Bob McKillop

College coach infobox


Name = Bob McKillop
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1950|7|13
Birthplace = flagicon|USA Queens, New York
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College = Davidson
Title = Head coach
Awards = SoCon Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005)
Championships = SoCon Tournament Championship (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007)
CurrentRecord = 311-218 (.588)
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Player = *
Years = 1969
1970–1972
Team = East Carolina
Hofstra
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Coach = *
CoachYears = 1973–1978
1978–1979
1979–1989
1989–present
CoachTeams = Holy Trinity HS
Davidson (asst.)
Long Island Lutheran HS
Davidson
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Robert "Bob" McKillop (born July 13, 1950) is head coach of the men's basketball team at the Davidson College.

Early basketball career

Born in Queens, New York, McKillop grew up in Queens and on Long Island and played for Chaminade High School in Mineola. McKillop went on to play college ball for East Carolina University before transferring to Hofstra University. At Hofstra he was named team MVP. After graduating in 1972 with a degree in history, he was briefly signed as a free agent by the Philadelphia 76ers, but was cut.

Coaching career

He then accepted a job teaching history and coaching basketball back on Long Island at Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville. There, McKillop achieved an 86-25 record. In 1978 he became an assistant coach at Davidson for one year before returning to high school ball at Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School in Brookville. McKillop compiled a record there of 182-51, winning five New York State Championships.

Head Coach at Davidson

In 1989, McKillop returned to Davidson, this time as head coach. He's coached Davidson longer than any basketball coach, has won more games there than any coach, and his 144 Southern Conference wins are more than any coach in league history. He's been the SoCon Coach of the Year six times, has won eight conference division titles, three tournament championships, and taken his team to three NCAA tournaments and three postseason NITs. All this winning hasn't come at any academic sacrifice, as 95 percent of his Davidson lettermen have graduated. In 2006 the Wildcats won the Southern Conference tournament and went on to face No. 2 seeded Ohio St. in the NCAA tournament. Fifteenth seeded Davidson led 29-25 at halftime before falling 70-62. On January 27th, 2007, McKillop reached 300 wins with a 79-59 victory over Western Carolina in Belk Arena.

Despite the recent success of the Wildcats, 2007 promised to be a rebuilding year, as McKillop lost seven seniors, accounting for 76% of scoring. Nevertheless, Davidson finished the year with an overall record of 24-4 and 17-1 in the SoCon. They were ranked 31st in the nation by the ESPN/USA Today poll and #4 among mid-majors. In the months of December, January and February, the Wildcats lost a total of one game.

On March 3, 2007, the Wildcats won their second straight Southern Conference Tournament Championship, and third in 5 years, an accomplishment that should silence critics who claimed McKillop couldn't win at tournament time. Davidson defeated College of Charleston 72-65, after waltzing past Furman and UT Chattanooga in the earlier rounds. In 2006, McKillop's Wildcats represented the Southern Conference in the NCAA tournament by battling Number 2 seed Ohio State to the wire, losing by 5 at Dayton.

In 2008, after compiling a perfect regular season conference record, the Wildcats ran their record to three straight Southern Conference Tournament Championships, beating Elon University in the title game. They entered the NCAA tournament as a 10 seed and took down 7 seed Gonzaga, for their first NCAA Tournament win since 1969. They then won their second-round game against the 2 seed Georgetown to advance to the Sweet 16. Almost a week after beating Georgetown, McKillop and Davidson stunned the world by upsetting the 3 seed and regular season Big Ten champions WIsconsin. This win put Davidson in the Elite Eight for the first time since Lefty Driesell got them there in 1969.

The 2008 season has been a testament to McKillop's recruiting prowess, as they've been carried by the shooting of Stephen Curry, who didn't get a second look from most of the bigger programs.

Family

Coach McKillop and his wife Kathy have three children. Kerrin is a 2002 graduate of Davidson. Matt is a 2006 Davidson graduate. Matt played for his father from 2003-2006, and earned four varsity letters. After assisting former Wildcat player and assistant coach Jason Zimmerman at Emory University in Atlanta, Matt has been named as an assistant coach to his father at Davidson College. The youngest McKillop, Brendan, is a current freshman basketball player for his father's team at Davidson.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
type=coach
conference=
postseason=
poll=noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Davidson
startyear=1989
conference=Independent
endyear=1990|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1989-1990
name = Davidson
overall = 4-24
conference =
confstanding =
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Davidson
startyear=1990
conference=Big South Conference
endyear=1992|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1990–1991
name = Davidson
overall = 10-19
conference = 6-8
confstanding = 4th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1991–1992
name = Davidson
overall = 11-17
conference = 6-8
confstanding = 6th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Davidson
startyear=1992
conference=Southern Conference
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1992–1993
name = Davidson
overall = 14-14
conference = 10-8
confstanding = 5th
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1993–1994
name = Davidson
overall = 22-8
conference = 13-5
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NIT 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1994–1995
name = Davidson
overall = 14-13
conference = 7-7
confstanding = 3rd (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1995–1996
name = Davidson
overall = 25-5
conference = 14-0
confstanding = 1st (North)
postseason = NIT 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1996–1997
name = Davidson
overall = 18-10
conference = 10-4
confstanding = T-1st (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 1997–1998
name = Davidson
overall = 20-10
conference = 13-2
confstanding = T-1st (North)
postseason = NCAA 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1998–1999
name = Davidson
overall = 16-11
conference = 11-5
confstanding = 2nd (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = Davidson
overall = 15-13
conference = 10-6
confstanding = 2nd (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2000–2001
name = Davidson
overall = 15-17
conference = 7-9
confstanding = T-3rd (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2001–2002
name = Davidson
overall = 21-10
conference = 11-5
confstanding = T-1st (North)
postseason = NCAA 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2002–2003
name = Davidson
overall = 17-10
conference = 11-5
confstanding = T-1st (North)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2003–2004
name = Davidson
overall = 17-12
conference = 11-5
confstanding = T-1st (South)
postseason = CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2004–2005
name = Davidson
overall = 23-9
conference = 16-0
confstanding = 1st (South)
postseason = NIT 2nd RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2005–2006
name = Davidson
overall = 20-11
conference = 10-5
confstanding = 2nd (South)
postseason = NCAA 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2006–2007
name = Davidson
overall = 29-5
conference = 17-1
confstanding = 1st (South)
postseason = NCAA 1st RoundCBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 2007–2008
name = Davidson
overall = 28-6
conference = 20-0
confstanding = 1st (South)
postseason = NCAA Elite Eight

CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Davidson
overall = 338-224
confrecord = 203-83CBB Yearly Record End
overall=338-224

External links

* [http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/bio.asp?staffid=44 Davidson Profile]
* [http://www.davidsonwildcats.com/Pdfs/mbball/2007/11/5/Pages%2059-70.pdf 100th Anniversary Davidson Basketball] (PDF)
* [http://www.go.emory.edu/Coach_Bios/MBB/McKillop.html Matt McKillop's Emory profile]

Persondata
NAME = McKillop, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = McKillop, Robert (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION = American college basketball coach
DATE OF BIRTH = July 13, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH = Queens, New York, United States
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =