 Groce with Akron in 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Akron |
| Conference | MAC |
| Record | 140–81 (.633) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 7, 1971 Muncie, Indiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1994 | Taylor |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1996 | Taylor (assistant) |
| 1996–2000 | NC State (assistant) |
| 2000–2001 | Butler (assistant) |
| 2001–2004 | Xavier (assistant) |
| 2004–2008 | Ohio State (assistant) |
| 2008–2012 | Ohio |
| 2012–2017 | Illinois |
| 2017–present | Akron |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 320–212 (.602) |
| Tournaments | 4–5 (NCAA Division I) 3–3 (NIT) 1–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 4 MAC tournament (2010, 2012, 2022, 2024) MAC regular season (2020) MAC East Division (2020) | |
| Awards | |
| MAC Coach of the Year (2020) | |
John Gordon Groce (/ɡroʊs/;[1] born September 7, 1971) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the Akron Zips men's basketball team. Prior to coaching for Akron, he was the head coach at Illinois and Ohio.
- ^ "Greenberg: Illinois got lucky with Groce hiring". ESPN.com. March 27, 2012.