- Bob Boyd (basketball)
William Robert "Bob" Boyd is a former collegiate man's
basketball coach who was head coach at theUniversity of Southern California (USC) and theMississippi State University .Boyd had a long association with the
University of Southern California 's men's basketball, first as a player and then as its head coach. The 3-year letterman (1950-52) was USC's most valuable player as a senior in 1952. He then began his coaching career, first for five years in the high school ranks (atEl Segundo, California andAlhambra, California ), then for six years at the junior college level atSanta Ana College (his 1959 team finished second at the state tournament) and then collegiately, first atSeattle University , where he went 41-13 in 2 seasons (1964-65).After a year out of coaching while working for
Converse athletic shoes, he embarked on a 13-year career (1967-79) as head coach of the USC basketball team. His teams went 216-131 overall and played in the post-season four times (the 1979 NCAA playoffs, 1973 NIT and 1974 and 1975 Commissioner's Conference tourney). His 1971 team, which went 24-2 and was ranked fifth in the nation (USC was ranked first at midseason), is regarded among USC's best (he also won 24 games in 1974). His wins overUCLA in 1969 and 1970 were the UCLA's first losses in Pauley Pavilion, built in 1966. He was twice named the conference Coach of the Year. He sent ten players into the NBA, includingPaul Westphal andGus Williams .After USC, he went on to be the head coach at
Mississippi State University (1982-86),Riverside Community College (1989) andChapman University (1990-92), and then was an assistant at LSU andUtah State University .Boyd is a member of the
University of Southern California 's Athletic Hall of Fame.Three of his sons attended USC, and his granddaughter Caitiln Boyd is currently enrolled, continuing the family tradition.
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