.

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Coaching career

Prior to his arrival at UCSB, Williams spent eight years at UC Davis. His UC Davis teams recorded 20 or more wins five times and had an eight-year record of 158–76 record. In Williams’ final season at UC Davis, the Aggies went 31–2, won the NCAA Division II National Championship. Williams was named NABC Division II Coach of the Year. [3]

Williams took over a UCSB program that had not recorded a winning season in five years. In 1998–99, the Gauchos won 15 games and won the West division of the Big West. The 2002 Gauchos won the school’s first Big West tournament title, advancing to the NCAA tournament. In 2003, they won the league’s regular season title and played in the NIT. In 2007–08, UCSB set the all time school record for most wins in a season with 23. They won the Big West regular season title for a second time and received a bid to the 2008 NIT.

The 2009–10 season marked the fourth Big West Regular Season title captured during Williams' tenure at UCSB. It also was the first time in the basketball program's history that the Gauchos won both the Big West Regular Season and Big West tournament championships in the same year. [4] Williams was also awarded the 2010 Big West Coach of the Year Award, his third. [1] It marked the school's second trip to the NCAA tournament under Williams.

On Feb. 5, 2011, he recorded his 400th career win when his team defeated UC Davis. [3] The 2011 team also garnered their second consecutive NCAA tournament bid. Williams became UCSB’s all-time leader in coaching victories when, on January 2, 2012, his team defeated Cal Poly. [3] The 2015–16 Gauchos were invited to play at the inaugural Vegas 16 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The postseason bid was the eighth for the program under Williams and a victory over Northern Illinois in the first round was its first postseason win since 1990.

Following a disappointing 2016–17 season, Williams was informed that he would not return as head coach after 19 years with the school. [5]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Menlo Oaks (Independent (NCAA III))(1986–1988)
1986–87Menlo 12–14
1987–88Menlo 16–10
Menlo:28–24 (.538)
UC Davis Aggies (Northern California Athletic Conference)(1990–1998)
1990–91UC Davis 20–811–32nd
1991–92UC Davis 19–1111–32nd
1992–93UC Davis 13–149–53rd
1993–94UC Davis 11–157–75th
1994–95UC Davis 20–1113–11st NCAA Division II Semifinals
1995–96UC Davis 24–614–01stNCAA Division II Semifinals
1996–97UC Davis 20–911–3T–1stNCAA Division II First Round
1997–98UC Davis 31–214–01stNCAA Division II National Champions
UC Davis:158–76 (.675)90–22 (.804)
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (Big West Conference)(1998–2017)
1998–99 UC Santa Barbara 15–1312–41st (West)
1999–00 UC Santa Barbara 14–1410–62nd (West)
2000–01 UC Santa Barbara 13–159–74th
2001–02 UC Santa Barbara 20–1111–7T–3rd NCAA Division I Round of 64
2002–03 UC Santa Barbara 18–1414–41st NIT First Round
2003–04 UC Santa Barbara 16–1210–83rd
2004–05 UC Santa Barbara 11–187–11T–6th
2005–06 UC Santa Barbara 15–146–85th
2006–07 UC Santa Barbara 18–119–5T–3rd
2007–08 UC Santa Barbara 23–912–4T–1st NIT First Round
2008–09 UC Santa Barbara 16–158–8T–4th
2009–10 UC Santa Barbara 20–1012–4T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
2010–11 UC Santa Barbara 18–148–8T-4th NCAA Division I Round of 64
2011–12 UC Santa Barbara 20–1112–4T–2nd CIT First Round
2012–13 UC Santa Barbara 11–207–117th
2013–14 UC Santa Barbara 21–912–42nd
2014–15 UC Santa Barbara 19–1411–5T–2nd CBI First Round
2015–16 UC Santa Barbara 19–1411–54th Vegas 16 Semifinal
2016–17 UC Santa Barbara 6–224–129th
UC Santa Barbara:313–260 (.546)185–125 (.597)
Total:499–360(.581)

      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. 1 2 "Santa Barbara - Team Notes". USA Today. 31 March 2010. Archived from the original on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Morales, Robert (2016-11-08). "Big West Conference men's basketball team capsules". DailyNews.com . Archived from the original on 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bob Williams Bio". UCSBGauchos.com. University of California, Santa Barbara. Archived from the original on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  4. ↑ Foster, D.J. (16 March 2010). "UCSB Coach Bob Williams talks Ohio State". ESPN. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  5. ↑ Goodman, Jeff (2017-03-19). "UC Santa Barbara fires coach Williams". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Basketball - Menlo College - Record Book" (PDF). MenloAthletics.com. Menlo College. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2019-20 MBB Records Book" (PDF). UCDavisAggies.com. University of California, Davis. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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