1. Bo Ryan was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024.
16 Facts About Bo Ryan
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Bo Ryan lettered in football, basketball and baseball, and was president of his class.
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Bo Ryan's coaching career began in 1972 at Brookhaven Junior High School in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, where for one year he worked as a history teacher and basketball head coach.
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In 1973, Bo Ryan began his collegiate coaching career at Dominican College of Racine in Racine, Wisconsin.
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Bo Ryan won a Coach of the Year award as head baseball coach at Dominican while serving as an assistant basketball coach under Bill Cofield.
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Bo Ryan then became head basketball coach at Sun Valley High School in Aston, Pennsylvania in 1974, where he was named conference coach of the year in 1976.
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Bo Ryan won eight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships and set a Division III scoring defense record in 1997, with his team only allowing 47.5 points per game.
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Bo Ryan brought a 161 percent increase in home attendance at UWM, giving the program a new energy that continued into the tenure of his successor Bruce Pearl.
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On December 10,2005, Bo Ryan recorded his 100th victory as Wisconsin head coach by defeating in-state rival Marquette.
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In 2007, Bo Ryan was named the winner of the Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award.
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On February 14,2015, Bo Ryan was named a finalist to be considered for election in the Class of 2015 for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Bo Ryan led the Badgers to the NCAA Tournament in each of his 14 full seasons at Wisconsin; the team had only been to a total of seven NCAA Tournaments before Ryan's arrival.
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Bo Ryan has 10 grandchildren: Aoife, Imogen, Maeve, Owen, Liam, Callen, Roen, Remi, Finn and Bo Ryan.
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Shortly after the Badgers' loss in the 2015 NCAA title game, there was speculation Bo Ryan would retire when he and his wife put their home in Madison up for sale.
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In 2016, Bo Ryan admitted to having an affair with a massage therapist.
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An investigation ensued concerning whether Bo Ryan improperly used school resources during the course of the tryst.