Nebraska Men’s Basketball Coach Fred Hoiberg announced Wednesday that Ernie Zeigler will join the Husker coaching staff. Zeigler bring more than two decades of Division I experience to Nebraska, including six seasons at Central Michigan as a head coach. He spent the last seven years at Mississippi State, helping the Bulldogs to four postseason appearances between 2018
Nebraska parts ways with assistant coach Abdelmassih
Matt Abdelmassih is no longer an assistant basketball coach at Nebraska. Head Coach Fred Hoiberg released the following statement today: “Matt and I have a close relationship dating back to our time in the front office with the Timberwolves,” Hoiberg said. “He was a big part of our success at Iowa State and played a
Nebraska’s Hoiberg will return next year
Despite his struggles as the head men’s basketball coach at Nebraska over the past three years, Fred Hoiberg will return on a restructured deal for year four. Hoiberg is 21-65 (.244) during his tenure in Lincoln, including a 7-20 (1-15 Big Ten mark this season. Alberts and Hoiberg released the following statements: Statement from Nebraska
Nebraska assistant takes leave of absence
Nebraska assistant men’s basketball coach Matt Abdelmassih is taking a leave of absence to deal with undisclosed health-related issues. Huskers head coach Fred Hoiberg released the following statement about the leave: “Matt informed me that he is taking a leave of absence to deal with health-related issues. As both a colleague and friend, his health
Former Chicago Bulls assistant added to Nebraska Basketball staff
University of Nebraska men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced the hiring of former Chicago Bulls assistant Nate Loenser (pronounced Lenzer)to the Husker coaching staff on Tuesday (April 6). Hoiberg, who has worked with Loenser at both Iowa State (2013-15) and with the Chicago Bulls (2015-18), believes Loenser’s combination of coaching experience at the NBA and collegiate
Daily News & Notes – 1/19/21
Daily news and notes from around the college basketball coaching world… Twelve people in the University of Nebraska’s men’s basketball program, including head coach Fred Hoiberg, have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. Hoiberg said, “I am experiencing symptoms, but my condition has improved over the last 24 hours. Our program has been hit hard over
REPORT: Hoiberg finalizes deal to become Head Basketball Coach at Nebraska
In one of the worst kept secrets of this off season, Fred Hoiberg has finalized his deal to become the head basketball coach at Nebraska, according to a report from the The World-Herald. Hoiberg, the former Chicago Bulls and Iowa State head coach, is a Lincoln, Nebraska native. His grandfather, Jerry Bush, coached the Huskers
HOT: Iowa State Staff Update
Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm announced today his initial coaching staff. Prohm has retained T.J. Otzelberger as an assistant coach from Fred Hoiberg’s staff and announced he will bring William Small with him from his staff at Murray State. Former Iowa State assistant and most recently a staffer at Loyola (Chicago), Daniyal
Chicago Bulls Officially Hire Fred Hoiberg
The Chicago Bulls announced today the hiring of Fred Hoiberg. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not announced. Hoiberg, 42, is the 19th head coach in franchise history. For the last five seasons, he served as the head coach at Iowa State University. In his five years at his alma mater,
HOT: Iowa State’s Hoiberg Boards Chicago Bound Plane
Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg boarded a private plane headed for Chicago earlier this afternoon where he is expected to be named as the Bulls next head coach. The Ames Tribune reported that Hoiberg met briefly with the media before his departure, and said; “We’ll see how tonight goes, nothing has been finalized yet.”
Hoiberg to Undergo Open Heart Surgery
Iowa State men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced Friday that he will undergo open heart surgery to replace his aortic valve on Friday, April 17 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “After my initial surgery to replace my aortic root 10 years ago, I knew that this was something that would need to be
Best Value Basketball Coaches in Division I
Best Value Basketball Coaches in Division I By Bruce Gibson Rules of the chase: To have value the coach must have a formula for winning that works most years,so one good year doesn’t make the list. Hence, in order to qualify for the list a coach had to make the big dance in both of