Ernie Zeigler

Ernie Zeigler

Biographical details
Born	(1966-01-31) January 31, 1966 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Head coaching record
Overall	80–105 (.432)

Ernie Zeigler (born (1966-01-31)January 31, 1966 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American college basketball coach. Most recently he was the men's basketball head coach at Central Michigan University until his firing in March, 2012. He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).

Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA. Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him. Trey transferred to Pittsburgh after his father was fired.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2006–2012)
2006–2007	Central Michigan	13–18<	7–9	3rd (West)
2007–2008	Central Michigan	14–17	8–8	T–2nd (West)
2008–2009	Central Michigan	12–19	7–9	T–1st (West)
2009–2010	Central Michigan	15–15	9–7	1st (West)
2010–2011	Central Michigan	15–15	7–9	3rd (West)
2011–2012	Central Michigan	11–21	5–11	4th
Central Michigan:		80–105 (.432)	43–53 (.448)
Total:		80–105 (.432)
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