Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska.[1] He spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University.[2] He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).[3]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Nebraska |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 31, 1966 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1984–1986 | Schoolcraft |
| 1986–1987 | Armstrong Atlantic State |
| 1987–1988 | Northwood |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1996 | Cody HS (asst.) |
| 1996–1997 | Henan Wildcats |
| 1997–1999 | Al-Halil |
| 1999–2000 | Kansas State (asst.) |
| 2000–2001 | Bowling Green (asst.) |
| 2001–2003 | Pittsburgh (asst.) |
| 2003–2006 | UCLA (asst.) |
| 2006–2012 | Central Michigan |
| 2013–2015 | Detroit (asst.) |
| 2015–2022 | Mississippi State (asst.) |
| 2022–present | Nebraska (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 80–105 (.432) |
Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA.[4] Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him.[2] Trey transferred[5] to Pittsburgh[6] after his father was fired.
Head coaching record
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2006–2012) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Central Michigan | 13–18 | 7–9 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2007–08 | Central Michigan | 14–17 | 8–8 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2008–09 | Central Michigan | 12–19 | 7–9 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Central Michigan | 15–15 | 9–7 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2010–11 | Central Michigan | 10–21 | 7–9 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2011–12 | Central Michigan | 11–21 | 5–11 | 4th (West) | |||||
| Central Michigan: | 75–111 (.403) | 43–53 (.448) | |||||||
| Total: | 75–111 (.403) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Knight, Kevin (2022-08-15). "Nebraska Cornhuskers hire Ernie Zeigler as assistant coach". Corn Nation. Retrieved 2024-02-25.
- ^ a b "Central Michigan fires coach Ernie Zeigler - Yahoo! Sports". Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
- ^ "Ernie Zeigler - CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
- ^ "UCLA assistant Zeigler to coach Central Michigan". ESPN.com. June 29, 2006. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Lahde, Jim (2012-03-21). "CMU sophomore Trey Zeigler granted a transfer request - themorningsun.com". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ Katz, Andy (April 7, 2012). "Trey Zeigler chooses to go to Pitt". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 25, 2024.