Reggie Witherspoon (basketball)
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Canisius |
| Conference | MAAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 21, 1961 Buffalo, New York |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1992 | Sweet Home HS (asst.) |
| 1992–1997 | Sweet Home HS |
| 1997–1999 | Erie CC |
| 1999–2013 | Buffalo |
| 2014–2015 | Alabama (asst.) |
| 2015–2016 | Chattanooga (asst.) |
| 2016–present | Canisius |
Phillip Reginald "Reggie" Witherspoon (born February 21, 1961)[1] is the head coach of the Canisius College men's basketball team and the former head coach of the University at Buffalo men's college basketball team. He was fired after the 2012-13 season. He was the head coach at Erie Community College, and head coach and assistant coach at Sweet Home High School before he was hired as the interim head coach at Buffalo in December 1999. Witherspoon was named full-time head coach in March 10, 2000. He was the first African American named head coach of a varsity sports team in any Western New York suburban school district. Witherspoon served one season as an assistant at Alabama under head coach Anthony Grant.[2] In 2015, Witherspoon was let go by Alabama when Grant was replaced by Avery Johnson. He was subsequently named as an assistant on Matt McCall's staff at UT-Chattanooga.[3]
In May 2016, Witherspoon was hired to replace the retiring Jim Baron at Canisius College.[4]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erie Community College (NJCAA Region III) (1997–1999) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Erie CC | 19–10 | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Erie CC | 24–5 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Erie CC | ||||||||
| Erie CC: | |||||||||
| University at Buffalo (Mid-American Conference) (1999–2013) | |||||||||
| 1999–00* | Buffalo | 3–20 (5–23) | 1–17 | 12th | |||||
| 2000–01 | Buffalo | 4-24 | 2-16 | 12th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Buffalo | 12-18 | 7-11 | 10th | |||||
| 2002–03 | Buffalo | 5-23 | 2-16 | 13th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Buffalo | 17–12 | 11–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Buffalo | 23–10 | 11–7 | T–2nd | NIT First Round | ||||
| 2005–06 | Buffalo | 19–13 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Buffalo | 12–19 | 4–12 | T–10th | |||||
| 2007–08 | Buffalo | 10–20 | 3–13 | 12th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Buffalo | 21–12 | 11–5 | T–1st | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Buffalo | 18–12 | 9–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2010–11 | Buffalo | 20–13 | 8-8 | T-5th | CIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2011–12 | Buffalo | 19–9 | 12-4 | 2nd | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2012–13 | Buffalo | 14–20 | 7–9 | 8th | |||||
| Buffalo: | 197–225 (.467) | 96–142 (.403) | |||||||
| Canisius College (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Canisius | 2–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Canisius: | 2–4 (.333) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 242–244 (.498) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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[5]
* Hired as interim coach after Tim Cohane resigned after 5 games
References
- ↑ "Phillip Reginald Witherspoon". FIBA. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.rolltide.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/reggie_witherspoon_898092.html
- ↑ "McCall Announces 2015-16 Staff". GoMocs.com. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. July 2, 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.ubbullrun.com/2016/5/28/11772736/canisius-golden-griffins-reggie-witherspoon-hire-head-coach-buffalo-bulls
- ↑ University at Buffalo Basketball - 2010-11 Information Guide