Bill Hodges

Bill Hodges

Biographical details
Born	(1943-03-09) March 9, 1943 Zionsville, Indiana
Alma mater	Purdue University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1965–1966	Marian (assistant)
1970–1974	Tennessee Tech (assistant)
1974–1975	Armstrong State (assistant)
1975–1978	Indiana State (assistant)
1978–1982	Indiana State
1983–1984	Long Beach State (assistant)
1986–1991	Georgia College
1991–1997	Mercer
1998–1999	Murray State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	239–208
Tournaments	5–1 (NCAA D-I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA regional – Final Four (1979) MVC regular season (1979) MVC Tournament (1979)
Awards
MVC Coach of the Year (1979) AP Coach of the Year (1979) UPI Coach of the Year (1979) Sporting News Coach of the Year (1979)

William Oscar Hodges (born March 9, 1943) is an American basketball coach. He was the head basketball coach at Indiana State University from 1978 to 1982, at Georgia College and State University from 1986 to 1991 and at Mercer University from 1991 to 1997.

As an assistant basketball coach at Indiana State University, he recruited Larry Bird after Bird had dropped out of Indiana University. Before the start of the 1978–79 season, he got the Indiana State University job after head coach Bob King suffered a brain aneurysm. He led the Sycamores to a second-place finish in the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. During that year, he won several coach of the year awards, including the UPI's and AP's. The Sycamores were selected as the United Press International Collegiate Champions. His later Indiana State teams would never reach the same heights, leading to his resignation from ISU after the 1982 season.

Hodges is currently #7 in coaching wins at Indiana State with a record of 67–48 (.583) and #5 in wins at Mercer with a record of 62–107 (.367). His record at Georgia College was 110–53 (.675). His overall collegiate head coaching record is 239–208 (.535). Hodges is a graduate of Purdue University.

His last coaching stint was at North Cross School in Roanoke, Virginia from 2011 to 2013, where he led the Raiders to the VISAA state tournament where they upset Carlisle School in the semifinals and went on to play for the state title, but came up just short. He currently coaches at The Villages Charter High School in The Villages, Florida as of the 2016–17 season.

Inducted in 1999, Hodges is a member of the Indiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame as part of the 1978–79 men's basketball team. Hodges also coached golf at Armstrong Atlantic State University before moving to Indiana State. He is also a Vietnam-era veteran of the United States Air Force.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (1979–1982)
1978–79	Indiana State	33–1	16–0	1st	NCAA Runner-up
1979–80	Indiana State	16–11	8–8	T–5th
1980–81	Indiana State	9–18	4–12	8th
1981–82	Indiana State	9–18	2–14	T–9th
Indiana State:		67–48	30–34
Georgia College Bobcats (Peach Belt Conference) (1986–1991)
1986–87	Georgia College	17–14
1987–88	Georgia College	25–9			NAIA First Round
1988–89	Georgia College	25–10			NAIA First Round
1989–90	Georgia College	24–8			NAIA First Round
1990–91	Georgia College	19–12	6–6	T–3rd
Georgia College:		110–53
Mercer Bears (Trans America Athletic Conference) (1991–1997)
1991–92	Mercer	11–18	6–8	T–5th
1992–93	Mercer	13–14	7–5	T–2nd
1993–94	Mercer	5–24	3–14	9th
1994–95	Mercer	15–14	8–8	4th
1995–96	Mercer	15–14	7–9	4th (West)
1996–97	Mercer	3–23	1–15	6th (West)
Mercer:		62–107	32–59
Total:		239–208
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

See also

• List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach