Tim Buckley (basketball)

Tim Buckley
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Team	Indiana University
Biographical details
Born	(1963-09-10) September 10, 1963 Aurora, Illinois
Playing career
1982–1984 1984–1986	Waubonsee CC Bemidji State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988 1988–1989 1989–1993 1993–1994 1994–1999 1999–2000 2000–2006 2006–2007 2007-2008 2008-	Bemidji State (asst.) Rockford (asst.) Rockford Wisconsin (asst.) Ball State (asst.) Marquette (asst.) Ball State Iowa (asst.) Marquette (asst.) Indiana (associate head coach)
Head coaching record
Overall	143-139 (.507)

Tim Buckley (born September 10, 1963) is a current associate head coach at Indiana University. He was hired in April 2008 by new Indiana head coach Tom Crean, who brought him and fellow assistant Bennie Seltzer over from his staff at Marquette.

Buckley was the former head coach at Ball State University from 2000-2006. He is best known for leading the Cardinals to upset wins over #3 Kansas and UCLA during the 2001 Maui Invitational. Buckley was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa under Steve Alford, who left the Hawkeyes to take the head coaching job at the New Mexico Lobos. More recently he was an assistant coach at Marquette University where he is reunited with former Ball State player and 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year Maurice Acker, who transferred after Buckley was fired.

Buckley has also served as an assistant coach at Bemidji State (1986–88), Rockford College (1988–89, head coach 1989-93), Wisconsin (1993–94), Ball State (1994–99), Marquette (1999–2000), Iowa (2006–07), and back to Marquette (2007–08).

Personal life

Tim graduated from Aurora Central Catholic High School (Aurora, Illinois) in 1981 and went on to play two seasons at Waubonsee Community College before transferring to Bemidji State. He graduated with a B.S. in Communications from the latter in 1986, and also received an M.S. in Admin. of Physical Education in 1988. He is married to Shannon and has one daughter, Meredith.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Rockford College (N.I.I.C.) (1989–1993)
1989–1990	Rockford	16–9	6–3	T-2nd
1990–1991	Rockford	12–14	5–5	T-2nd
1991–1992	Rockford	14–12	7–3	2nd
1992–1993	Rockford	8–17	4–6	T-4th
Rockford:		50–52 (.490)	22–17
Ball State (Mid-American Conference) (2000–2006)
2000–2001	Ball State	18–12	11–7	3rd (West)
2001–2002	Ball State	23–12	12–6	1st (West)	NIT Quarterfinals
2002–2003	Ball State	13–17	8–10	4th (West)
2003–2004	Ball State	14–15	10–8	3rd (West)
2004–2005	Ball State	15–13	10–8	T-2nd (West)
2005–2006	Ball State	10–18	6–12	4th (West)
Ball State:		93–87 (.516)	57–51
Total:		143–139
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Iowa Hawkeyes bio
• Iowa Hawkeyes media guide
• Indiana Hoosiers bio