Bobby Paschal
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Enterprise, Alabama, U.S. | October 22, 1941
Playing career | |
1960–1962 | Chipola JC |
1962–1964 | Stetson |
Coaching career ( Florida Southern (assistant) | |
1974–1978 | Southwestern Louisiana (assistant) |
1978–1986 | Southwestern Louisiana |
1986–1996 | South Florida |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 280–244 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Southland regular season (1982) Southland tournament (1982) Sun Belt tournament (1990) | |
Awards | |
Southland Coach of the Year (1982) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1990) | |
Bobby Paschal (born October 22, 1941) is a retired
A native of Enterprise, Alabama, Paschal played college basketball at Chipola College and Stetson University in Florida. Following the close of his college career, he coached at the high school level at Ashford High School in Alabama and then Plant High School in Tampa. He then spent a year as an assistant at Livingston College (now the University of West Alabama) while obtaining a master's degree before moving to Florida Southern College. He moved to Southwestern Louisiana in 1974 and was elevated to head coach with the departure of Jim Hatfield.[2]
Over his career, Bobby Paschal was head coach of two NCAA Division I programs. He had a career won/loss record of 280-244 which included four NCAA tournament appearances and six NIT tournament appearances. One Bobby Paschal coached team reached the NIT final four. Another made an NIT elite eight appearance. In Paschal's eight years with the Ragin' Cajuns, his team's 153 wins rank fourth in the number of wins for the program. His teams ranked second in Ragin' Cajun history in winning percentage at .643 (153-85). His 1981-82 and 1982-83 teams competed in the NCAA tournament. Four of his teams competed in the NIT tournament (1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85) with the 1983-84 team reaching the tournament's final four. In addition to the 1983-84 team, his 1979-80 and 1984-85 teams reached the second round of the NIT.[3]
Paschal's overall coaching record at South Florida was 127-159 which included one conference tournament championship, two NCAA tournament appearances, and two NIT tournament appearances. Bobby Paschal's ten years at South Florida saw the Bulls compete in three conferences. As members of the
References
- ^ "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "2014-2015 Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). www.ragincajuns.com. pp. 88, 93. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "USF Men's Basketball Records - Bobby Paschal Year by Year". University of South Florida. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ Jim Louk. "USF Hall of Fame Class of 2013: Bobby Paschal". University of South Florida. Retrieved March 24, 2015.