Tad Boyle
American basketball coach (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Martin "Tad" Boyle (born January 6, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Pac-12 Conference. He was named the 18th coach in Colorado men's basketball history on April 19, 2010,[1] replacing Jeff Bzdelik. Boyle was named as an assistant coach for USA Basketball a second time in 2015.[2] He played collegiately at Kansas under coach Ted Owens and Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown.
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Colorado |
Conference | Pac-12 |
Record | 298–183 (.620) |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1963-01-06) January 6, 1963 (age 61) Greeley, Colorado, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1981–1985 | Kansas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1988–1989 | Greeley West HS (sophomores) |
1989–1991 | Loveland HS (assistant) |
1991–1994 | Longmont HS |
1994–1997 | Oregon (assistant) |
1997–1998 | Tennessee (assistant) |
1998–2000 | Jacksonville State (assistant) |
2000–2006 | Wichita State (assistant) |
2006–2010 | Northern Colorado |
2010–present | Colorado |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 354–249 (.587) (college) |
Tournaments | 4–6 (NCAA Division I) 6–5 (NIT) 1–1 (CIT) 1–1 (CBI) 13–7 (Pac-12 tournament) 2–1 (Big 12 tournament) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Pac-12 tournament (2012) | |
While playing for the Jayhawks, Boyle played on two NCAA tournament teams in 1984 and 1985.[3] He served as team captain his senior year, which was 1988 NBA draft choice Danny Manning's freshman season and Mark Turgeon's sophomore season.[1]
Before heading to play collegiately at Kansas, Boyle was a standout performer at Greeley Central High School, where he led the Wildcats to a state championship as a senior in 1981 and earned Colorado Player of the Year honors, as well as being selected to the Converse All-American team. His high school jersey was retired at the conclusion of his senior season.[4]