15 Facts About Bobby Cremins

Bobby Cremins served as a head coach at Appalachian State, Georgia Tech, and the College of Charleston.

Bobby Cremins started his coaching career in 1971 as an assistant coach at Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

At age 27, Bobby Cremins became one of the youngest NCAA Division I head coaches in history when he took charge of the basketball team at Appalachian State University.

When Bobby Cremins arrived at Georgia Tech, he walked into a situation that was as bad, if not worse, than what he'd inherited at Appalachian State.

Bobby Cremins' coaching of the 1990 Yellow Jackets' team earned him the Naismith College Coach of the Year honor.

Bobby Cremins had a host of players that went on to have successful NBA careers.

Bobby Cremins was an assistant coach on the first-ever gold medal-winning American World University Games team in 1986, assisting the head coach Lute Olson of the University of Arizona.

Bobby Cremins assisted Olson at the 1986 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal there.

Bobby Cremins assisted former NBA coach Lenny Wilkens in the American basketball team's appearance in the Summer Olympic Games of 1996 in Atlanta.

On March 24,1993, Bobby Cremins agreed to coach basketball at his alma mater, the University of South Carolina, before changing his mind and deciding three days later to continue at Georgia Tech.

Bobby Cremins is far and away the winningest coach in Georgia Tech history.

Bobby Cremins was a member of the 2006 induction class in the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame.

Bobby Cremins raised money for a five-to-six week summer program, half of which include disadvantaged children, the Hilton Head Basketball Camp 101.

In 2006, Bobby Cremins returned to coaching at the College of Charleston, hoping to restore the basketball program there to the mid-major power status that it experienced under coach John Kresse from 1980 to 2002.

Bobby Cremins has two step-daughters, Liz and Suzie, from Carolyn's earlier marriage.