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Bob Huggins Wins 800th Game


Written by John Antonik at NCAA.com

West Virginia’s Bob Huggins became just the 10th coach in NCAA Division I history to win his 800th career win this afternoon against UMKC 112-67.

His career record now stands at 800-322, including a 210-111 mark at his alma mater.

Not too shabby for a guy who grew up in a town of 500 people with two stoplights, nine bars and three churches.
Huggins now joins an elite college basketball group that includes Mike Krzyzewski, Bob Knight, Jim Boeheim, Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Jim Calhoun, Jim Phelan, Eddie Sutton and Rollie Massimino.“Those are big names,” said Huggins. “Those are guys when I first sat in the lobby at the Final Four I’d just watch them. I’d watch how they interacted with people and just sit there thinking one day I want to be like them. One day I want to be one of them.”

After Saturday’s win, he is now one of them and he got there by winning at places such as Walsh College, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State and now West Virginia – not exactly the blue bloods of college basketball.

Afterward, West Virginia University conducted an on-court celebration of Huggins’ 35-year coaching career involving WVU director of athletics Shane Lyons, Huggins’ family and his current and former players.

Also, special video messages from former players, assistant coaches, rival coaches, celebrities, national media members and his family played on the video board during the ceremony.

Four players from his Cincinnati days – Curtis Bostic, Anthony Buford, Steve Logan and Leonard Stokes – were also here to take part in the postgame celebration.

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