Men's Basketball Head Coach - Terry Gibbons

Terry Gibbons

Terry Gibbons begins his 10th season as the men's basketball coach at UW-Eau Claire. During Gibbons' tenure the Blugolds have compiled an overall record of 150-89 (.628 winning percentage). Gibbons needs two more wins to earn his 200th career win as a collegiate head coach.

In 2003-04 the Blugolds showed they could win the close games. In 2002-03 the Blugolds went 0-3 in overtime games but in reversed their fortunes last season going 3-1 in overtime games and 6-3 in games decided by six points or less including wins over nationally-ranked Wittenberg (OH) and UW-Whitewater.

Under Gibbons the Blugolds won the 2001 WIAC Tournament and qualified for the NCAA post-season tournament two times, advancing to the second round in 2001 and reaching the national title game in 2000 in which Gibbons earned NCAA West Region Coach of the Year honors. That same season Gibbons was the Division III National Coach of the Year runner-up.

Gibbons also served three years as the NCAA Tournament Committee Representative for the West Region.

Individually, Gibbons has coached three All-Americans, six All-Region and 11 first team All-WIAC selections.

Prior to becoming head coach, Gibbons spent six seasons as an assistant under legendary Blugold coach Ken Anderson and was the head man at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, for four years. When he took over the Western team, he was the youngest four-year college coach in the country. He rebuilt the Mountaineers from a team that averaged four wins and 20 losses a season for the two decades prior to his arrival to a squad that earned its first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance in 1987. He was named District 7 Coach of the Year for his efforts.

During his tenure at Western, the team broke 47 of 63 team and individual records and he finished as the third winningest coach in Western's history after just four seasons. Gibbons has also served as an NAIA rater, a member of the All-America selection committee and the NAIA national tournament committee and the district basketball chair.

Gibbons received his bachelor's degree from UW-Oshkosh in 1983 and his master's from Western in 1985. He grew up in Antigo where he played basketball under current Eau Claire North coach Pat Hammond and former Eau Claire Memorial coach John Nicholas.

Gibbons also teaches in the Department of Kinesiology. He and his wife Yvonne are the parents of three daughters, Haley, (b. 8/04/96), Hannah (b. 2/03/98) and Hope (b. 12/01/01).

Updated 10/26/04