 Rosborough on the court at Iowa, 1980 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 2, 1944 Moline, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Basketball | |
| 1962–1966 | Iowa |
| Position(s) | Small forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Basketball | |
| 1970–1974 | Corkery School |
| 1974–1983 | Iowa (assistant) |
| 1985–1986 | Tulsa (assistant) |
| 1986–1989 | Northern Illinois |
| 1989–2007 | Arizona (associate HC) |
| 2009–2010 | Pima CC (men's, assistant) |
| 2014–present | Pima CC (women's, assistant) |
| Women's tennis | |
| 2010–14 | Arizona (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 31–58 (college) |
James M. Rosborough (born December 2, 1944) is an American basketball coach. Rosborough began his career coaching basketball in 1970 in Chicago at Corkery Junior High, before being hired as an assistant coach in 1974 by Lute Olson at Iowa. Rosborough and Olson coached together for nine seasons at Iowa, reaching five consecutive NCAA tournament berths and reaching the 1980 NCAA Final Four. Rosborough coached briefly at Tulsa (1985-1986) and as head coach at NIU (1986-1989) before rejoining Olson in 1989 as an assistant, and eventual associate head coach, at Arizona through 18 seasons. The team was a prominent collegiate basketball program in the United States throughout the 90's and 00's, reaching 18 consecutive NCAA tournament berths, eight Pac-10 championships, three NCAA Final Fours, and winning the 1997 NCAA Championship.[1][2][3] Rosborough coached over 50 All-American, all-conference and future NBA players during his time at Arizona.[4] Rosborough was inducted to the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001.[5]
Since leaving the University of Arizona following the 2006-07 season, Rosborough has stayed active in coaching. He served as an assistant coach for the University of Arizona women's tennis program for four seasons with Vicky Maes, before taking his current role as an assistant coach with Todd Holthaus for the Pima College women's basketball program in 2015.[6]
Rosborough is in his 47th season of coaching across all levels, with a career record of 1001 wins and 414 losses, a winning percentage over 70%. Rosborough achieved his 1000th career victory as a coach on April 2, 2021.[7]
- ^ Darren Everson,"An Appreciation of Arizona's NCAA Streak", The Wall Street Journal, January 26, 2009
- ^ AP,"List of AP All-time Top 100 College Basketball Programs", USA Today, March 29, 2017
- ^ Doug Brodess,"Ranking Every College Basketball National Champion from the 1990s", Bleacher Report, September 30, 2013
- ^ Damien Alameda, "Rosborough joins PCC", KOLD News 13, May 22, 2009
- ^ "Rosborough to be Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame"[dead link], Pac-12 Conference, December 7, 2001
- ^ Greg Hansen,"It's time for the invaluable Jim Rosborough to join coaching Hall of Fame", Arizona Daily Star, March 26, 2019
- ^ Javier Morales,"Pima women’s and men’s hoops teams in Dallas for district championships", All Sports Tucson, April 8, 2021