Billy Hahn
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| Billy Hahn | ||
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| Title | Assistant coach | |
| College | West Virginia | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Born | N/A | |
| Place of birth |  Mishawaka, Indiana |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1971–1974 | Maryland | |
| Position | Point guard | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1974–1975 1975–1976 1976–1979 1979–1986 1986–1989 1989–2001 2001–2004 2007–present |
Morris Harvey College (asst.) Davidson (asst.) Rhode Island (asst.) Ohio (asst.) Ohio Maryland (asst.) La Salle West Virginia (asst.) |
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Billy Hahn (born in Mishawaka, Indiana in 1955) is a basketball assistant coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers under head coach Bob Huggins. During his head coaching and assistant coaching career, Hahn has coached and recruited 19 future NBA players and set various school records at Maryland with numerous NCAA Tournament appearances over his career.
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[edit] Early life
Billy Hahn attended Penn High, then attended the University of Maryland. During his tenure at Maryland, Hahn was a three-year letterwinner on three of the greatest teams in Terrapins' history. As a freshman, in 1971, Hahn's Terps won the National Invitation Tournament. That season, he played as a key reserve off the bench. Hahn was team captain during his senior season and was part of the 1974-1975 squad that went 24-5.
[edit] Coaching career
[edit] Morris Harvey College and Davidson
After graduating from Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in distributive education with a minor in business administration, Hahn began his coaching career at Morris Harvey College in 1975. He was an assistant to Rick Meckfessel.
The next year, 1976, Hahn moved to the assistant coaching position at Davidson College.
[edit] Rhode Island
After his season at Davidson, Hahn went to the assistant coaching spot at Rhode Island in 1977. He helped the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1978, then the NIT in 1979.
Hahn recruited and coached future NBA player, Sly Williams, while at Rhode Island.
[edit] Ohio
In 1980, Billy Hahn left Rhode Island for the assistant coaching position at Ohio University under Danny Nee. During his six-year tenure, the Bobcats won the Mid-American Conference Championship in 1983 and 1985 and went to the NCAA Tournament in both of the seasons. In 1986, Hahn helped the Bobcats to the NIT.
After the 1986 season, Hahn was named head coach for the school. He led the Bobcats to the MAC Championship Game in 1988. During his head coaching tenure, he recruited and coached the school's all-time leading scorer, Dave Jamerson, and the MAC Player of the Year in 1989, Paul Graham.
[edit] Maryland
After his head coaching stint at Ohio University ended following the 1989 season, Hahn returned to his alma mater, the University of Maryland, to become the assistant coach under Gary Williams. During his tenure from 1989 to 2001, Hahn's Terps went to the NCAA Tournament a school-record eight straight years, including the 2001 Final Four. The Terps also finished fourth or higher in the ACC eight consecutive seasons and established school records for regular season victories, 28 in 1999, and ACC victories in a season, 13 in 1999.
Hahn was promoted to associate head coach in 1997 and became the leading recruiter and scout along with his on-court coaching duties. During the tenure, he recruited and coached Walt Williams, Joe Smith, and Steve Francis, who all became NBA Lottery draft selections. He was also named one of the top ten recruiters in the eastern United States by Eastern Basketball.
The year after he left, 2002, the Terps won the national championship with most of Hahn's recruits. He was given a championship ring by Williams and the Terrapins basketball squad, even though he was not assosciated with the school anymore.
Hahn coached future NBA players Tony Massenburg, Jerrod Mustaf, Keith Booth, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Laron Profit, Terence Morris, Obinna Ekezie, Steve Francis, Chris Wilcox, Lonny Baxter, Steve Blake, and Juan Dixon, at Maryland.
[edit] La Salle
After his tenure at Maryland, Hahn became the La Salle basketball head coach in 2001. In his three seasons at La Salle, until 2004, Hahn's Explorers had losing records every season.
Hahn coached future NBA players Steven Smith and Rasual Butler.
[edit] West Virginia
In 2004, Billy Hahn resigned from the head coaching position at La Salle after controversy arose over Hahn supposedly being accused by a women's basketball player of discouraging her from reporting a rape she said occurred in April 2003 that allegedly involved one of Hahn's players. La Salle's women's basketball head coach, John Miller, resigned the same day as Hahn.
After spending three seasons out of coaching, Hahn was hired by new head coach, Bob Huggins, at West Virginia University in April 2007. Hahn and Huggins had been rivals during their days in the Mid-American Conference, where Huggins coached Akron.
In Hahn's first season, the Mountaineers finished the regular season with a 22-9 record. The team also advanced to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament and the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament, which included a second round victory over the #2-seed Duke Blue Devils.
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