Bob Bender

Bob Bender

Personal information
Born	(1957-04-28) April 28, 1957 Quantico, Virginia, U.S.
Career information
High school	Bloomington (Bloomington, Illinois)
College	Indiana (1975–1976) Duke (1977–1980)
Position	Point guard
Coaching career	1983–present
Career history
As coach:
1983–1989	Duke (assistant)
1989–1993	Illinois State
1993–2002	Washington
2002–2004	Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2004–2013	Atlanta Hawks (assistant)
2013–2014	Milwaukee Bucks (assistant)
2015–2016	Brooklyn Nets (scout)
2016–2018	Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: NCAA champion (1976) Second-team Parade All-American (1975) As coach: MVC Coach of the Year (1992) Pac-10 Coach of the Year (1996)

Bob Bender (left)

Robert Michael Bender (born April 28, 1957) is an American professional basketball coach, who last served an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association. Born in Quantico, Virginia, He attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Illinois, where he was an All-American in basketball. Bender has the distinction of being the only individual to play on two teams in two NCAA Championship games. He was a freshman on Bob Knight's undefeated 1976 Indiana team and played point guard at Duke from 1977 to 1980, including an appearance in the title game against Kentucky. Bender was drafted by the San Diego Clippers in the sixth round before his senior year, but did not play.

He began his coaching career as an assistant at Duke under Mike Krzyzewski. He later served as head coach at Illinois State University and the University of Washington, and was an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Bender is married to his wife, Alice, with whom he has two children: Mary Elizabeth and Robert Michael Bender III.

On June 17, 2013, Bender was hired as an assistant coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, under Larry Drew, of whom he was an assistant to at the Atlanta Hawks.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference) (1989–1993)
1989–90	Illinois State	18–13	9–5	T–2nd	NCAA Round 64
1990–91	Illinois State	5–23	4–12	T–8th
1991–92	Illinois State	18–11	14–4	T–1st
1992–93	Illinois State	19–10	13–5	1st
Illinois State:		60–57 (.513)	40–26 (.606)
Washington (Pacific-10) (1993–2002)
1993–94	Washington	5–22	3–15	9th
1994–95	Washington	10–17	6–12	T–7th
1995–96	Washington	16–12	9–9	T–5th	NIT First round
1996–97	Washington	17–11	10–8	6th	NIT First round
1997–98	Washington	20–10	11–7	4th	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1998–99	Washington	17–12	10–8	4th	NCAA Round of 64
1999–00	Washington	10–20	5–13	T–8th
2000–01	Washington	10–20	4–14	T–9th
2001–02	Washington	11–18	5–13	8th
Washington:		115–143 (.446)	63–99 (.389)
Total:		175–200 (.467)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion