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Robert McCullum

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Robert McCullum
Biographical details
Born (1954-06-20) June 20, 1954 (age 70)
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Alma materBirmingham–Southern College ('76)
Playing career
1972–1974Seminole Junior College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1978Council Junior HS
1978–1982Ramsay HS (assistant)
1983South Alabama (assistant)
1984Samford (assistant)
1985–1987South Alabama (assistant)
1988–1989Southern Illinois (assistant)
1990Kansas State (assistant)
1991–1996Florida (assistant)
1996–2000Illinois (assistant)
2000–2003Western Michigan
2003–2007South Florida
2007–2008San Francisco (assistant)
2009–2010UCF (assistant)
2010–2011Georgia Tech (assistant)
2011–2012Guangzhou Long-Lions (assistant)
2014–2017Oregon (assistant)
2017–2024Florida A&M
Head coaching record
Overall151–254 (.373) (college)
Tournaments0–1 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
MEAC Coach of the Year (2021)

Robert L. McCullum (born June 20, 1954)[1] is an American men's college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Florida A&M. He previously served as the head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team and the University of South Florida (USF) Bulls men's basketball team.[2] He is a native of Birmingham, Alabama.[3]

Coaching career

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McCullum got his start in coaching in the high school ranks before taking his first college coaching job at South Alabama in 1983. After a one-year stint with the Jaguars, McCullum moved on to Samford for the 1984 season before returning to South Alabama, where he stayed as an assistant until 1987. He then joined the staff at Southern Illinois from 1988 to 1989 before becoming an assistant coach under Lon Kruger at Kansas State in 1990. McCullum followed Kruger to Florida where he was an assistant from 1991 to 1996, and once more worked under Kruger at Illinois from 1996 to 2000.

In 2000, McCullum was named the head coach at Western Michigan where he compiled a 44–45 record in three seasons, including a berth in the 2003 NIT.

McCullum was hired as the head men's basketball coach at South Florida on April 18, 2003, by athletic director Lee Roy Selmon.[4] In four seasons, McCullum was 40–76, and was fired after the 2006–07 season on March 9, 2007.[5]

After South Florida, McCullum coached the Nigerian men's national basketball team where he led the team to a 4–1 record at the All-Africa Games.[6] Following his coaching with Nigeria, McCullum joined the staff at San Francisco for one season before moving on to be an assistant coach at UCF under Kirk Speraw.[7][8][9][10]

In 2010, McCullum became an assistant coach for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team under head coach Paul Hewitt.[11] After Hewitt was fired, McCullum was not retained and became an assistant for the Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association before joining Dana Altman's staff at Oregon as an assistant coach.[12]

McCullum was named head coach at Florida A&M on May 16, 2017.[13]

Head coaching record

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College

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Western Michigan Broncos (Mid-American Conference) (2000–2003)
2000–01 Western Michigan 7–21 7–11 4th (West)
2001–02 Western Michigan 17–13 10–8 3rd (West)
2002–03 Western Michigan 20–11 10–8 3rd (West) NIT First Round
Western Michigan: 44–45 (.494) 27–27 (.500)
South Florida Bulls (Conference USA) (2003–2005)
2003–04 South Florida 7–20 1–15 14th
2004–05 South Florida 14–16 5–11 11th
South Florida Bulls (Big East Conference) (2005–2007)
2005–06 South Florida 7–22 1–15 16th
2006–07 South Florida 12–18 3–13 14th
South Florida: 40–76 (.345) 10–54 (.156)
Florida A&M Rattlers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2017–2021)
2017–18 Florida A&M 9–25 7–9 T–7th
2018–19 Florida A&M 12–19 9–7 T–4th
2019–20 Florida A&M 12–15 10–6 T–4th
2020–21 Florida A&M 8–12 7–5 5th
Florida A&M Rattlers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2021–2024)
2021–22 Florida A&M 13–17 11–7 4th
2022–23 Florida A&M 7–22 5–13 11th
2023–24 Florida A&M 6–23 4–14 11th
Florida A&M: 67–133 (.335) 53–61 (.465)
Total: 151–254 (.373)

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  2. ^ Robert McCullum. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ FIGHTINGILLINI.COM - Robert McCullum Profile
  4. ^ New hire eager to take South Florida places - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
  5. ^ McCollum [sic] fired after 4 seasons at South Florida - Men's College Basketball - ESPN
  6. ^ "UCF officially hires former USF head coach to join men's basketball staff – Knights Notepad – Orlando Sentinel". Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  7. ^ Player Bio: Robert McCullum - UCF Knights - Official Athletics Site[usurped]
  8. ^ "McCullum back in coaching at San Francisco | University of South Florida Bulls blog: USF Sports Bulletin". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  9. ^ USF Dons[permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Former USF coach McCullum joins UCF staff | University of South Florida Bulls blog: USF Sports Bulletin". Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  11. ^ Jackets add former USF head coach Robert McCullum to staff - USATODAY.com
  12. ^ "GoDucks.com | The University of Oregon Official Athletics". www.goducks.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-14.
  13. ^ Culver, Jordan (May 16, 2017). "Robert McCullum introduced as FAMU's new basketball coach". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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