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Gregory Glen Gard (born December 3, 1970) is an American college basketball coach for the Wisconsin Badgers . Gard took over on December 15, 2015, after Bo Ryan announced his retirement as head coach of the Badgers. Gard is a native of Cobb Wisconsin.

Greg Gard

Gard in February 2016
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wisconsin
Conference	Big Ten
Record	144–78 (.649)
Annual salary	$3.55 million
Biographical details
Born	(1970-12-03) December 3, 1970 (age 51) Cobb, Wisconsin
Alma mater	Wisconsin–Platteville
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1993	Southwestern HS (assistant)
1993–1994	Platteville HS (assistant)
1993–1999	Wisconsin–Platteville (assistant)
1999–2001	Milwaukee (assistant)
2001–2008	Wisconsin (assistant)
2008–2015	Wisconsin (associate HC)
2015–present	Wisconsin
Head coaching record
Overall	144–78 (.649)
Tournaments	5–3 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x Big Ten regular season (2020, 2022)
Awards
2x Big Ten Coach of the Year (2020, 2022) Jim Phelan Award (2016)

Coaching career

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Assistant coach

On December 15, 2015, Gard was announced as the interim head coach after Bo Ryan announced his retirement following the Badgers win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi.[1] Gard had been Ryan's longest-serving assistant, having coached together for 23 years at the time of the transition.[1] They had coached together at three schools—Gard's alma mater of Wisconsin–Platteville, where he had played on the varsity baseball team as a freshman;[2] Milwaukee; and Wisconsin.[3] In the process, Gard became one of the most respected assistant coaches in the college game.[1][3][4]

Head coach

2015–16 season

After Gard took over in the 2015–2016 season, the team stumbled, winning just two of their next seven games, with an overall record of 9–9 at that point. However the team's turnaround started with an upset over #4 Michigan State and won 11 of the next 13 games to finish out the regular season tied for third in the Big Ten with an overall record of 20–11 (12–6 in the Big Ten). Following the end of the regular season, on March 7, 2016, Wisconsin removed the interim tag and Gard was promoted to head coach of the Badgers.[5] Wisconsin received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they beat #10 seeded Pittsburgh in the first round. Wisconsin defeated #2 seeded Xavier by a 3-point buzzer beater from Bronson Koenig in the second round to advance to the Sweet 16. However they lost to #6 seeded Notre Dame in the Sweet 16. After the season ended Gard was named the 2016 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year.[6]

2020–21 season

Leaked recording

On June 22, 2021, a surreptitious recording of a meeting, in which several members of the 2020–21 team directed criticism at Gard, was leaked to the Wisconsin State Journal and subsequently posted to YouTube.[7][8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten Conference) (2015–present)
2015–16	Wisconsin	15–8	12–6	T–3rd	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2016–17	Wisconsin	27–10	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2017–18	Wisconsin	15–18	7–11	9th
2018–19	Wisconsin	23–11	14–6	4th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2019–20	Wisconsin	21–10	14–6	T–1st	NCAA Division I canceled
2020–21	Wisconsin	18–13	10–10	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2021–22	Wisconsin	25–8	15–5	T–1st	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2022–23	Wisconsin	0–0	0–0
Wisconsin:		144–78 (.649)	84–50 (.627)
Total:		144–78 (.649)
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

References

External links

• Wisconsin profile

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