Saint Xavier University (an NAIA school in Chicago) women's basketball coach Bob Hallberg currently has his team ranked No. 2 nationally; he also coached men’s basketball previously, leading a team to the No. 1 ranking during his coaching career. Does anyone know of a college basketball coach who has taken both a men's and women's team to a No. 1 national ranking during their careers?
Background: Bob Hallberg, also Saint Xavier's AD, has his women's basketball team currently ranked No. 2 in the national NAIA Top 25 Poll. Back in the early 1980's, he was a men's basketball coach at Chicago State University (Ill.) when they were in the NAIA and he coached them to a No. 1 ranking during his tenure. The NAIA, NCAA and the WBCA does not have any records of women's basketball coaches who have also coached men's college basketball, so I am trying this option of contacting fellow CoSIDA members.
Please contact:
Rob Huizenga, SID
Email: huizenga@sxu.edu
Phone: 773/298-3110