Bob Hoffman to be Inducted into Macon Sports Hall of Fame
4/21/2017 11:04:00 AM | Men's Basketball
MACON, Ga. – Mercer head men's basketball coach Bob Hoffman will add to his extensive list of accolades as he will be inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 11 the organization announced Friday. Hoffman is one of eight members in the 2017 induction class.
The ceremony will take place starting in the lobby of the Macon Centreplex starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. The induction ceremony and dinner will be held immediately following the initial presentations in the Monument Room.
Hoffman has already been inducted into the Oklahoma Basketball and Oklahoma Baptist University Halls of Fame.
Recently completing his ninth season as head coach of the Bears, Hoffman has accumulated 179 wins at Mercer, ranking second all-time in school history. His nine year tenure has been the most successful near decade in the program's history. His efforts have helped raise banners for the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament Championship, the 2013 Atlantic Sun Championship, the 2013 NIT Round of 16, the 2014 Atlantic Sun Championship, the 2014 Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship and the 2014 NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
Hoffman became the first coach in NCAA history to record a win in all four postseason tournaments (NCAA, NIT, CBI, CIT) in a four-year span following a 72-70 win over Stony Brook in the 2015 CBI opening round.
More than banners, Hoffman has guided his teams to numerous momentous wins. He took the Bears dancing and grabbed Cinderella's crown with a 78-71 win over Duke in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, one of 10 wins over Power 5 schools in his time in Macon. In addition to Duke, his teams have beaten Alabama (twice), Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Seton Hall, among others.
Hoffman, an Oklahoma native, is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University. His college coaching resume includes stops at Southern Nazarene, where he won a national women's championship, Oklahoma Baptist and Texas Pan American. He also was an assistant at the University of Oklahoma under Kelvin Sampson and coached professionally for the Arkansas Aeros in the American Basketball League and for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on the NBA D-League.
Throughout his entire coaching career he has amassed 621 wins including 491 wins as head coach of a collegiate men's team. The 2013 and 2014 A-Sun Coach of the Year, Hoffman's upcoming 2017-18 squad will return all five starters from this past season.
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Macon Sports Hall of Fame
The Macon Sports Hall of Fame got its beginning as the Macon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 as a Bi Centennial Project of the Bibb County Jaycees. The Project was chaired by Jaycee Member Billy Hester. The Bibb County Jaycees conducted three induction ceremonies before its operation was suspended after 1978 and was dormant until 2000 when a group, headed by former Willingham and Athens High School football coach Billy Henderson revived it.
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Macon Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017
The ceremony will take place starting in the lobby of the Macon Centreplex starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 11. The induction ceremony and dinner will be held immediately following the initial presentations in the Monument Room.
Hoffman has already been inducted into the Oklahoma Basketball and Oklahoma Baptist University Halls of Fame.
Recently completing his ninth season as head coach of the Bears, Hoffman has accumulated 179 wins at Mercer, ranking second all-time in school history. His nine year tenure has been the most successful near decade in the program's history. His efforts have helped raise banners for the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament Championship, the 2013 Atlantic Sun Championship, the 2013 NIT Round of 16, the 2014 Atlantic Sun Championship, the 2014 Atlantic Sun Tournament Championship and the 2014 NCAA Tournament Round of 32.
Hoffman became the first coach in NCAA history to record a win in all four postseason tournaments (NCAA, NIT, CBI, CIT) in a four-year span following a 72-70 win over Stony Brook in the 2015 CBI opening round.
More than banners, Hoffman has guided his teams to numerous momentous wins. He took the Bears dancing and grabbed Cinderella's crown with a 78-71 win over Duke in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, one of 10 wins over Power 5 schools in his time in Macon. In addition to Duke, his teams have beaten Alabama (twice), Auburn, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Arkansas and Seton Hall, among others.
Hoffman, an Oklahoma native, is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University. His college coaching resume includes stops at Southern Nazarene, where he won a national women's championship, Oklahoma Baptist and Texas Pan American. He also was an assistant at the University of Oklahoma under Kelvin Sampson and coached professionally for the Arkansas Aeros in the American Basketball League and for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on the NBA D-League.
Throughout his entire coaching career he has amassed 621 wins including 491 wins as head coach of a collegiate men's team. The 2013 and 2014 A-Sun Coach of the Year, Hoffman's upcoming 2017-18 squad will return all five starters from this past season.
How to Follow the Bears:
For complete coverage of Mercer Basketball, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerMBB (Twitter), /MercerBasketball (Facebook) and @Mercer_MBB (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
Macon Sports Hall of Fame
The Macon Sports Hall of Fame got its beginning as the Macon Athletic Hall of Fame in 1976 as a Bi Centennial Project of the Bibb County Jaycees. The Project was chaired by Jaycee Member Billy Hester. The Bibb County Jaycees conducted three induction ceremonies before its operation was suspended after 1978 and was dormant until 2000 when a group, headed by former Willingham and Athens High School football coach Billy Henderson revived it.
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Macon Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2017
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