Tim Buckley (basketball)

Tim Buckley

Buckley with South Carolina
Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Cincinnati
Conference	Big 12
Biographical details
Born	(1963-09-10) September 10, 1963 Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
1982–1984	Waubonsee CC
1984–1986	Bemidji State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988	Bemidji State (assistant)
1988–1989	Rockford (assistant)
1989–1993	Rockford
1993–1994	Wisconsin (assistant)
1994–1999	Ball State (assistant)
1999–2000	Marquette (assistant)
2000–2006	Ball State
2006–2007	Iowa (assistant)
2007–2008	Marquette (assistant)
2008–2017	Indiana (associate HC)
2019–2022	UNLV (assistant)
2022–2024	South Carolina (assistant)
2024–present	Cincinnati (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	143–139
Tournaments	3–1 (NIT)

Tim Buckley (born September 10, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach under Wes Miller at Cincinnati.

Buckley was the head men's basketball coach at Ball State University from 2000 to 2006. He is best known for leading the Cardinals to upset wins over #3 Kansas and #4 UCLA during the 2001 Maui Invitational. Buckley was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa under Steve Alford, who left the Hawkeyes to take the head coaching job at the New Mexico Lobos. Buckley was an assistant coach at Marquette University where he is reunited with former Ball State player and 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year Maurice Acker, who transferred after Buckley was fired. Most recently Buckley spent the last 9 seasons serving as the top assistant and associate head coach for Tom Crean at Indiana University.

Buckley has also served as an assistant coach at Bemidji State (1986–88), Rockford College (1988–89, head coach 1989–93), Wisconsin (1993–94), Ball State (1994–99), Marquette (1999–2000), Iowa (2006–07), back to Marquette (2007–08), and at Indiana University (2008–2017).

Personal life

Tim graduated from Aurora Central Catholic High School (Aurora, Illinois) in 1981 and went on to play two seasons at Waubonsee Community College before transferring to Bemidji State. He graduated with a B.S. in communications from the latter in 1986, and also received an M.S. in Admin. of Physical Education in 1988. He is married to Shannon and has one daughter, Meredith.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rockford Regents (Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference) (1989–1993)
1989–90	Rockford	16–9	6–3	T–2nd
1990–91	Rockford	12–14	5–5	T–2nd
1991–92	Rockford	14–12	7–3	2nd
1992–93	Rockford	8–17	4–6	T–4th
Rockford:		50–52	22–17
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2000–2006)
2000–01	Ball State	18–12	11–7	3rd (West)
2001–02	Ball State	23–12	12–6	1st (West)	NIT Quarterfinal
2002–03	Ball State	13–17	8–10	4th (West)
2003–04	Ball State	14–15	10–8	3rd (West)
2004–05	Ball State	15–13	10–8	T–2nd (West)
2005–06	Ball State	10–18	6–12	4th (West)
Ball State:		93–87	57–51
Total:		143–139
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

External links

• Iowa profile
• Indiana profile
• UNLV profile
• South Carolina profile