Ed Badger

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Ed Badger
Biographical details
Born (1932-11-05) November 5, 1932 (age 91)
West New York, New Jersey, U.S.
Playing career
?–? Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?–?St. Mary's HS (IA)
?–?Marengo HS (IA)
1958–1973 Wilbur Wright College
19731976 Chicago Bulls (asst.)
19761978 Chicago Bulls
1978–1983 Cincinnati
19831984 Cleveland Cavaliers (asst.)
19841988 Boston Celtics (asst.)
19921994 Indiana Pacers (asst.)
19941996 Miami Heat (asst.)
1996–1997 Philadelphia 76ers (asst.)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Ed Badger (born November 5, 1932) is a former college and professional basketball coach.

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Early life

Badger played junior varsity college basketball at the University of Iowa, and later for the U.S. Air Force and division teams. He got his first basketball coaching job at St. Mary's High School, while getting his master's degree from the University of Iowa. After receiving his master's degree, Badger moved to Marengo, Iowa to coach the Marengo High School basketball team. He won the conference in his second year.

Coaching career

Early jobs

Badger then moved up to the college coaching ranks. For the next 15 years he was a very successful head basketball coach at Wilbur Wright College. Badger's teams won 25 or more games ever year he coached. In the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons Badger's teams went 33–0 and were ranked number 1 nationally in the polls for junior college teams.

In international basketball, Badger was an Olympic basketball camp coach from 1968 to 1974. He also coached the Austrian national team in 1972 and coached the 1973 U.S. team during the World University Games in Moscow, winning the gold medal.

Chicago Bulls

Badger joined the Chicago Bulls as a part‐time assistant and head scout in 1973 while still athletic director and coach at Wright. He became a full-time assistant in 197576. He was appointed the Bulls' third-ever head coach on August 25, 1976, succeeding Dick Motta who had accepted a similar position with the Washington Bullets three months earlier on May 28. [2] He served in that capacity for two seasons from 1976 to 1978. He had a winning record and made the playoffs in his first season.

Cincinnati Bearcats

He was head coach of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats' men's basketball team from 1978 to 1983, where he was a two-time Metro Conference coach of the year. On Dec. 21, 1981 Badger's team defeated Bradley 75–73 in a game that went into seven overtime periods.

Return to the NBA

Badger accepted an assistant coach job with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1983. He then joined the Boston Celtics as an assistant coach and director of scouting under K.C. Jones in 1984, where he won an NBA championship with the 1985–1986 team, considered by many to be one of the greatest NBA teams of all time.

In 1988 Badger became vice president of basketball operations for the new expansion team Charlotte Hornets, where he stayed until 1990. He joined the Atlanta Hawks as director of scouting from 1990 to 1992. In 1992, he returned as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers, followed by assistant coach jobs with Miami Heat and Philadelphia 76ers and a chief scout job for the Minnesota Timberwolves before retiring in 2003.

Head coaching record

NBA

Legend
Regular seasonGGames coachedWGames wonLGames lostW–L %Win–loss %
PlayoffsPGPlayoff gamesPWPlayoff winsPLPlayoff lossesPW–L %Playoff win–loss %
TeamYearGWLW–L%FinishPGPWPLPW–L%Result
Chicago 1976–77 824438.5373rd in Midwest312.333Lost in First Round
Chicago 1977–78 824042.4883rd in MidwestMissed Playoffs
Career1648480.512312.333

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Cincinnati Bearcats (Metro Conference)(1978–1983)
1978–79 Cincinnati 13–144–64th
1979–80 Cincinnati 13–153–96th
1980–81 Cincinnati 16–136–63rd
1981–82 Cincinnati 15–124–85th
1982–83 Cincinnati 11–171–117th
Total:68–71 (.489)

      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. "University of Cincinnati basketball coach Ed Badger, whose team's..." upi.com. 14 Mar 1983. Retrieved 26 Dec 2020. However, he was named Metro Conference Coach of the Year for 1980–81 after his team finished strong, winning eight of its last nine games.
  2. "Badger, Aide Under Motta, Is Named Coach of Bulls," The Associated Press (AP), Wednesday, August 25, 1976. Retrieved December 4, 2020