Bill Gibbons (basketball)

Bill Gibbons, Jr. is a former American women's basketball coach. As head coach for College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Gibbons was one of the longest tenured coaches in the NCAA Division 1, having debuted as coach during the 1985-1986 season and coaching at Holy Cross until 2019. In 2007, Gibbons was an assistant coach on the United States squad that won the gold medal in women's basketball at the Pan American Games.

Bill Gibbons
Biographical details
BornWorcester, MA
Alma materClark University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–2019Holy Cross
Head coaching record
Overall613–410 (.599)

In October 2014, Gibbons was removed as head basketball coach after a former player, Ashley Cooper, filed a lawsuit against him alleging physical and verbal abuse. He was reinstated to the team in January 2015 after Holy Cross investigated and concluded that "The College believes the lawsuit's allegations have no legal merit" and were false; Cooper previously sued her AAU coach and went on to sue two professors at NYU alleging the same accusations. [1]

On March 28, 2019, Gibbon’s contract was not renewed after a second suspension as head coach.

He was born and raised in Worcester and graduated from Clark University with his B.A. and M.A.[2]

Coaching career

Sources:

  • NCAA[3]
  • Patriot League record book[4]
  • Holy Cross Year-By-Year Records[5]
  • Patriot League 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings[6]
  • Patriot League 2016-17 Women's Basketball Standings[7]
  • 2015-16 Patriot League WBB[8]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Holy Cross Crusaders (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (1985–1990)
1985–86 Holy Cross 21–78–43rd
1986–87 Holy Cross 19–108–42nd
1987–88 Holy Cross 21–89–32nd
1988–89 Holy Cross 21–1010–22ndNCAA First round
1989–90 Holy Cross 20–107–34th
Holy Cross (MAAC): 102–45 (.694)42–16 (.724)
Holy Cross Crusaders (Patriot League) (1990–2019)
1990–91 Holy Cross 25–612–01stNCAA Second round
1991–92 Holy Cross 16–1310–4T-3rd
1992–93 Holy Cross 22–712–21st
1993–94 Holy Cross 15–1410–43rd
1994–95 Holy Cross 21–912–21stNCAA First round
1995–96 Holy Cross 23–109–32ndNCAA First round
1996–97 Holy Cross 23–412–01st
1997–98 Holy Cross 21–910–21stNCAA First round
1998–99 Holy Cross 21–811–11stNCAA First round
1999–00 Holy Cross 23–711–11stNCAA First round
2000–01 Holy Cross 21–911–11stNCAA First round
2001–02 Holy Cross 23–812–21stWNIT First round
2002–03 Holy Cross 24–813–11stNCAA First round
2003–04 Holy Cross 13–158–64th
2004–05 Holy Cross 20–1112–21stNCAA First round
2005–06 Holy Cross 16–1410–42nd
2006–07 Holy Cross 15–187–73rdNCAA First round
2007–08 Holy Cross 19–1310–42nd
2008–09 Holy Cross 13–178–64th
2009–10 Holy Cross 10–215–94th
2010–11 Holy Cross 10–206–86th
2011–12 Holy Cross 19–157–75thWBI second round
2012–13 Holy Cross 18–148–64th
2013–14 Holy Cross 20–1210–85th
2014–15 Holy Cross 15–1711–73rd
2015–16 Holy Cross 13–1710–85th
2016–17 Holy Cross 8–226–127th
2017–18 Holy Cross 13–187–117th
Holy Cross (Patriot): 500–356 (.584)270–128 (.678)
Total:602–401 (.600)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Holy Cross coach Bill Gibbons returns to team". ESPN.com. January 15, 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  2. http://www.goholycross.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=33100&ATCLID=210237897
  3. "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  4. "Patriot League record book" (PDF). Patriot League.
  5. "Holy Cross Year-By-Year Records" (PDF). Holy Cross.
  6. "Patriot League - 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  7. "Patriot League - 2016-17 Women's Basketball Standings". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  8. "2015-16 Patriot League WBB". Patriot League.
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