Derek Kellogg
American college basketball coach (born 1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Derek William Kellogg (born June 20, 1973) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Creighton. Kellogg previously served as head coach of the Massachusetts Minutemen, his alma mater,[1] being named to the position on April 23, 2008, replacing Travis Ford, who left to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma State University. He was removed from the position on March 9, 2017.[2] After being let go by the Minutemen, he was named head coach of the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, which represented the school's Brooklyn campus.[3] He was named the first head coach of the current LIU team upon its formation in July 2019 when LIU merged the Brooklyn athletic program with that of its Post campus, creating a new program that now competes as the LIU Sharks, and served in that role until he was fired and replaced by Rod Strickland on June 30, 2022.[4] After his firing from LIU, Kellogg returned to his alma mater UMass as an assistant coach for one season before leaving for Creighton in 2023.
Current position | |
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Title | Assistant Coach |
Team | Creighton |
Conference | Big East |
Biographical details | |
Born | (1973-06-20) June 20, 1973 (age 50) Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1991–1995 | UMass |
Position(s) | Point guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997–1999 | George Mason (assistant) |
1999–2000 | Youngstown State (assistant) |
2000–2008 | Memphis (assistant) |
2008–2017 | UMass |
2017–2019 | LIU Brooklyn |
2019–2022 | LIU |
2022–2023 | UMass (assistant) |
2023–present | Creighton (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 229–211 (.520) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NEC tournament (2018) | |