Bennie Seltzer
Current position | |
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Title | Assistant coach |
Team | Texas State |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Biographical details | |
Born | Birmingham, Alabama,U.S. | January 20, 1971
Playing career | |
1989–1993 | Washington State |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HCunless noted) | |
1997–2006 | Oklahoma(asst.) |
2006–2008 | Marquette(asst.) |
2008–2012 | Indiana(asst.) |
2012–2014 | Samford |
2015–2017 | Loyola (Chicago)(asst.) |
2017–2019 | Washington State(asst.) |
2019–2020 | Evansville(asst.) |
2019–2020 | Evansville (interim HC) |
2020–present | Texas State(asst.) |
Administrative career (ADunless noted) | |
2014–2015 | Indiana(dir. player performance) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–47 (.338) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Bennie Seltzer(born January 20, 1971) is an Americancollege basketballcoach who most recently served as the interim head coach of theEvansville Purple Acesteam following the firing ofWalter McCarty.[1]Seltzer is the former head coach of theSamford Bulldogs,a position to which he was hired on April 5, 2012.[2]Previously, he was hired in April 2008 by newIndiana Hoosiershead coachTom Crean,who brought him and fellow assistantTim Buckleyover from his staff atMarquette.Following his dismissal from Samford, Seltzer was hired by Crean to be Indiana's Director of Player Performance.[3]
Career[edit]
Seltzer was the former assistant coach at theUniversity of Oklahomafrom 1997 to 2006 under head coachKelvin Sampson.Sampson also coached Seltzer during his playing days atWashington State.The Sooners went to theNCAA tournamenteight times in Seltzer's nine seasons on the staff. Seltzer then moved on to Marquette as an assistant under Tom Crean. Seltzer joined Crean and Buckley on the Indiana staff in April 2008, after Crean was hired to replace the fired Kelvin Sampson.
While his first 3 seasons in Bloomington were a major rebuilding project, the 2011-12 Hoosiers finished 5th in theBig Ten Conferenceand made a run to theSweet Sixteen.On April 4, 2012, Seltzer was hired to replaceJimmy Tilletteas the head men's basketball coach atSamford University.[2]The move marked a return home for Seltzer, who is native to Birmingham.
In addition to his college coaching jobs, Seltzer was selected as one of four coaches for the USA Basketball national team trials in July 2004. He worked with players that were trying out for the final roster, a team that would go on to win the gold medal.
Seltzer had an outstanding playing career at Washington State. He earned Pac-10 All-Freshman honors in 1990, first-teamAll-Pac-10as a senior in 1993 and still holds the All-Time record for career assists in the conference (473). He then went on to spend four seasons playing professionally in Turkey, Venezuela, Poland and the Netherlands.[4]
Head coaching record[edit]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Samford Bulldogs(Southern Conference)(2012–2014) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Samford | 11–21 | 9–9 | T–3rd(North) | |||||
2013–14 | Samford | 13–20 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
Samford: | 24–41 (.369) | 15–19 (.441) | |||||||
Evansville Purple Aces(Missouri Valley Conference)(2019–2020) | |||||||||
2019–20 | Evansville | 0–6 | 0–6 | 10th | |||||
Evansville: | 0–6 (.000) | 0–6 (.000) | |||||||
Total: | 24–47 (.338) |
Personal life[edit]
Seltzer graduated fromA.H. Parker High School(Birmingham, Alabama) in 1989 and went on to earn his B.A. in sociology fromWashington State University.He is married to DicQues and has two sons, Diamond and Bennie III.
References[edit]
- ^Lindskog, Chad (October 31, 2019)."Evansville basketball hopes 'next year' is now in Walter McCarty's second season".Indianapolis Star.RetrievedNovember 18,2019.
- ^abScarbinsky, Kevin (April 4, 2012)."Samford hires Bennie Seltzer as men's basketball coach".The Birmingham News.AL.com.RetrievedApril 4,2012.
- ^Bozich, Alex (January 12, 2015)."Bennie Seltzer returns to IU as director of player performance".Inside The Hall.RetrievedMarch 25,2015.
- ^Samford To Name Bennie Seltzer As Head Men's Basketball Coach Thursday - Samford University Official Athletic Site[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
- 1971 births
- Living people
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- American expatriate basketball people in Venezuela
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