Jerry Pimm

Jerry Pimm is a men's basketball coach who is best remembered for coaching at the University of Utah from 1974–1983 and the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1983-1998.

Pimm replaced former Utah coach Bill Foster, who had accepted the same position with the Duke University Blue Devils in 1973. As coach of the Utes, Pimm led Utah to a 173-86 (.668) record, including four Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament. The Utes also won 3 Western Athletic Conference basketball titles and only had one losing season during his stay. However by 1983 the relationship between Jerry Pimm and the Utah Athletic Department was strained. Not seeing eye to eye, Pimm decided to leave the University of Utah for the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Prior to Pimm's career at UCSB, the Gauchos program had suffered through seven straight losing seasons. After a shaky start, which saw three more losing seasons, the Gauchos turned it around in the 1986-87 season, where they finished with a 16-13 record. The next season would be Pimm's best at UCSB, as he led them to a 22-8 season, including an NCAA Tournament berth, the first in school history, where they lost to the University of Maryland in the first round.

In 1990, UCSB once again made the NCAA Tournament, this time beating the University of Houston in the first round before falling to #1 seed Michigan State by 4 points in the 2nd round. Under Pimm, UCSB also played in three National Invitation Tournaments. In the mid-late 90s, UCSB had suffered through five straight losing seasons, and Pimm resigned, although he later took a job with the athletic department. Pimm went 217-187 (.537) in 16 seasons with the Gauchos. He holds an all time record of 390-273 (.588) in 25 years as a head coach.

He assisted Lute Olson with the US national team in the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.^[1]

Jamie Dixon and Ben Howland both were assistant coaches for Pimm while at UCSB.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Utah Runnin'Utes (WAC) (1974–1983)
1974-1975	Utah	17-9	7-5	4th
1975-1976	Utah	19-8	9-5	T-2nd
1976-1977	Utah	22-7	11-3	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1977-1978	Utah	23-6	12-2	2nd	NCAA Sweet 16
1978-1979	Utah	20-10	9-3	2nd	NCAA 1st Round
1979-1980	Utah	18-10	10-4	T-2nd
1980-1981	Utah	25-5	13-3	T-1st	NCAA Sweet 16
1981-1982	Utah	11-17	6-10	7th
1982-1983	Utah	18-14	11-5	T-1st	NCAA Sweet 16
Utah:		173-86	88-40
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (PCAA,Big West) (1983–1998)
1983-1984	UC Santa Barbara	10-17	5-13	9th (PCAA)
1984-1985	UC Santa Barbara	12-16	8-10	T-6th {PCAA}
1985–1986	UC Santa Barbara	12-15	7-11	9th (PCAA)
1986–1987	UC Santa Barbara	16-13	10-8	T-2nd (PCAA)
1987-1988	UC Santa Barbara	22-8	13-5	T-2nd (PCAA)	NCAA 1st Round
1988-1989	UC Santa Barbara	21-9	11-7	3rd (Big West)	NIT 1st Round
1989-1990	UC Santa Barbara	21-9	13-5	3rd (Big West)	NCAA 2nd Round
1990-1991	UC Santa Barbara	14-15	8-10	T-4th (Big West)
1991-1992	UC Santa Barbara	20-9	13-5	2nd (Big West)	NIT 1st Round
1992-1993	UC Santa Barbara	18-11	10-8	T-5th (Big West)	NIT 1st Round
1993-1994	UC Santa Barbara	13-17	9-9	7th (Big West)
1994-1995	UC Santa Barbara	13-14	8-10	6th (Big West)
1995-1996	UC Santa Barbara	11-15	8-10	T-7th (Big West)
1996-1997	UC Santa Barbara	12-15	7-9	3rd (Big West-Western)
1997-1998	UC Santa Babara	7-19	4-12	6th (Big West-Western)
UC Santa Barbara:		222-202	134-132
Total:		395-288
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

References

1. ^ 1986 USA Basketball

Persondata
Name	Pimm, Jerry
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death