Men's Basketball
Kummer, Bobby
Bobby Kummer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- kummer_rf@mercer.edu
Bobby Kummer was hired as an assistant coach on Greg Gary's staff on April 17, 2019 and will begin year five with the Mercer Bears and his 28th season at the NCAA Division I level for the 2023-24 season.
Transfer Jalyn McCreary highlighted the group working under Kummer in the 2022-23 season as McCreary earned All-Southern Conference Third Team honors. The redshirt junior posted two double-doubles during the season and was named SoCon Player of the Week after back-to-back 26-point showings, including his second double-double of the year. McCeary led the team in scoring and rebounding with 15.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. His 228 field goals in the season rank eighth in Mercer program history, and his 54.7% field goal shooting was among the best on the squad. Kummer worked through challenges with two players injured for most of non-conference play, developing freshman David Craig to play 353 minutes across 26 games, including 10 starts. Craig shot 55.4% from the field and averaged 3.3 rebounds per game. The Johannesburg, South Africa, native recorded three double-doubles during the season, featuring those in consecutive contests against Winthrop and Florida State.
Working primarily with the centers and forwards, Kummer guided Felipe Haase to All-Southern Conference Second Team honors in 2021-22. Haase led the team in points, averaging 14.8 per game, and in rebounds with 184 total, averaging 5.6 per game. Haase was the only player in the conference to score 40 or more points in a game in 2021-22 and is only one of eighteen players in Division 1 score 40 or more points in a single game this year. His 88.2% free throw shooting ranked second in the conference. James Glisson III also grew under Kummer's direction, averaging 10.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Both Haase and Glisson III scored in double figures in the SoCon Tournament win over Western Carolina.
Kummer mentored the Mercer big men throughout the 2020-21 season, which ended with an appearance in the Southern Conference championship game. Mercer started the year 6-0 for the first time since 1966-67 and upset Georgia Tech on the road, 83-73. Kummer was responsible, in large part for the development of forward Felipe Haase, who played his first season in a Mercer uniform in ‘20-21. Haase was instrumental in Mercer’s quick start, reaching double figures in four of the Bears’ six wins and recording his first double-double in a narrow win at Georgia Southern on Dec. 16. Haase shot 5-of-7 from the floor in the win over the Eagles and pulled down a career-high 16 boards. Haase and fellow big man James Glisson III utilized Kummer’s instruction in a big way when Mercer made its run through the SoCon tournament. Haase averaged 11.9 points and a team-best 7.9 boards over the course of the season but increased his averages to 14.5 points and 10.5 boards during Mercer’s four tournament games, earning All-SoCon Tournament honors. Glisson III started the final 13 games of the season and provided a major spark in the Southern Conference championship, going 7-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-2 at the charity stripe, tying his season-high of 16 points and finishing one rebound shy of a double-double.
In year one as an assistant coach under Gary, Kummer was instrumental in helping the team win 17 games overall and 11 in the Southern Conference en route to securing the No. 4 seed for the league tournament. The Detroit, Mich. native was a driving force behind Mercer’s six-game winning streak from January 15 – February 1, 2020 which garnered the squad National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I Team of the Week honors on February 4. Under Kummer’s mentorship, three players – Ethan Stair, Djordje Dimitrijevic and Kamar Robertson – earned All-SoCon honors. Dimitrijevic was also recognized by the NABC as a Second Team All-District XXI selection and a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Second Team Academic All-America
Prior to Mercer, Kummer was on staff at Lamar for five years, the last three of which he held the title of associate head coach. He helped turn the Cardinals’ program from a Southland Conference bottom feeder to a conference title contender in a short span. After winning a total of seven games in the two seasons prior to his arrival, Lamar won 19-plus games in each of his last three seasons.
Before arriving at Lamar, Kummer spent four seasons at Appalachian State, including three as the Mountaineers’ associate head coach. Kummer also spent time as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Charlotte, and Texas A&M. His coaching career began in 1996 at Charlotte, where he helped the 49ers reach two NCAA Tournaments. After his time at Texas A&M, Kummer returned to Charlotte for six seasons.
An accomplished recruiter, Kummer has helped coach 20-plus all-conference selections, two conference players of the year, two conference defensive players of the year and two conference freshmen of the year and has been instrumental in signing five top-20 recruiting classes, of which nearly 40 players have gone on to sign professional contracts.
A two-time team captain at Charlotte, Kummer guided the 49ers to a 1995 Metro Conference title and a trip to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. He graduated from Charlotte in 1996.
THE BOBBY KUMMER FILE
Birthdate: July 11, 1974
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
High School: Detroit Catholic Central
College: Charlotte, 1996
Wife: Nicole
Transfer Jalyn McCreary highlighted the group working under Kummer in the 2022-23 season as McCreary earned All-Southern Conference Third Team honors. The redshirt junior posted two double-doubles during the season and was named SoCon Player of the Week after back-to-back 26-point showings, including his second double-double of the year. McCeary led the team in scoring and rebounding with 15.2 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. His 228 field goals in the season rank eighth in Mercer program history, and his 54.7% field goal shooting was among the best on the squad. Kummer worked through challenges with two players injured for most of non-conference play, developing freshman David Craig to play 353 minutes across 26 games, including 10 starts. Craig shot 55.4% from the field and averaged 3.3 rebounds per game. The Johannesburg, South Africa, native recorded three double-doubles during the season, featuring those in consecutive contests against Winthrop and Florida State.
Working primarily with the centers and forwards, Kummer guided Felipe Haase to All-Southern Conference Second Team honors in 2021-22. Haase led the team in points, averaging 14.8 per game, and in rebounds with 184 total, averaging 5.6 per game. Haase was the only player in the conference to score 40 or more points in a game in 2021-22 and is only one of eighteen players in Division 1 score 40 or more points in a single game this year. His 88.2% free throw shooting ranked second in the conference. James Glisson III also grew under Kummer's direction, averaging 10.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Both Haase and Glisson III scored in double figures in the SoCon Tournament win over Western Carolina.
Kummer mentored the Mercer big men throughout the 2020-21 season, which ended with an appearance in the Southern Conference championship game. Mercer started the year 6-0 for the first time since 1966-67 and upset Georgia Tech on the road, 83-73. Kummer was responsible, in large part for the development of forward Felipe Haase, who played his first season in a Mercer uniform in ‘20-21. Haase was instrumental in Mercer’s quick start, reaching double figures in four of the Bears’ six wins and recording his first double-double in a narrow win at Georgia Southern on Dec. 16. Haase shot 5-of-7 from the floor in the win over the Eagles and pulled down a career-high 16 boards. Haase and fellow big man James Glisson III utilized Kummer’s instruction in a big way when Mercer made its run through the SoCon tournament. Haase averaged 11.9 points and a team-best 7.9 boards over the course of the season but increased his averages to 14.5 points and 10.5 boards during Mercer’s four tournament games, earning All-SoCon Tournament honors. Glisson III started the final 13 games of the season and provided a major spark in the Southern Conference championship, going 7-of-8 from the floor and 2-of-2 at the charity stripe, tying his season-high of 16 points and finishing one rebound shy of a double-double.
In year one as an assistant coach under Gary, Kummer was instrumental in helping the team win 17 games overall and 11 in the Southern Conference en route to securing the No. 4 seed for the league tournament. The Detroit, Mich. native was a driving force behind Mercer’s six-game winning streak from January 15 – February 1, 2020 which garnered the squad National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I Team of the Week honors on February 4. Under Kummer’s mentorship, three players – Ethan Stair, Djordje Dimitrijevic and Kamar Robertson – earned All-SoCon honors. Dimitrijevic was also recognized by the NABC as a Second Team All-District XXI selection and a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Second Team Academic All-America
Prior to Mercer, Kummer was on staff at Lamar for five years, the last three of which he held the title of associate head coach. He helped turn the Cardinals’ program from a Southland Conference bottom feeder to a conference title contender in a short span. After winning a total of seven games in the two seasons prior to his arrival, Lamar won 19-plus games in each of his last three seasons.
Before arriving at Lamar, Kummer spent four seasons at Appalachian State, including three as the Mountaineers’ associate head coach. Kummer also spent time as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Charlotte, and Texas A&M. His coaching career began in 1996 at Charlotte, where he helped the 49ers reach two NCAA Tournaments. After his time at Texas A&M, Kummer returned to Charlotte for six seasons.
An accomplished recruiter, Kummer has helped coach 20-plus all-conference selections, two conference players of the year, two conference defensive players of the year and two conference freshmen of the year and has been instrumental in signing five top-20 recruiting classes, of which nearly 40 players have gone on to sign professional contracts.
A two-time team captain at Charlotte, Kummer guided the 49ers to a 1995 Metro Conference title and a trip to the 1995 NCAA Tournament. He graduated from Charlotte in 1996.
THE BOBBY KUMMER FILE
Birthdate: July 11, 1974
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
High School: Detroit Catholic Central
College: Charlotte, 1996
Wife: Nicole
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