Bruce Weber (basketball)

Bruce Weber
Biographical details
Born (1956-10-19) October 19, 1956 (age 68)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1980Western Kentucky (GA)
1980–1998Purdue (assistant)
1998–2003Southern Illinois
2003–2012Illinois
2012–2022Kansas State
Head coaching record
Overall497–302 (.622)
Tournaments15–13 (NCAA Division I)
3–2 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (2005)
2 MVC regular season (2002, 2003)
2 Big Ten regular season (2004, 2005)
Big Ten tournament (2005)
2 Big 12 regular season (2013, 2019)
2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Awards
Adolph Rupp Cup (2005)
AP Coach of the Year (2005)
Henry Iba Award (2005)
NABC Coach of the Year (2005)
Naismith College Coach of the Year (2005)
MVC Coach of the Year (2003)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2005)
Victor Awards National Coach of the Year (2005)
AP Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013)
Big 12 Coach of the Year (2013)
USBWA District VI Coach of the Year (2013, 2019)
NABC District 8 Coach of the Year (2013)
Saluki Hall of Fame Class (2018)
USA Basketball National co-Coach of the Year (2019)
Medal record
Head coach for men's basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA U19 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Greece Team

Bruce Brett Weber (born October 19, 1956) is a former men's basketball head coach at Kansas State University.[1] Prior to his tenure at Kansas State, Weber was the head coach at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois.[2]

Weber won conference championships and conference coach of the year awards at each of the three schools where he served as head coach. He guided his teams to a combined total of 13 NCAA tournaments in 24 seasons, including an appearance with Illinois in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA tournament. Weber was the consensus national coach of the year in 2005.

  1. ^ "KSU Weber biography". Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
  2. ^ "Illinois Weber biography". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 2013-03-18.