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Bo Ryan
Ryan in January 2012
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWisconsin
ConferenceBig Ten
Record319–120 (.727)
Biographical details
Born (1947-12-20) December 20, 1947 (age 76)
Chester, Pennsylvania
Playing career
Position(s)Point guard
Head coaching record
Overall702–223 (.759)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Men's Division III Tournament Championship (1991, 1995, 1998, 1999)
Big Ten Tournament Championship (2004, 2008)
Big Ten Regular Season Championship (2002, 2003, 2008)
Awards
Clair Bee Coach of the Year (2007)
Big Ten Coach of the Year (2002, 2003, 2013)

William Francis "Bo" Ryan, Jr. (born December 20, 1947) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Badgers men's basketball team, a position he has held since 2001. Ryan served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville from 1984 to 1999 and at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1999 to 2001.

Playing career

Ryan began playing basketball at a very young age. His father, Butch Ryan, coached basketball to under-privileged children in Chester, Pennsylvania. Butch taught him the skills to be a successful point guard, generally the position of the team leader. With these skills, he became a star basketball player, leading his high school team to a 25–1 record in his senior year. In addition to basketball, Ryan was a high-school quarterback. The center snapping him the ball was Ted Cottrell, who later served as a defensive coach and coordinator for a number of teams in the NFL. Ryan lettered in football, basketball and baseball, and was president of his class. After high school, Ryan starred as a point guard at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Bo's love for the game drove him to remain involved with the sport, choosing to delve into the coaching profession.

Coaching career

Early years

Ryan's coaching career began 1972 at Brookhaven Junior High School in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where for one year he worked as a history teacher and basketball head coach.[1] After graduating from Wilkes University, Ryan began graduate work at Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. After working at the Dominic College of Racine (now defunct — not to be confused with the earlier Racine College) in Racine, Wisconsin, Ryan became head coach at Sun Valley High School in Aston, Pennsylvania in 1974, where he was named conference coach of the year in 1976.[1] His success at Dominic College and Sun Valley led to a job as assistant head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison under head coaches Bill Cofield and Steve Yoder from 1976 to 1984.[1]

Wisconsin–Platteville

After his stint as an assistant, Ryan accepted the head coaching position at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. From 1984 until 1999 Ryan's Platteville team posted a 352–76 overall record, a winning record of 82%. Ryan guided the UW–Platteville Pioneers to four national championships (1991, 1995, 1998 and 1999). He also won eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and set a Division III scoring defense record in 1997 with his team only allowing 47.5 points per game.[citation needed]

During Ryan's tenure, UW-Platteville was the winningest NCAA men's basketball team of the 1990s (all divisions) with a 266-26 (.908) record. [2]

On January 27, 2007 UW-Platteville officially honored Ryan's 15-year tenure by naming the playing surface at Williams Fieldhouse "Bo Ryan Court". Ryan, along with the 2007 Wisconsin Badgers team, attended the event.

Milwaukee

On the strength of his success at Platteville, Ryan was hired as head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee for the 1999–2000 season. In his two seasons as coach, the team had its first back-to-back winning seasons in nearly a decade.[3] Ryan also brought a 161% increase in home attendance at Milwaukee, giving the program a new energy that continued into the tenure of his successor Bruce Pearl.

Wisconsin

Following the Badgers' 2000 Final Four run, head coach Dick Bennett retired two games into the 2000–01 season. Assistant coach Brad Soderberg finished the season as interim head coach, but was not considered for the full-time job. The coaching search began to concentrate on Rick Majerus of the University of Utah (who was a Milwaukee native) and Bo Ryan. After Majerus pulled his name out of consideration, UW athletic director Pat Richter made the decision to hire Ryan as Wisconsin's 13th head coach.

Ryan's first season was much more successful than anticipated. The team was predicted to finish as low as ninth in the Big Ten in pre-season polls. The team, led by Kirk Penney, surprisingly finished in a four-way tie for the Big Ten regular-season title and received an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. In the 2002–03 season, the Badgers won their first outright Big Ten regular season title in 56 years and advanced to the "Sweet Sixteen" in the NCAA Tournament. The Badgers won the Big Ten Tournament Championship in 2004, led by Devin Harris, and once again received an NCAA Tournament invitation. In the 2004–05 season, Wisconsin advanced to the "Elite Eight" in the NCAA Tournament, losing to the eventual national champion, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels.[4] On December 10, 2005, Ryan recorded his 100th victory as Wisconsin head coach by defeating in-state rival Marquette.[5]

In the 2006–07 season, Ryan led the Badgers to the pinnacle of college basketball, helping them achieve their first top-five ranking and #1 ranking in the AP poll in the school's history. However, the Badgers' time atop the poll was short-lived as they lost their following game against Michigan State before losing to Ohio State in a #1 vs. #2 matchup.[6][7] The Wisconsin–Ohio State game on February 25, 2007, featured two teams ranked #1 in that week's national polls, with Ohio State securing the top ranking in the Coaches' Poll and clinching the regular season Big Ten title.[8] The following week they rebounded with a 52–50 win at home over Michigan State and again defeated Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament, before losing the Big Ten Tournament championship game to Ohio State. In 2007, Ryan was named the winner of the Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award. A year later, the Badgers notched their most wins ever in Big Ten play (16) en route to a school-record 31 wins.[1]

On December 12, 2009, Ryan recorded his 200th victory as Wisconsin head coach by defeating in-state rival Marquette, 72–63 at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin.[9]

On January 24, 2010, Ryan recorded his 100th Big Ten Conference victory by defeating Penn State, 79–71 at the Kohl Center.[10] With that victory, Ryan became the 2nd fastest coach to reach that milestone, tying Ryan with Branch McCracken who both needed 140 games to reach the 100th conference victory.[10] The only coach to reach the 100th conference win faster was Bob Knight, who only needed 131 games.[10]

On March 9, 2012, in the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals the Badgers defeated the Hoosiers, giving Ryan his 266th win at Wisconsin and vaulting him past Bud Foster to become the winningest coach in school history.[11] He has led the Badgers to twelve NCAA Tournaments; the team had only been to a total of seven NCAA Tournaments before Ryan's arrival (three of them under Bennett).

On December 4, 2013, Ryan won his 300th game at Wisconsin during a 48–38 victory over Virginia becoming only the 9th Big Ten head coach to win 300 games.

At the end of the 2011-12 season Ryan had a .726 winning percentage at Wisconsin.[1] He has a .761 career winning percentage. Among coaches with 500 career wins his percentage ranks second only to Roy Williams. In Big Ten Conference play Ryan has a .710 winning percentage. That ranks first all time among Big Ten coaches with at least five years of experience.[1]

On March 14, 2014, Ryan got his 700th victory during a 83–57 win over Minnesota in the 2014 Big Ten Tournament.

Ryan has written three books: Bo Ryan: Another Hill to Climb, The Swing Offense, and Passing and Catching: the Lost Art.

Head coaching record

Division III

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Wisconsin–Platteville Pioneers (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1984–1999)
1984–85 Wisconsin–Platteville 9–17 4–12 7th
1985–86 Wisconsin–Platteville 16–11 8–8 5th NAIA First Round
1986–87 Wisconsin–Platteville 14–11 6–10 T–5th
1987–88 Wisconsin–Platteville 24–5 14–2 1st NAIA Third Round
1988–89 Wisconsin–Platteville 24–5 13–3 3rd NAIA Third Round
1989–90 Wisconsin–Platteville 26–3 15–1 1st NAIA Third Round
1990–91 Wisconsin–Platteville 28–3 13–3 2nd NCAA D–III Champions
1991–92 Wisconsin–Platteville 27–4 13–3 2nd NCAA D–III Third Place
1992–93 Wisconsin–Platteville 24–4 13–3 T–1st NCAA D–III Elite Eight
1993–94 Wisconsin–Platteville 23–5 13–3 2nd NCAA D–III Sweet Sixteen
1994–95 Wisconsin–Platteville 31–0 16–0 1st NCAA D–III Champions
1995–96 Wisconsin–Platteville 23–3 15–1 1st NCAA D–III First Round
1996–97 Wisconsin–Platteville 24–3 14–2 1st NCAA D–III Second Round
1997–98 Wisconsin–Platteville 30–0 16–0 1st NCAA D–III Champions
1998–99 Wisconsin–Platteville 30–2 15–1 1st NCAA D–III Champions
Wisconsin–Platteville: 353–76 (.823) 188–52 (.783)
Milwaukee Panthers (Horizon League) (1999–2001)
1999–00 Milwaukee 15–14 6–8 T–4th
2000–01 Milwaukee 15–13 7–7 5th
Milwaukee: 30–27 (.526) 13–15 (.464)
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (2001–present)
2001–02 Wisconsin 19–13 11–5 T–1st NCAA Second Round
2002–03 Wisconsin 24–8 12–4 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003–04 Wisconsin 25–7 12–4 T–2nd NCAA Second Round
2004–05 Wisconsin 25–9 11–5 3rd NCAA Elite Eight
2005–06 Wisconsin 19–12 9–7 T–4th NCAA First Round
2006–07 Wisconsin 30–6 13–3 2nd NCAA Second Round
2007–08 Wisconsin 31–5 16–2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008–09 Wisconsin 20–13 10–8 T–4th NCAA Second Round
2009–10 Wisconsin 24–9 13–5 4th NCAA Second Round
2010–11 Wisconsin 25–9 13–5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12 Wisconsin 26–10 12–6 4th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012–13 Wisconsin 23–12 12–6 T–4th NCAA Second Round
2013–14 Wisconsin 28–7 12–6 T–2nd Sweet 16
Wisconsin: 319–120 (.727) 155–66 (.701)
Total: 702–223 (.759)

      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

Notable players coached

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Bo Ryan Profile - UWBadgers.com - The Official Web Site of The Wisconsin Badgers Athletics
  2. ^ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/ryan_bo00.html
  3. ^ http://uwmpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/wiml-m-baskbl-archive.html
  4. ^ Wisconsin Badgers vs. North Carolina Tar Heels - NCAA Tournament Game - Recap - March 27, 2005 - ESPN
  5. ^ Marquette Golden Eagles vs. Wisconsin Badgers - Recap - December 10, 2005 - ESPN
  6. ^ Wisconsin Badgers vs. Ohio State Buckeyes - Recap - February 25, 2007 - ESPN
  7. ^ http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2006-2007/confsked.html
  8. ^ http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022507aab.html
  9. ^ Marquette Golden Eagles vs. Wisconsin Badgers - Recap - December 12, 2009 - ESPN
  10. ^ a b c Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Wisconsin Badgers - Recap - January 24, 2010 - ESPN
  11. ^ Indiana Hoosiers vs. Wisconsin Badgers - Recap - March 09, 2012 - ESPN

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