.jpg) Howland with UCLA in 2012 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 28, 1957 Lebanon, Oregon, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1976–1978 | Santa Barbara CC |
| 1978–1980 | Weber State |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Gonzaga (assistant) |
| 1982–1994 | UC Santa Barbara (assistant) |
| 1994–1999 | Northern Arizona |
| 1999–2003 | Pittsburgh |
| 2003–2013 | UCLA |
| 2015–2022 | Mississippi State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 533–306 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 NCAA Regional – Final Four (2006–2008) 2 Big Sky regular season (1997, 1998) Big Sky tournament (1998) 2 Big East regular season (2002, 2003) Big East tournament (2003) 4 Pac-10 regular season (2006–2008, 2013) 2 Pac-10 tournament (2006, 2008) | |
| Awards | |
| Henry Iba Award (2002) Naismith College Coach of the Year (2002) Jim Phelan Award (2006) Big Sky Coach of the Year (1997) Big East Coach of the Year (2002) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2006) | |
Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title.[1] He is one of the few NCAA Division I coaches to take four teams to the NCAA tournament.
- ^ Parrish, Gary (March 25, 2013). "Will UCLA's lofty standards hinder its current coaching search?". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.