Bob Huggins to be inducted in UC Bearcats Athletic Hall of Fame

Already in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, former Cincinnati Bearcats basketball coach Bob Huggins added UC’s James P. Kelly Athletic Hall of Fame to his list of honors June 10.

Huggins was informed by two of his 1992 UC Final Four players, Terry Nelson and Corie Blount, who made the trip to Morgantown, West Virginia, to read UC athletic director John Cunningham’s proclamation.

The veteran coach was in Cincinnati on March 25 for the introduction of new Bearcats coach Jerrod Calhoun, a former Huggins assistant at UC and West Virginia before forging his own path.

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“A great quote from Bob Huggins was, ‘You’ve got to be an everyday guy,’ ” Calhoun said.

Fans cheer former Cincinnati head coach Bob Huggins during a press conference announcing Jerrod Calhoun as the head men’s basketball coach at Fifth Third Arena March 25.

In April, Huggins came to Memorial Hall for a screening of a documentary about his career that drew a large audience. Another such appearance comes in Morgantown on June 20.

“It makes you feel good that people care about you,” Huggins said of the “Beyond the Bench” film.

Huggins was inducted in Springfield, Massachusetts, in the Naismith Class of 2022 and enshrined in the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Bob Huggins road to Cincinnati, beyond

After playing at Ohio University and West Virginia, his coaching career began as a grad assistant at WVU, before becoming an assistant at Ohio State. From 1980 to 1983, he was the head coach at Walsh before taking 1983-84 to coach under his good friend Chuck Machock at UCF.

Bob Huggins is on the prowl in the 1996 UC vs. Xavier Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout.

He returned to be the head coach at Akron from 1984 to 1989, before many glory years with the UC Bearcats. After one season at Kansas State, he moved to his alma mater, West Virginia, from 2008 to 2023.

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“What he’s done as a coach has been kind of remarkable,” former UC guard and NBA player Nick Van Exel said in April. “A guy that came from…

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