Bennie Seltzer

Bennie Seltzer
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamTexas State
ConferenceSun Belt
Biographical details
Born (1971-01-20) January 20, 1971 (age 53)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1989–1993Washington State
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2006Oklahoma (asst.)
2006–2008Marquette (asst.)
2008–2012Indiana (asst.)
2012–2014Samford
2015–2017Loyola (Chicago) (asst.)
2017–2019Washington State (asst.)
2019–2020Evansville (asst.)
2019–2020Evansville (interim HC)
2020–presentTexas State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2014–2015Indiana (dir. player performance)
Head coaching record
Overall24–47 (.338)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Bennie Seltzer (born January 20, 1971) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Evansville Purple Aces team following the firing of Walter McCarty.[1] Seltzer is the former head coach of the Samford Bulldogs, a position to which he was hired on April 5, 2012.[2] Previously, he was hired in April 2008 by new Indiana Hoosiers head coach Tom Crean, who brought him and fellow assistant Tim Buckley over from his staff at Marquette. Following his dismissal from Samford, Seltzer was hired by Crean to be Indiana's Director of Player Performance.[3]

  1. ^ Lindskog, Chad (October 31, 2019). "Evansville basketball hopes 'next year' is now in Walter McCarty's second season". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Samford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Bozich, Alex (January 12, 2015). "Bennie Seltzer returns to IU as director of player performance". Inside The Hall. Retrieved March 25, 2015.