Bob Huggins Eligible for Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

The mainstay coached at Cincinnati from 1989-05.

Author:
Russ Heltman
Dec 22, 2021 9:46 AM EST

CINCINNATI — Former Bearcats head coach Bob Huggins is now an eligible candidate for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's 2022 induction class. Huggins coached at Cincinnati from 1989-05 and has coached at West Virginia since 2007.

His Mountaineers are 10-1 this season, pushing his career record to 910-383 in 40 seasons on the bench.

He is third behind Mike Krzyzewski (1,170) and Jim Boeheim (982) in overall wins and sixth all-time in the category. Huggins led Cincinnati to its greatest heights since winning back-to-back national titles under Ed Jucker.

He guided the 1991-92 team to the Final Four while navigating Elite Eight trips in 1992-93 and 1995-96. Huggins and the Bearcats made the NCAA Tournament every year from 1991-2005. Cincinnati is 2-4 against Huggins' Mountaineers; they last faced off in 2012.

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