Ernie Zeigler
Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska. 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. 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).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Nebraska |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 31, 1966 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 | 80–105 (.432) |
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. Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him. Trey transferred to Pittsburgh after his father was fired.