Ben Howland
Ben Howland
Benjamin Clark Howlandis an American college basketball coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and former player. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Arizona University from 1994 to 1999, the University of Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, and the University of California, Los Angelesfrom 2003 to 2013. Howland became the first men's coach in modern college basketball history to be fired shortly after winning an outright power-conference title. He is one of the few NCAA Division I...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 May 1957
CityLebanon, OR
If we make our foul shots, it's probably not as tight.
Brandon Roy was terrific. It seemed like he was going to the line every possession.
I think our intensity tonight, our defensive intensity, was really good. That's the best defensive intensity we've had all year. Our bench was incredible.
He's unbelievably wide and athletic. .. has unbelievable feet. It's going to be a huge challenge.
He's the only player I've ever coached where I threaten him if he goes 100 percent.
Obviously, we don't have the depth we'd like. Everybody has to do a little more when you face adversity.
It's unbelievable how it's all worked out, most of all with these four letters on my chest.
I'm so happy for our guys. Any time you win a championship it's special.
He's the patriarch. He is why this program is where it is. It's one of the elite programs in the country, and has been since he started that job in 1948.
Our team is definitely playing its best basketball right now. If you look over the course of the last eight games, we've really been playing great defensive team basketball.
He's not telling you how to do anything. He's just there to be supportive and has been for all the coaches who have followed him.
Herb is a great coach. He's so smart and intelligent. Our league is a great league. It's getting tougher and tougher. Herb just made it tougher.
The biggest benefit, more than anything that we're excited about, is that the families of our players are able to get here relatively easier.
This is an incredible defensive team. It's why we are where we are.