Jeff Bzdelik

Jeff Bzdelik
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head Coach
Biographical details
Born	December 1, 1952 (1952-12-01)
Place of birth	Mount Prospect, Illinois, US
Playing career
1972–1976	Illinois-Chicago
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978–1980 1980–1986 1986–1988 1988–1994 1994–1995 1995–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2005–2007 2007–2010 2010-	Davidson (asst.) Northwestern (asst.) UMBC Washington Bullets (asst.) New York Knicks (scout) Miami Heat (asst.) Denver Nuggets (scout) Denver Nuggets Air Force Colorado Wake Forest

Jeff Bzdelik (born December 1, 1952) is an American basketball coach, currently coaching at Wake Forest University. He formerly coached the Denver Nuggets in the National Basketball Association for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 through 2004. As an NBA coach, he is best remembered for leading the 2003-04 Nuggets to a 43–39 record, a 26-game improvement over the 2002-03 campaign when the team went 17–65.

Coaching career

Denver Nuggets

Head coach of the Denver Nuggets from 2002 until he was fired on December 28, 2004.

Air Force Academy

He was the head coach at the US Air Force Academy including a first round NCAA tournament appearance his first year, and a NIT semifinal appearance his second year.

Colorado

Bzdelik left Air Force to become the head basketball coach for the Colorado Buffaloes.

Wake Forest University

On April 13, 2010, Bzdelik was hired as the 21st head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UMBC Retrievers (NCAA Division I Independent) (1996–1998)
1986–87	UMBC	12–16
1987–88	UMBC	13–15
UMBC:		25–31
Air Force Falcons (Mountain West Conference) (2005–2007)
2005–06	Air Force	24–7	12–4	2nd	NCAA Tournament 1st Round
2006–07	Air Force	26–9	10–6	T–3rd	NIT Semifinal
Air Force:		50–16	22–10
Colorado Buffaloes (Big 12 Conference) (2007–2010)
2007–08	Colorado	12–20	3–13	12th
2008–09	Colorado	9–22	1–15	12th
2009–10	Colorado	15–16	6–10	8th
Colorado:		36–58	10–38
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2010–present)
2010–11	Wake Forest	8–24	1–15	12th
2011–12	Wake Forest	10–7	1–2
Wake Forest:		18–31	2–17
Total:		129–136
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Official Air Force basketball profile
• BasketballReference.com: Jeff Bzdelik (as coach)