PEPPERDINE PICKS VAN BREDA KOLFF; FORMER VANDERBILT COACH TO BE INTRODUCED THIS WEEK.Byline: Chris Branam Daily News Staff Writer Jan van Breda Kolff For the Dutch footballer called Jan van Breda Kolff, see Jan van Breda Kolff (footballer) Jan Michael van Breda Kolff (born December 16, 1951) is an American former college and professional basketball player and college basketball head coach. will be introduced as Pepperdine's new head men's basketball coach this week, the Daily News has learned. Van Breda Kolff, 47, resigned at Vanderbilt on Feb. 26 after six seasons, the day after Kentucky eliminated the Commodores in the Southern Conference Tournament. The school is expected to hold a press conference Monday morning to make the announcement. Vanderbilt, 14-15 this past season, was 104-81 under van Breda Kolff, winning 20 games twice and advancing to the NCAA Tournament NCAA Tournament can mean: Men's Sports
Van Breda Kolff, who has eight years of Division I head coaching experience, said Saturday he wasn't aware a decision had been made. ``I haven't heard anything as of yet,'' he said. Van Breda Kolff played at Vanderbilt from 1971-74 and was the SEC Player of the Year as a senior. He set Vanderbilt records for assists in a game, season and career and went on to play professional basketball for nine seasons. The son of former Lakers coach Butch van Breda Kolff “VBK” redirects here. For Butch van Breda Kolff's son, see Jan van Breda Kolff. Willem Hendrik "Butch" van Breda Kolff (October 28, 1922 – August 22, 2007) was an American basketball player and coach. , Jan van Breda Kolff began his coaching career as a player-coach in Italy's professional league from 1983-85. He was an assistant at Princeton from 1987-91, during which time the Tigers won three consecutive Ivy League Ivy League Group of eight universities in the northeastern U.S., high in academic and social prestige, that are members of an athletic conference for intercollegiate gridiron football dating to the 1870s. titles, and went on to become the head coach at Cornell. After two seasons at Cornell, van Breda kolff returned to his alma mater. The Commodores were 20-12 his first season and made their first of three NIT A measurement of luminance. One nit is equal to one candela per square meter (1cd/m2). Ten thousand nits are equal to one stilb. See candela. appearances. The average SAT scores for Vanderbilt players led the nation in 1998 and van Breda Kolff helped develop eight players into All-SEC performers. Van Breda Kolff was born in Pennsylvania but went to high school in Palos Verdes Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. This affluent bedroom community is known for its dramatic views, good schools [1] extensive horse trails [2] . He earned degrees in history and English at Vanderbilt. Other finalists for the job were Pepperdine assistant Randy Bennett Randy Bennett is the head men's basketball coach at Saint Mary's College of California. • • [ , UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX assistant Jim Saia and Lipscomb head coach Dan Meyer. Meyer, one of college basketball's winningest coaches with 702 victories, said Saturday he was contacted Friday night by Pepperdine athletic director John Watson, who told Meyer the school was ``going in another direction.'' Bennett and Saia both said Saturday they hadn't heard anything new since their interviews. BY THE NUMBERS Jan van Breda Kolff's coaching record: Year School Overall Tournament 1998-99 Vanderbilt 14-15 None 1997-98 Vanderbilt 20-13 NIT 1996-97 Vanderbilt 19-12 NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association 1995-96 Vanderbilt18-14 NIT 1994-95 Vanderbilt 13-15 None 1993-94 Vanderbilt 20-12 NIT 1992-93 Cornell 16-10 None 1991-92 Cornell 7-19 None Vanderbilt Totals 6 years 104-81 Cornell Totals 2 years 23-29 Career Totals 8 years 127-110 CAPTION(S): Photo, Box PHOTO Jan van Breda Kolff, who left Vanderbilt Feb. 26, will be the new head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine. John Bazemore/Associated Press BOX: BY THE NUMBERS (see text) |
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