James Whitford
Current position
TitleHead coach
Biographical details
Born (1971-07-23) July 23, 1971
Alma materWisconsin (1994)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2005Miami (OH) (assistant)
2005–2009Xavier (assistant)
2009–2011Arizona (assistant)
2011–2013Arizona (associate HC)
2013–2022Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall131–148
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
3 MAC West Division (2016, 2017, 2020)

James Bryce Whitford[1] (born July 23, 1971) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's basketball program. Before he was hired at Ball State, Whitford served as an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio), Xavier, and Arizona.

Coaching career

While enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Whitford spent three seasons as a student manager for the Badgers men's basketball team. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1994.[2]

Whitford's first professional coaching experience was with the Miami RedHawks men's basketball program. Starting as an administrative assistant 1994, he became an assistant coach in 1997 and advanced to top assistant in 1998.[3]

In 2005 Whitford left Miami for Xavier, where he spent four seasons under head coach Sean Miller before following Miller to Arizona in April 2009.[4] After his first two seasons at Arizona Whitford was promoted to associate head coach, a position he held for another two years before taking the head coaching position at Ball State in April 2013.[2][5] On March 14, 2022, Ball State fired Whitford after nine years as head coach. [6] Whitford finished his time at Ball State compiling an overall record of 131–145 (.475) and a conference record of 66–90 (.423).

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2013–2022)
2013–14 Ball State 5–252–166th (West)
2014–15 Ball State 7–232–166th (West)
2015–16 Ball State 21–1410–8T–1st (West) CIT Quarterfinals
2016–17 Ball State 21–1311–7T–1st (West) CIT First Round
2017–18 Ball State 19–1310–83rd (West)
2018–19 Ball State 16–176–125th (West)
2019–20 Ball State 18–1311–7T–1st (West)
2020–21 Ball State 10–138–98th
2021–22 Ball State 14–179–106th
Ball State: 131–148 (.470)69–93 (.426)
Total:131–148 (.470)

      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. ↑ "People Directory".
  2. 1 2 "James Whitford Profile". The University of Arizona Wildcats Official Athletic Site. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Miami Redhawk assistant joins Xavier". Xavier University. June 3, 2005.
  4. ↑ Rubenstein, Alan (April 11, 2009). "Sean Miller Adds Two Xavier Assistants to His Arizona Staff". Bleacher Report.
  5. ↑ Rosenblatt, Zach (April 8, 2013). "Arizona basketball assistant head coach Whitford pursues head coach opportunity at Ball State". Arizona Daily Wildcat.
  6. ↑ "Ball State announces search for new men's basketball head coach; Whitford will not return".
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