Biographical details | |
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Born | March 23, 1953 |
Playing career | |
1971–1975 | Bentley |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1978–1984 | Bentley |
1984–1986 | Iowa (asst.) |
1986–1991 | USC (asst.) |
1991–2001 | Northern Illinois |
Brian Hammel (born March 23, 1953) is an American college basketball former coach.
He became the head coach at Northern Illinois University in 1991, [1] coaching the team for over nine years before resigning midway through the 2000–2001 season because of exhaustion. [2] The Huskies qualified for the NCAA tournament once in Hammel's tenure, reaching the 1996 event before losing in the first round to Texas Tech. [3]
Prior to assuming the Northern Illinois job, Hammel had served as an assistant to George Raveling at Iowa from 1984 to 1986. [1] He then moved with Raveling to Southern California and worked as an assistant coach from 1986 to 1991, taking an important role in the team's recruiting activities. [1]
Hammel currently is the president of the Northridge Hospital Foundation, a position he has held since 2002. [4]