Joe O'Brien (basketball)

For the Scottish footballer, see Joe O'Brien (footballer).

Joe O'Brien

Biographical details
Born	(1955-03-13)March 13, 1955
Playing career
1973–1977	Monmouth College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1982	Episcopal HS
1982–1984	Southeastern Louisiana (asst.)
1984–1989	Central Missouri State (asst.)
1991–1996	Lincoln College
1996–2004	Southeastern CC
2004–2005	Florida International (asst.)
2006-2011	Idaho State

Joe O'Brien (born March 13, 1955) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Idaho State University. He has previously served as an assistant coach at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. On April 18, 2009 he received a three-year contract extension to remain as the head basketball coach at Idaho State. ^[1] On December 19, 2011 O'Brien stepped down as head coach at Idaho State. ^[2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference)(2006–2010)
2006–07	Idaho State	13–17	8–8	T–5th
2007–08	Idaho State	12–19	8–8	T–4th
2008–09	Idaho State	13–19	9–7	4th
2009–10	Idaho State	7–22	4–12	8th
2010–11	Idaho State	2–8*	0–0
Idaho State:		47–85 (.356)	29–35 (.453)
Total:		47–85 (.356)
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

• O'Brien resigned after ten games.

References

1. "O'Brien Signs New Three-Year Deal". Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
2. "O'Brien Resigns; Martin Named Interim Head Coach". December 19, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.