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Bob Hoffman

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Bob Hoffman had an excellent career as a player for the Pirate basketball team and at Oklahoma Baptist University.  Since then, he has put together a very impressive coaching career.  He led the SNU women to a national title in 1989.  That year, he was the NAIA Coach of the Year.  He was the 1993 NAIA Coach of the Year, again,  while coaching the OBU men.  He was a Division 1 men's head coach at UT-Rio Grande Valley and Mercer.  At Mercer, he upset Duke in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.  He is currently the head men's coach at the University of Central Oklahoma.

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  • Continued his Career at Oklahoma Baptist University

  • Graduated with 1 School Record

  • Went on to Coach at Piedmont HS, SNU (Women’s), OBU, Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Oklahoma (asst.), Rio Grande Valley Vipers (NBA G-League), Mercer & UCO

  • Little All-City Coach of the Year (Piedmont, 1981-82)

  • 4x Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year (SNU, 1988-89, OBU 1992-93, 1995-96, 1996-97)

  • NAIA National Champions (SNU, 1988-89)

  • 2x NAIA National Coach of the Year (SNU, 1988-89, OBU, 1992-93)

  • NAIA District 9 Coach of the Year (OBU, 1992-93)

  • NAIA National Runners-Up (OBU, 1992-93, 1996-97)

  • NCAA Independent Coach of the Year (UTRGV, 2001-02, 2003-04)

  • Inducted into the Oklahoma Baptist University Hall of Fame (2001)

  • Big 12 Championship Team (OU, 2004-05)

  • 2x Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year (Mercer, 2012-13, 2013-14)

  • 2 ASUN Conf. Championships (Mercer, 2012-13, 2013-14)

  • Upset Coach K and his Duke Blue Devils in the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament as a 14 Seed (Mercer, 2014)

  • Mercer won the ESPY for Upset of the Year (2013-14)

  • FCA National College Basketball Coach of the Year (2013-14)

  • MIAA Coach of the Year (UCO, 2021-22)

  • Inducted into the Mercer Athletics Hall of Fame (2024)

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Putnam City

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Oklahoma Baptist University

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Piedmont High School Coach

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Southern Nazarene National Champions

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Oklahoma Baptist Head Coach

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UTRGV Head Coach (was UT-Pan American at that time)

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Rio Grande Valley Vipers Head Coach (NBA G-League)

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Mercer Head Coach

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Central Oklahoma Head Coach

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