Where Does Bob Huggins Rank?
Watching last night’s video tribute to his days in Cincinnati brought a tear to Bob Huggins‘ eyes. Though there were some mixed reactions among the fans, there’s no doubt that Huggy bear put together one of the greatest runs at a single school, bringing the Bearcats program to prominence from 1989-2006. Last night, back in the building where he won the majority of his 616 games (one of four active coaches with over 600 wins), Huggins was honored as one of the greatest coaches in the game today.
Where do you think Bob Huggins ranks among the greatest coaches?
February 27th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Dee says:
If we talking about active coaches… he is one of the best out there. He can recruit and his team always plays their heart out for him. The only problem with Huggs is that he doesn’t graudate players. Thats his only problem….but again if we are talking about active coaches the list should go….
Coach K
Roy Williams
Calhoun
Pittino
Izzo
Calipari
Huggs
February 27th, 2009 at 9:37 am
kevin k says:
A great coach. Wasn’t he fired because there was a photo of him partying it up with college students?? Whats wrong with that? College kids are pretty much an adult…
Add Jim Boeheim to that list of yours Dee.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Tommy says:
Gotta agree with Dee on this one. I do think Huggs has been vastly underrated.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:20 am
doc says:
I put Boheim over Huggs and the rest look good in Dee list.Thats the big dogs right there.
February 27th, 2009 at 10:24 am
jryu says:
kevin
huggins got a DUI @cincinnati and said he was with a recruit
larry eustachy is the one partying w/ college kids at iowa state and kansas state.
February 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Al says:
He’s a great coach , but for some reason he never recruits a pure point guard .
February 27th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
jeremy says:
big east coaches:
pitino
calhoun
boeheim
wright
dixon
huggins
thompson
brey
williams
and the rest
February 27th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
bone0315 says:
I think it’s a little too early to put Jay Wright and Jamie Dixon ahead of Huggins. Let’s see those guys make it to a Final Four first or make 14 straight tournaments like Hugs did at UC first.
I whole-heartedly agree though that Calhoun, Boehim, and Pitino rank ahead of Hugs due to longeviity and the rings.
February 28th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Glenn says:
No Lute Olson? Ya’ll are crazy.