Ben Howland College coach

Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach and former player. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title.Howland is among a handful of NCAA Division I coaches to take three different teams to the NCAA tournament: Northern Arizona, Pittsburgh, and UCLA. He is one of only three active coaches to compete in three consecutive Final Fours (with UCLA from 2006-2008). The other two are Tom Izzo and Mike Krzyzewski.

Personal facts

Ben Howland
Birth dateMay 28, 1957
Birth place
Lebanon Oregon

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coached team
UCLA Bruins men's basketball
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball
Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball
Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball
overall record398–205 ()

Ben Howland on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ben_howland_230817.html