Zeigler Names to ABIS Basketball Coaches Watchlist

Nebraska assistant coach Ernie Zeigler has been selected to the ABIS Basketball Coaches Watch List. The least features 43 head coaches and assistant coaches from all levels of basketball.

This year’s lists are recognized by their peers as some of the best in the business. Those nominated are considered to be the year’s most deserving, qualified, and prepared coaches in college and professional sports to elevate their careers to the next level. 

Ziegler is in his fourth season on the Husker staff and has been instrumental in the program’s success. During his tenure, the Huskers have posted three straight 20-win seasons and have made postseason appearances in each of the past three seasons. He played a major role in the development of All-Big Ten performers Brice Williams and Derek Walker.

Zeigler possesses more than two decades of Division I experience, including six seasons at Central Michigan as a head coach. Before joining the Husker staff in August of 2022, he spent seven years at Mississippi State, helping the Bulldogs to four postseason appearances between 2018 and 2022 under Ben Howland. Zeigler also served as an assistant coach at Kansas State, Bowling Green, Pitt, UCLA and Detroit and has made 10 postseason appearances as an assistant coach, including seven NCAA Tournament trips. The 2005-06 UCLA team was the NCAA runner-up, while the 2001-02 and 2002-03 Pitt squads secured NCAA Sweet 16 appearances.

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