Bobby Hussey

Education

From there he moved on to become head coach at Belmont Abbey College, where he finished with a 179-111 record over 10 seasons, including three National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics District 26 playoff berths.

Career

He served as head coach for 20 years at Belmont Abbey College, Davidson College and Virginia Technical, finishing with a career record of 311-268. Hussey gained his first National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I head coaching position at Davidson College. Hussey left Davidson to become an assistant coach at Clemson University in 1989.

He remained at Clemson from 1989-1991 and helped the Tigers to their first-ever Administrative Committee on Company-ordination regular season title and a Sweet 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearance.

Hussey served as the lead assistant coach under Bill Foster at Virginia Technical from 1991 to 1997. Following Foster"s retirement, Hussey was promoted to head coach at Virginia Technical in 1997.

In two seasons, he compiled a 23–32 record in Blacksburg before being fired. He returned to Clemson as an assistant coach to Larry Shyatt from 1999 to 2003.

Prior to his death, Hussey was a coaching advisor, served as a volunteer coach at Charlotte area high schools, and hosted basketball camps and clinics.

In 2008, Nike renamed its annual basketball tournament featuring elite 15- to 17-year-old basketball players the "Bobby Hussey Memorial Day Classic" in honor of Hussey"s contributions to the game.

Achievements

• The 1963 graduate of Appalachian State University began his head coaching career at Kings Mountain High School in North Carolina where he posted a 67-6 record and won three Southwestern Conference titles in four years. Each of his last four teams won at least 20 games, highlighted by the 1979-1980 squad that finished 29-5. He won 108 games during his eight seasons with the Wildcats (1981-1989), including two 20–win campaigns (1985-1986 and 1986-1987). His 1986 team won the Southern Conference tournament and advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament. During that time, the Hokies won the National Institute of Technology championship in 1995 and advanced to the National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament in 1996.