Todd Lickliter

Todd Arlan Lickliter
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	April 17, 1955 (1955-04-17) Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Playing career
1976–1977 1977–1979	Central Florida CC Butler
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1979–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1992 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2007 2007–2010 2011-	Park Tudor HS Danville Community HS Butler (asst.) Danville Community HS Eastern Michigan (asst.) Butler (asst.) Butler Iowa Miami (Ohio) (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	169–116
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Horizon League Regular Season Championship (2002, 2003, 2007)
Awards NABC National Coach of the Year (2007)

Todd Lickliter (born April 17, 1955) is a basketball coach. He was the head coach of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and Butler University Bulldogs men's basketball team. In 2011 he became an assistant coach at Miami (Ohio).

Early years

Lickliter was a starting point guard at North Central High School in Indianapolis, where he played for his father, Arlan. He helped North Central to a sectional title in Hinkle Fieldhouse in 1973, and he played his final high school game in the Fieldhouse in the 1974 sectional semifinals. Following his high school graduation, he enrolled at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, but wound up transferring to Central Florida Community College. He played one season at Central Florida, earning an associate degree in 1977, and then transferred to Butler, where he played his final two collegiate seasons, 1977-79. He earned a B.S degree in secondary education from Butler in 1979.

Early coaching career

Lickliter began his collegiate coaching career at Butler University in 1988-89 under his former college coach, Joe Sexson. He left the Bulldogs after one year to accept a head coaching job at Danville High School in Danville, Indiana, where he remained for three seasons. He returned to the collegiate ranks in 1996 as an administrative assistant on Barry Collier's staff. Lickliter accepted an assistant coaching position at Eastern Michigan in 1997 and remained on the Eagles' staff for two seasons, before returning to Butler in 1999. In six NCAA Division I seasons, he contributed to teams that won three conference regular season championships, four conference tournament titles, made four NCAA Tournament appearances, and compiled a 106-73 record.

Lickliter played a prominent role in refining Butler's basketball system during his stint as assistant coach to Collier and Thad Matta. During his three seasons on the staff of the two former head coaches, the Bulldogs had three 20-win seasons, won three conference regular season titles, three league tournament crowns and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. In his final two seasons as a Butler assistant coach, the Bulldogs compiled a 47-18 record, including "Top 25" wins over #10 Wisconsin and #23 Wake Forest. The win over the Demon Deacons in the 2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship was Butler's first NCAA tournament win in 39 years.

Collegiate head coaching career

Butler Bulldogs

In May 2001 Lickliter was named Butler University's 20th men's head basketball coach after Matta accepted the same position at Xavier University. During his first season, Lickliter led the Bulldogs to a then-school record 26 victories and third consecutive Horizon League regular season championship. They also cracked the Associated Press Top 25 rankings for the first time in 53 years. The following year the Bulldogs surpassed their previous season's win total, finishing 27-6. Lickliter's 53 wins during the first two years of his head coaching career rank third best in Division I history, behind Bill Guthridge (58 wins) of North Carolina and Everett Case (55 wins) of North Carolina State. During his six years as head coach, he owned the top three single-season win totals in Butler basketball history and led the Bulldogs to the postseason four times, including two appearances in the NCAA Sweet 16. Prior to his departure from Butler, Lickliter was named National Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Iowa Hawkeyes

Lickliter was introduced as the head coach at the University of Iowa on April 3, 2007 replacing previous coach Steve Alford. Iowa and Lickliter agreed to a "memo of understanding".

Lickliter missed three non-conference games during the 2009-2010 season. He underwent a medical procedure to repair a tear in his carotid artery at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Iowa Assistant Coach Chad Walthall filled in. Lickliter missed games against Prairie View A&M, Northern Iowa, and Iowa State. Two of the three games were losses. After returning, the team won his first two games back.

He was fired on Monday, March 15, 2010, after three seasons.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Butler (Horizon League) (2001–2007)
2001–2002	Butler	26–6	12–4	1st	NIT 2nd Round
2002–2003	Butler	27–6	14–2	1st	NCAA Sweet 16
2003–2004	Butler	16–14	8–8	6th
2004–2005	Butler	13–15	7–9	7th
2005–2006	Butler	20–13	11–5	2nd	NIT 2nd Round
2006–2007	Butler	29–7	13–3	T-1st	NCAA Sweet 16
Butler:		131–61	65–31
Iowa (Big Ten Conference) (2007–2010)
2007–2008	Iowa	13–19	6–12	8th
2008–2009	Iowa	15–16	5–13	10th
2009–2010	Iowa	10–22	4–14	9th
Iowa:		38–57	15–39
Total:		169–117
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

Family

Lickliter and his wife, Joez, have three sons, Ry, Garrett, and John. John was a senior point guard at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa, where he won the 2008 state basketball championship. John is in his junior year playing for NAIA Marian. Garrett is currently a realtor in Indianapolis and Ry is currently working in a research program in Kraków.