Bob McKillop
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| Bob McKillop | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Davidson | |
| Sport | Basketball | |
| Team record | 311-218 (.588) | |
| Born | July 13, 1950 | |
| Place of birth |  Queens, New York |
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| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| SoCon Tournament Championship (1998, 2002, 2006, 2007) | ||
| Awards | ||
| SoCon Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005) | ||
| Playing career | ||
| 1969 1970–1972 |
East Carolina Hofstra |
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| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1973–1978 1978–1979 1979–1989 1989–present |
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.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 10 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.
[edit] 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. Matt is now an assistant coach to former Wildcat player and assistant coach Jason Zimmerman at Emory University in Atlanta. The youngest McKillop, Brendan, is a current freshman basketball player for his father's team at Davidson.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Davidson (Independent) (1989 — 1990) | |||||||||
| 1989-1990 | Davidson | 4-24 | |||||||
| Davidson (Big South Conference) (1990 — 1992) | |||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Davidson | 10-19 | 6-8 | 4th | |||||
| 1991–1992 | Davidson | 11-17 | 6-8 | 6th | |||||
| Davidson (Southern Conference) (1992 — present) | |||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Davidson | 14-14 | 10-8 | 5th | |||||
| 1993–1994 | Davidson | 22-8 | 13-5 | 2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1994–1995 | Davidson | 14-13 | 7-7 | 3rd (North) | |||||
| 1995–1996 | Davidson | 25-5 | 14-0 | 1st (North) | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 1996–1997 | Davidson | 18-10 | 10-4 | T-1st (North) | |||||
| 1997–1998 | Davidson | 20-10 | 13-2 | T-1st (North) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 1998–1999 | Davidson | 16-11 | 11-5 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 1999–2000 | Davidson | 15-13 | 10-6 | 2nd (North) | |||||
| 2000–2001 | Davidson | 15-17 | 7-9 | T-3rd (North) | |||||
| 2001–2002 | Davidson | 21-10 | 11-5 | T-1st (North) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2002–2003 | Davidson | 17-10 | 11-5 | T-1st (North) | |||||
| 2003–2004 | Davidson | 17-12 | 11-5 | T-1st (South) | |||||
| 2004–2005 | Davidson | 23-9 | 16-0 | 1st (South) | NIT 2nd Round | ||||
| 2005–2006 | Davidson | 20-11 | 10-5 | 2nd (South) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2006–2007 | Davidson | 29-5 | 17-1 | 1st (South) | NCAA 1st Round | ||||
| 2007–2008 | Davidson | 28-6 | 20-0 | 1st (South) | NCAA Elite Eight
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| Davidson: | 338-224 | 203-83 | |||||||
| Total: | 338-224 | ||||||||
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National Champion Conference Champion Conference Tournament Champion |
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| 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 | |
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