- Kevin Willard
College coach infobox
Name = Kevin Willard
Sport =Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1975|4|6
Birthplace = flagicon|United StatesHuntington, New York
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College = Iona College
Title = Head coach
Awards =
Championships =
CurrentRecord = 12-20
OverallRecord = 12-20
Player = *
Years = 1992–1993
1994–1997
Team = Western Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Position =Point guard
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1997–2001
2001–2007
2007–present
CoachTeams =Boston Celtics (asst.)
Louisville (asst.)
Iona
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BBallHOF =Kevin Willard (born
April 6 ,1975 inHuntington, New York ) is the head men's basketball coach at Iona College. He took over forJeff Ruland on April 10, 2007.cite news| title = Willard takes over for Ruland at Iona | publisher = ESPN.com | date =2007-04-10 | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2831901 | accessdate = 2007-07-06]Willard came to Iona after spending ten years as an assistant under
Rick Pitino . He started his coaching career in the NBA ranks, working on the bench with theBoston Celtics . After Pitino resigned from the Celtics in 2001, Willard followed him to Louisville, and spent the next six years as an assistant there.Willard played basketball at Western Kentucky during the 1992–1993 season before transferring to Pittsburgh after his freshman year to finish his career.
Willard's father,
Ralph Willard , is the head men's basketball coach at theCollege of the Holy Cross Head coaching record
CBB Yearly Record Start
conference=*
postseason=*CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Iona
startyear=2007
conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Iona
overall = 12-20
conference = 8-10
confstanding = 7th
postseason = MAAC First RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Iona
overall = 12-20
confrecord = 8-10CBB Yearly Record End
overall=12-20References
External links
* [http://www.icgaels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=71071&SPID=7099&DB_OEM_ID=14900&ATCLID=866430&Q_SEASON=2006 Bio on Iona's athletics site]
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