Bob Amsberry
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWartburg
ConferenceAmerican Rivers
Record345–131 (.725)
Biographical details
Alma materBuena Vista University
Western Illinois University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992-1997MacMurray College (assistant)
1997-2006Rockford
2006-PresentWartburg
Head coaching record
Overall476–238 (.667)
Tournaments
  • NCAA 14-11
  • IIAC/ARC 16-12
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • 2x NCAA Regional - Final Four (2016, 2018)
  • 3x NIIC Regular Season (2004, 2005, 2006)
  • 4x NIIC Tournament (2001, 2003, 2005, 2006)
  • 5x IIAC/ARC Regular Season (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
  • 4x IIAC/ARC Tournament (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Awards
  • 2018 DIII National Coach of the Year
  • 4x Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Coach of the Year (2000, 2004, 2005, 2006)
  • 5X IIAC/ARC Coach of Year (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023)

Robert "Bob" Amsberry is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head women's basketball coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.

Coaching career

Rockford College

Amsberry became the head coach of Rockford College in 1997 and inherited a losing streak that reached 70 games.[1][2] In just three seasons he went from 0–25 to 18–8, orchestrating one of the best turnarounds in NCAA history. They would go on to win three consecutive conference titles from 2004 to 2006.[3]

Wartburg College

Amsberry has led the Knights to the NCAA tournament for seven consecutive years, including two final four appearances in 2016 and 2018. His 2017–18 season was the first undefeated regular season in program history. The Knights reached their highest ranking in school history when they reached No. 2 in both the WBCA and D3hoops.com polls.[2] The Knights started the season with a school-record 31 consecutive victories before eventually falling in the Final Four to Bowdoin College and finishing the season 31–1. Amsberry received the 2018 DIII WBCA National Coach of the Year Award,[4] for their school record performance in 2017–2018. He was also a finalist for the award in both 2016 and 2019. In addition, he has been awarded the Iowa Basketball Coaches’ Association Paul Maske Memorial Coach of the Year award four times. On November 11th 2023, following a 71-57 win against Luther, Amsberry surpassed Monica Severson as the winningest coach in Wartburg history with 336 wins.[5]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rockford Regents (Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference) (1997–2006)
1997–98 Rockford 0–250-106th
1998–99 Rockford 6–192-85th
1999–00 Rockford 18–88-22nd
2000–01 Rockford 17-98-42ndNCAA First Round
2001–02 Rockford 14-116-64th
2002-03 Rockford 17-128-42ndNCAA First Round
2003–04 Rockford 16-1010-21st
2004-05 Rockford 22-610-21stNCAA First Round
2005-06 Rockford 21-79-31stNCAA First Round
Rockford: 131–107 (.550)61-41 (.598)
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2006–2018)
2006–07 Wartburg 13-138-86th
2007–08 Wartburg 13-116-107th
2008–09 Wartburg 16-1110-62nd
2009–10 Wartburg 18-812-43rd
2010–11 Wartburg 21-512-43rd
2011–12 Wartburg 18-910-6T-3rd
2012–13 Wartburg 16-109-52nd
2013–14 Wartburg 12-155-9T–5th
2014–15 Wartburg 17-116-8T-5th
2015–16 Wartburg 23-89-53rdNCAA Final Four
2016–17 Wartburg 25-315-11stNCAA First Round
2017–18 Wartburg 31-116-01stNCAA Final Four
Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2018–Present)
2018-19 Wartburg 27-415-11stNCAA Elite Eight
2019-20 Wartburg 25-414-21stNCAA Second Round
2020-21 Wartburg 13-36-2T-2nd Postseason not held; COVID-19
2021-22 Wartburg 21-613-32ndNCAA First Round
2022-23 Wartburg 23-715-11stNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2023-24 Wartburg 13-26-0
Wartburg: 345–131 (.725)176–75 (.701)
Total:476–238 (.667)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑ https://www.d3hoops.com/notables/1998/11/199811309cent6
  2. 1 2 "Bob Amsberry - Head Women's Basketball Coach - Staff Directory". Wartburg College Athletics. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women's Basketball Head Coaching Records (Year-by-Year)". Rockford University. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Wartburg's Bob Amsberry NAMED 2018 UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS/WBCA NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. ↑ https://go-knights.net/news/2023/11/21/no-8-14-womens-basketball-win-71-59-over-luther-bob-amsberry-becomes-program-leader-in-wins.aspx
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