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 Kampe during a 2009 game | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oakland |
| Conference | Horizon League |
| Record | 700–537 (.566) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 9, 1955 Defiance, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1978 | Bowling Green |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1984 | Toledo (asst.) |
| 1984–present | Oakland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 700–537 (.566) |
| Tournaments | 2–4 (NCAA Division I) 3–5 (NCAA Division II) 1–1 (NIT) 4–4 (CIT) 2–1 (Vegas 16) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Greg Charles Kampe (/ˈkæmpi/; born December 9, 1955) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oakland University.[1] He guided the Golden Grizzlies to their first NCAA Division I tournament in 2005, winning in the First Four round.[1]
Kampe, a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame,[2] is one of nine Division I basketball coaches who have been at the same school for at least 25 seasons. Kampe won The Summit League's coach of the year four times, the most recent being in 2010 and 2011.[1]
Kampe won his 500th career game January 26, 2013.[3]
On May 30, 2017, Kampe was one of eight new inductees announced for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit. The ceremony took place on September 15, 2017.
In the fall of 2017, Kampe was enshrined in the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Hall of Fame.[4]
On February 16, 2018, Kampe won his 600th career game.[5]
On March 8, 2023, Kampe became the current longest tenured men’s college basketball coach after Jim Boeheim retired after 47 years.
On March 12, 2024, Kampe led the Golden Grizzlies to a 83-76 Horizon League Tournament Championship victory over the Milwaukee Panthers. It was Oakland’s first Horizon League tournament championship. Kampe then won his first Round of 64 game in the NCAA tournament as a 14-seed over 3-seed Kentucky.
On November 4, 2024, Kampe won his 700th career game.[6]
- ^ a b c "Greg Kampe biograph". Oakland University. Archived from the original on January 26, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ http://www.dailytribune.com/sports/20170610/pat-caputo-greg-kampe-has-pushed-broom-to-michigan-sports-hall-of-fame [dead link]
- ^ Kampe, Paul (January 26, 2013). "Oakland University coach Greg Kampe picks up win No. 500". The Oakland Press. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- ^ View Hall of Fame Inductees – Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan
- ^ "Oakland wins 82–66 for Kampe's 600th victory". USA Today. Associated Press. February 16, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- ^ "'I never scored a point': OU's Greg Kampe reaches 700-win milestone". Detroit News. Detroit News. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 4, 2024.