Greg Kampe
American basketball coach (born 1955)
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Greg Charles Kampe (/ˈkæmpi/; born December 9, 1955) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oakland University.[1]
Kampe During a Game in 2009 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oakland |
| Conference | Horizon League |
| Record | 731–570 (.562) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 9, 1955 Defiance, Ohio, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1974–1978 | Bowling Green |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978–1984 | Toledo (asst.) |
| 1984–present | Oakland |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 731–570 (.562) |
| Tournaments | 2–4 (NCAA Division I) 3–5 (NCAA Division II) 1–1 (NIT) 4–4 (CIT) 2–1 (Vegas 16) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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High school
Kampe participated in football, basketball, and track and field[2] at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. As a senior, he was named to the football Class AAA defensive second team as a back.[3] He was named to the basketball Class AAA All-District second team, averaging 20.8 points per game as a senior.[4]
College
Kampe attended Bowling Green State University, where he played football[5] and basketball.[6] Kampe was a kicker, punter and cornerback[7] on the football team. In a 16–14 win over Southern Mississippi in 1975, Kampe broke the Mid-American Conference and BGSU record for average yards per punt with 57.5. A 77-yard punt in the game also set the BGSU record for longest punt.[8]
Coaching career
Kampe guided the Golden Grizzlies to their first NCAA Division I tournament in 2005, winning in the opening round.[1]
Kampe, a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame,[9] is one of nine Division I basketball coaches who have been at the same school for at least 25 seasons. Kampe won The Summit League's coach of the year four times, the most recent being in 2010 and 2011.[1]
Kampe won his 500th career game January 26, 2013.[10]
On May 30, 2017, Kampe was one of eight new inductees announced for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit. The ceremony took place on September 15, 2017.
In the fall of 2017, Kampe was enshrined in the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Hall of Fame.[11]
On February 16, 2018, Kampe won his 600th career game.[12]
On March 8, 2023, Kampe became the current longest tenured men’s college basketball coach after Jim Boeheim retired after 47 years.
On March 12, 2024, Kampe led the Golden Grizzlies to a 83-76 Horizon League Tournament Championship victory over the Milwaukee Panthers. It was Oakland’s first Horizon League tournament championship. Kampe then won his first Round of 64 game in the NCAA tournament as a 14-seed over 3-seed Kentucky.
On November 4, 2024, Kampe won his 700th career game.[13]
Charity
Kampe raised over $200,000 for the American Cancer Society in 2015 with an auction for rounds of golf at Oakland Hills Country Club with other NCAA college basketball coaches.[14]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Pioneers (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[15]) (1984–1997) | |||||||||
| 1984–85 | Oakland | 13–15 | 5–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 1985–86 | Oakland | 13–15 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
| 1986–87 | Oakland | 19–9 | 10–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1987–88 | Oakland | 19–9 | 11–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 1988–89 | Oakland | 20–8 | 10–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1989–90 | Oakland | 19–9 | 10–6 | 4th | |||||
| 1990–91 | Oakland | 16–13 | 10–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 1991–92 | Oakland | 16–13 | 8–8 | T–4th | |||||
| 1992–93 | Oakland | 15–11 | 9–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1993–94 | Oakland | 21–10 | 11–7 | 4th | NCAA Division II Regional Fourth Place | ||||
| 1994–95 | Oakland | 20–9 | 12–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1995–96 | Oakland | 21–8 | 13–5 | T–1st | NCAA Division II First Round | ||||
| 1996–97 | Oakland | 23–8 | 14–3 | 1st (South) | NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| Oakland Golden Grizzlies (NCAA Division II Independent) (1997–1999) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Oakland | 15–12 | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Oakland | 12–15 | |||||||
| Oakland Golden Grizzlies (Mid-Continent Conference/The Summit League) (1999–2013) | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | Oakland | 13–17 | 11–5 | 1st | |||||
| 2000–01 | Oakland | 12–16 | 8–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2001–02 | Oakland | 17–13 | 10–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2002–03 | Oakland | 17–11 | 10–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2003–04 | Oakland | 13–17 | 6–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Oakland | 13–19 | 7–9 | T–5th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2005–06 | Oakland | 11–18 | 6–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2006–07 | Oakland | 19–14 | 10–4 | 2nd | |||||
| 2007–08 | Oakland | 17–14 | 11–7 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2008–09 | Oakland | 23–13 | 13–5 | 3rd | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Oakland | 26–9 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2010–11 | Oakland | 25–10 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
| 2011–12 | Oakland | 20–16 | 11–7 | 3rd | CIT Semifinals | ||||
| 2012–13 | Oakland | 16–17 | 10–6 | 4th | CIT First Round | ||||
| Oakland Golden Grizzlies (Horizon League) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Oakland | 13–20 | 7–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Oakland | 16–17 | 11–5 | T–3rd | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Oakland | 23–12 | 13–5 | T–2nd | Vegas 16 Runner-Up | ||||
| 2016–17 | Oakland | 25–9 | 14–4 | T–1st | NIT Second Round | ||||
| 2017–18 | Oakland | 19–14 | 10–8 | 4th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Oakland | 16–17 | 11–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 2019–20 | Oakland | 14–19 | 8–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Oakland | 12–18 | 10–10 | 5th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Oakland | 20–12 | 12–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Oakland | 13–19 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Oakland | 24–12 | 15–5 | 1st | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Oakland | 16–18 | 11–9 | T-6th | |||||
| 2025–26 | Oakland | 16–15 | 12–8 | T-3rd | |||||
| Oakland: | 731–570 (.562) | 420–264 (.614) | |||||||
| Total: | 731–570 (.562) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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