Bob Kloppenburg
Nationale Nederlanden Donar | |
1977–1978 | U.S. International |
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1980–1981 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
1981–1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant) |
1982 | Cleveland Cavaliers (interim) |
1984–1985 | UNLV (assistant) |
1985–1995 | Seattle SuperSonics (assistant) |
1992 | Seattle SuperSonics (interim) |
1995–1996 | Denver Nuggets (assistant) |
1997–1998 | Toronto Raptors (assistant) |
Robert G. Kloppenburg (born July 28, 1927) is an American basketball coach. Kloppenburg played college basketball at USC and Fresno State. In a career spanning from the 1950s to 1990s, Kloppenburg coached at the high school, college, and professional levels. From 1958 to 1976 and 1977 to 1978, Kloppenburg was head coach at California Western (later United States International) University. For much of the 1980s and 1990s, Kloppenburg was an NBA assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, and Toronto Raptors; he also had brief stints as interim head coach for the Cavaliers and SuperSonics. Utilizing an influential press defense system, Kloppenburg is regarded as one of the best defensive coaches.
Early life and college playing career
Kloppenburg graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Angeles. Graduating in 1945, Kloppenburg was the Los Angeles City Basketball Player of the Year as a senior.[1] He then played one season in 1945–46 for the University of Southern California (USC) under head coach Sam Barry.[2] Averaging 10.9 points per game, Kloppenburg was USC's leading scorer that season.[3] Kloppenburg then transferred to Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno), where he played for the Fresno State Bulldogs in the 1949–50 season under head coach Cornelius "Dutch" Warmerdam, averaging 9.0 points in eight games.[4][5]
Coaching career
Early coaching career (1951–1958)
In the 1951–52 season, Kloppenburg was junior varsity coach for Fresno State.
California Western/U.S. International and Donar (1958–1978)
Kloppenburg had his first varsity college head coaching position in 1958 as the first head coach at California Western University, an
In the 1976–77 season, Kloppenburg left U.S. International to coach for Dutch team
NBA scout and assistant (1978–1998)
Beginning in 1978, Kloppenburg coached the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton basketball team and scouted for the Houston Rockets.[8] In the 1979–80 season, Kloppenburg was the lead scout for the Seattle SuperSonics.[20] The following season, Kloppenburg was promoted to assistant coach on Lenny Wilkens's staff. Kloppenburg later was an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1981–82.[21] On December 3, 1981, Kloppenburg became interim head coach for the Cavaliers after the firing of head coach Don Delaney. Kloppenburg went 0–3 as interim coach before Chuck Daly formally took over. The team finished the season 15–67 under four different head coaches.[22]
After leaving the Cavaliers, Kloppenburg was a scout for the San Diego Clippers in 1982–83 and Washington Bullets in 1983–84.[20] In 1984–85, Kloppenburg was an assistant coach at UNLV under Jerry Tarkanian.[23] UNLV went 28–4 and qualified for the second round of the NCAA tournament.[24]
After UNLV, Kloppenburg returned to the NBA for a second stint as assistant coach for the SuperSonics that lasted from 1985 to 1995 under head coaches
Prior to the 1995–96 season, Kloppenburg reunited with Bickerstaff as an assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets for one season. Kloppenburg's final coaching job was with the Toronto Raptors in 1997–98.[21] After retiring from coaching, Kloppenburg co-founded the coaching website HoopTactics.net.[26]
Coaching style
Kloppenburg is regarded as the innovator of the SOS defensive system, known for its ability to create turnovers because of "contact switching" on every screen and intense ball pressure with trapping principles.[13][8]
Personal life
Kloppenburg lives in
Coaching record
College
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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California Western Westerners/U.S. International Gulls (NAIA independent) (1958–1976) | |||||||||
1958–59 | California Western | 14–7 | |||||||
1959–60 | California Western | 13–17 | |||||||
1960–61 | California Western | 16–7 | |||||||
1961–62 | California Western | 16–9 | |||||||
1962–63 | California Western | 18–9 | NAIA First Round | ||||||
1963–64 | California Western | 24–8 | |||||||
1964–65 | California Western | 21–8 | NAIA First Round | ||||||
1965–66 | California Western | 21–9 | NAIA First Round | ||||||
1966–67 | California Western | 20–11 | |||||||
1967–68 | California Western | 14–13 | |||||||
1968–69 | U.S. International | 14–12 | |||||||
1969–70 | U.S. International | 15–14 | |||||||
1970–71 | U.S. International | 16–9 | |||||||
1971–72 | U.S. International | 14–13 | |||||||
1972–73 | U.S. International | 15–10 | |||||||
1973–74 | U.S. International | 22–4 | |||||||
1974–75 | U.S. International | 20–9 | NAIA First Round | ||||||
1975–76 | U.S. International | 17–8 |
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U.S. International Gulls (NAIA independent) (1977–1978) | |||||||||
1977–78 | U.S. International | 12–15 | |||||||
California Western/U.S. International: | 322–192 (.626) | ||||||||
Total: | 322–192 (.626) |
NBA
Regular season | G | Games coached | W | Games won | L | Games lost | W–L % | Win–loss % |
Playoffs | PG | Playoff games | PW | Playoff wins | PL | Playoff losses | PW–L % | Playoff win–loss % |
Team | Year | G | W | L | W–L% | Finish | PG | PW | PL | PW–L% | Result |
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Cleveland | 1981–82 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Seattle | 1991–92 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | — | — | — | — |
References
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- ^ 2010-11 USC Trojans Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California. 2010. p. 162. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ 2019-2020 USC Men's Basketball Media Guide (PDF). University of Southern California. 2019. p. 125. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ 2019-20 Fresno State Men's Basketball Media Supplement (PDF). California State University, Fresno. 2019. p. 55. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics: Fresno St. Bulldogs 1949-50 Men's Basketball". NCAA. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "FSC Frosh Will Take On Tigers". The Fresno Bee. November 29, 1951. p. 44. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Lindsay Sequoias Beat Porterville". The Fresno Bee. December 31, 1952. p. 8. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f Nelson, Glenn (November 4, 1993). "Defender Of The Faith". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Colored Ghosts in Game at Victorville". The Daily Sun. San Bernardino, California. November 4, 1953. p. 24. Retrieved August 31, 2020 – via UC Riverside Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research.
- ^ "Kloppenburg to Coach Paramount Basketball Team". The Daily Sun. San Bernardino, California. June 27, 1956. p. 21. Retrieved August 31, 2020 – via UC Riverside Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research.
- ^ "Ex-Spartan Johnson Tops Cal Western Freshman Cage list". Chula Vista Star-News. October 9, 1958. p. 6. Retrieved August 31, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nevada Southern Presents Fifth Annual Holiday Basketball Classic Classic". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. December 27, 1965. p. 4. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ a b c Canepa, Nick (September 7, 2011). "Basketball strategy of 'The Klopper' sound as ever". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "California Western Mission and History". California Western School of Law. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Our Story". Alliant International University. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ a b c "NCAA Statistics: Bob Kloppenburg". NCAA. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ a b "NAIA Division I Men's Basketball" (PDF). NAIA. April 7, 2009. pp. 9, 29–31, 35. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-30.
- ^ Bob Kloppenburg's profile on DonarMuseum.nl
- ^ "Wedstrijden Nationale Nederlanden Donar 1976-1977 - DonarMuseum.nl".
- ^ a b "Scouts Bob Kloppenburg and Lorin Miller Tuesday were named..." United Press International. July 2, 1985. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Bob Kloppenburg". basketball-reference. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "1981-82 Cleveland Cavaliers Transactions".
- ^ "UNLV Rebels vs. Meiji". University of Nevada, Las Vegas. November 20, 1984. p. 9. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "1984-85 UNLV Rebels Schedule and Results".
- ^ "1991-92 Seattle SuperSonics Transactions".
- ^ "About HoopTactics".
- ^ Coffey, Alex (May 30, 2019). "From Sonics to Storm, how the Kloppenburgs brought their SOS system to Seattle basketball". The Athletic. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt". SJSUSpartans.com. San Jose State University. Retrieved August 31, 2020.