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
We're not building a program, we're following the leadership of John R. Wooden. He's the one that built this program. It will always be his program.
When the guy hit it out of bounds right before that, that was just a little rushed. But we actually had a little opening there for three with nobody at home but couldn't make the pass.
We want to recruit the very best players in the country. That's why we're here right now: We have great players.
What I think it's done is made us better. This team has gone through more adversity in terms of injuries than any team I've ever heard of, ever been a part of, for sure.