Ernie Zeigler

Ernie Zeigler

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Detroit
Biographical details
Born	(1966-01-31) January 31, 1966 Detroit, Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	80–105 (.432)

Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born (1966-01-31)January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Detroit Mercy. He was the previously the men's 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)
2006–07	Central Michigan	13–18	7–9	3rd (West)
2007–08	Central Michigan	14–17	8–8	T–2nd (West)
2008–09	Central Michigan	12–19	7–9	T–1st (West)
2009–10	Central Michigan	15–15	9–7	1st (West)
2010–11	Central Michigan	10–21	7–9	3rd (West)
2011–12	Central Michigan	11–21	5–11	4th (West)
Central Michigan:		75–111 (.403)	43–53 (.448)
Total:		75–111 (.403)
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