Bobby Cremins

Bobby Cremins

College coach infobox
Name = Bobby Cremins
Sport = Basketball


ImageWidth = 200
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1947|7|4
Birthplace = flagicon|United States The Bronx, New York
DateOfDeath =
Deathplace =
College = College of Charleston
Title = Head coach
Awards = Naismith College Coach of the Year (1990)
ACC Coach of the Year (1983, 1985, 1996)
Championships = ACC Tournament Championship (1985, 1990, 1993)
ACC Regular Season Championship (1985, 1996)
SoCon Tournament Championship (1979)
SoCon Regular Season Championship (1978, 1979, 1981)
CurrentRecord = 22-11 (.666)
OverallRecord = 479-321 (.599)
Player = *
Years = 1967–1970
Team = South Carolina
Position = Point guard
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1972–1973
1973–1975
1975–1981
1981–2000
2006–"present"
CoachTeams = Point Park
South Carolina (Asst.)
Appalachian State
Georgia Tech
College of Charleston
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BBallHOF =

Bobby Cremins (born July 4, 1947) is the head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Georgia Tech, serving from 1981 until 2000.

Early years

Born in The Bronx, New York City, he attended All Hallows High School. In 1965, he moved on to the University of South Carolina, where he played under legendary coach Frank McGuire, and compiled 61 wins with only 17 losses as the staring point guard for the Gamecocks. He graduated from South Carolina in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Marketing, before playing professionally for one year in Ecuador.

Early coaching career

He started his coaching career at in 1971 as the head coach of Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He then returned to South Carolina to become McGuire's assistant coach and earn a M.S. degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1972.

At age 27, Cremins became the youngest NCAA Division I head coach in history when he took the helm of Appalachian State. His first year at Appalachian his team went 13–14, but then put together an 87–56 record over the next five seasons, and three Southern Conference titles. The Mountaineers posted a 23–6 record and an NCAA tournament bid in 1979, and two years later went 20–9. His performance at ASU garnered him national attention among NCAA coaching ranks, including catching the eye of the Georgia Tech athletic director. He became the Rambling Wreck's new head coach at the close of the 1981 season, on April 14, 1981.

Coaching career at Georgia Tech

Cremins took what had been a winless Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team (4 wins and 23 losses the season before his arrival) to the ACC tournament championship in 1985, when he amassed 27 wins and only 8 losses. In 1990, his team went to the Final Four, with a 28–7 record. Cremins is three-time ACC "Coach of the Year" winner: 1983 with the first ever Yellow Jacket ACC tournament victory, and a 13–15 record; 1985, and 1996 with a 24–12 record, an ACC regular-season title (13–3), and a NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance. His coaching of the 1990 team earned him a Naismith College Coach of the Year honor.

He retired with a 25-year overall head coaching career record of 452–303 (.599%), and a Georgia Tech record, in 19-seasons, of 352–233 (.602%).

Cremins had a host of players that went on to have successful National Basketball Association (NBA) careers. First there was Mark Price (Cleveland Cavaliers) and John Salley (Detroit Pistons) in the early 1980s, then Duane Ferrell, Tom Hammonds, Dennis Scott, Brian Oliver, Kenny Anderson, Jon Barry, Travis Best, Stephon Marbury, Jason Collier and Matt Harpring.

He was also an on the first-ever gold medal U.S. World University Games winner in 1986, under Lute Olson (University of Arizona). He also assisted Olson at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal. [ [http://www.usabasketball.com/history/mwc_1986.html 1986 USA Basketball] ] In the summer of 1989 he coached the 1990 World Championships qualifying U.S. squad.

Noted for his white-hair, Cremins also assisted NBA coach Lenny Wilkens on team USA's Olympic Games appearance held in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996.

On March 24, 1993, Cremins agreed to coach his alma mater, the South Carolina Gamecocks, before doing an about-face three days later and returning to Georgia Tech.

In 2003, Georgia Tech officially named the basketball court at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum "Cremins Court".

Turning down numerous offers to coach during his retirement, and even an occasional athletic directors job, Cremins toured the country doing motivational speaking, did television commentary on ACC and NCAA basketball, and worked with charities, mainly for Coaches vs. Cancer and the [http://jimmyv.org/ Jimmy V Foundation.] Bobby also raised money for a five-to-six week summer program, half of which include disadvantaged kids, the Hilton Head Basketball Camp 101.

In 2006, Cremins returned to coaching at the College of Charleston, hoping to reinstate the program to its status as a powerhouse in college basketball.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
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conference=
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CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Appalachian State Mountaineers
startyear=1975
conference=Southern Conference
endyear=1981|
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1975–1976
name = Appalachian State
overall = 13–14
conference = 6–6
confstanding = 5th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1976–1977
name = Appalachian State
overall = 17–12
conference = 8–4
confstanding = 3rd
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1977–1978
name = Appalachian State
overall = 15–13
conference = 9–3
confstanding = 1st
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = confboth
season = 1978–1979
name = Appalachian State
overall = 23–6
conference = 11–3
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1979–1980
name = Appalachian State
overall = 12–16
conference = 6–10
confstanding = T-6th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1980–1981
name = Appalachian State
overall = 20–9
conference = 11–5
confstanding = T-1st
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Appalachian State
overall = 100–70
confrecord = 51–31
CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
startyear=1981
conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
endyear=2000|
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1981–1982
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 10–16
conference = 3–11
confstanding = 8th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1982–1983
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 13–15
conference = 4–10
confstanding = 6th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1983–1984
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 18–11
conference = 6–8
confstanding = T-5th
postseason = NIT 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = confboth
season = 1984–1985
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 27–8
conference = 9–5
confstanding = T-1st
postseason = NCAA Elite Eight
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1985–1986
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 27–7
conference = 11–3
confstanding = 2nd
postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1986–1987
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 16–13
conference = 7–7
confstanding = 5th
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1987–1988
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 22–10
conference = 8–6
confstanding = 4th
postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1988–1989
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 20–12
conference = 8–6
confstanding = 5th
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 1989–1990
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 28–7
conference = 8–6
confstanding = T-3rd
postseason = NCAA Final Four
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1990–1991
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 17–13
conference = 6–8
confstanding = T-5th
postseason = NCAA 2nd Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1991–1992
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 23–12
conference = 8–8
confstanding = T-4th
postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference tournament
season = 1992–1993
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 19–11
conference = 8–8
confstanding = 6th
postseason = NCAA 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1993–1994
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 16–13
conference = 7–9
confstanding = 6th
postseason = NIT 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1994–1995
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 18–12
conference = 8–8
confstanding = 5th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 1995–1996
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 24–12
conference = 13–3
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NCAA Sweet 16
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1996–1997
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 9–18
conference = 3–13
confstanding = 9th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1997–1998
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 19–14
conference = 6–10
confstanding = 6th
postseason = NIT Quarterfinals
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1998–1999
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 15–16
conference = 6–10
confstanding = T-5th
postseason = NIT 1st Round
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 1999–2000
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 13–17
conference = 5–11
confstanding = 8th
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Georgia Tech
overall = 354–237
confrecord = 134–150
CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=College of Charleston Cougars
startyear=2006
conference=Southern Conference
endyear=|
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = College of Charleston
overall = 22–11
conference = 13–5
confstanding = 2nd (South)
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = College of Charleston
overall = 16–17
conference = 9–11
confstanding = 3rd (South)
postseason =
CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = College of Charleston
overall = 38–28
confrecord = 22–16
CBB Yearly Record End
overall=495–338

Personal

With his wife Carolyn, the couple has three children, Liz, Suzie, and Bobby III. (Bobby Cremins III. is financial advisor with Smith Barney). He and wife also have a fourth child, Murphy, the family dog, and the trio live on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, in the community of Sea Pines on Calibogue Sound. With an artificial knee, two or three times a week he plays golf and is a member of a local tennis league.

References

External links

* [http://www.gatech.edu/news-room/archive/news_releases/cremins.html News release -February 18, 2000- of Cremins' retirement]
* [http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/gatech/0305/09cremins.html Cremins article by Thomas Stinson of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (03/09/05)]
* [http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/032005/2897401.shtml Article from the Carolina Morning news by Tim Wood]
* [http://www.charleston.net/assets/webPages/departmental/news/Stories.aspx?section=sports&tableId=117138&pubDate=11/5/2006 Post and Courier article about Cremins at the College of Charleston]


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