Herb Sendek starred as a point guard in basketball, lettering two years, serving as team captain, and earning All-East Suburban honors.
15 Facts About Herb Sendek
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Herb Sendek graduated with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average and was valedictorian of the Class of 1981.
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Herb Sendek played college basketball at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a three-year letterman.
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Herb Sendek served as a graduate assistant coach at Providence in 1985, then as an assistant coach at Providence from 1987 to 1989.
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Herb Sendek then served as an assistant coach at Kentucky under Rick Pitino from 1989 to 1993.
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In 1993, Herb Sendek accepted his first college head coaching job, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, succeeding Joby Wright, who left to become head coach at Wyoming.
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Herb Sendek immediately improved upon the Les Robinson era, winning 17 games for the program's first winning record in six years.
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Herb Sendek coached NC State to the NCAA tournament five consecutive years from 2002 until 2006.
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Herb Sendek won his 100th game at NC State in 2002.
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In 2004, Herb Sendek won ACC Coach of the Year and Julius Hodge, one of Herb Sendek's most prized recruits during his NC State tenure, was named ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year.
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Herb Sendek's second recruiting class included highly touted McDonald's All-American James Harden and point guard Jamelle McMillan.
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On March 28,2016, Herb Sendek accepted the head coaching job at Santa Clara, replacing recently fired coach, Kerry Keating who was fired after nine years.
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On January 12,2022, Herb Sendek got his 500th career win against Pacific.
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Herb Sendek is married to Melanie ; they have three daughters.
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Herb Sendek was inducted into the Penn Hills Hall of Fame and into the East Boros Chapter of the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.