Ernie Zeigler

Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.^[1] He spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University.^[2] He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).^[3]

Ernie Zeigler

Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	Nebraska
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Biographical details
Born	(1966-01-31) January 31, 1966 (age 59) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Playing career
1984–1986	Schoolcraft
1986–1987	Armstrong Atlantic State
1987–1988	Northwood
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1996	Cody HS (asst.)
1996–1997	Henan Wildcats
1997–1999	Al-Halil
1999–2000	Kansas State (asst.)
2000–2001	Bowling Green (asst.)
2001–2003	Pittsburgh (asst.)
2003–2006	UCLA (asst.)
2006–2012	Central Michigan
2013–2015	Detroit (asst.)
2015–2022	Mississippi State (asst.)
2022–present	Nebraska (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall	75–111 (.403)

Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA.^[4] Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him.^[2] Trey transferred to Pittsburgh^[5] after his father was fired.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2006–2012)
2006–07	Central Michigan	13–18	7–9	3rd (West)
2007–08	Central Michigan	14–17	8–8	T–2nd (West)
2008–09	Central Michigan	12–19	7–9	T–1st (West)
2009–10	Central Michigan	15–15	9–7	1st (West)
2010–11	Central Michigan	10–21	7–9	3rd (West)
2011–12	Central Michigan	11–21	5–11	4th (West)
Central Michigan:		75–111 (.403)	43–53 (.448)
Total:		75–111 (.403)
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