Todd Anthony Bozeman was born on December 5,1963 and is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for Rhode Island, where he had a collegiate playing career.
13 Facts About Todd Bozeman
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Todd Bozeman was the head men's basketball coach at Morgan State University from 2006 to 2019.
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Todd Bozeman took over as interim coach in February 1993 when Lou Campanelli was fired with 10 games to go in the season.
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Todd Bozeman led the Golden Bears to an upset of two-time defending national champion Duke in the second round of the 1993 tourney, becoming the youngest coach ever to take a team to the "Sweet Sixteen".
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Todd Bozeman led the Golden Bears to two more NCAA tournaments.
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Todd Bozeman admitted paying $30,000 over two years to the parents of Golden Bears recruit Jelani Gardner so they could drive from their home in Mendocino to see him play.
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Todd Bozeman only came clean about the payments a week before the NCAA hearing when it became apparent that close friends would be implicated.
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Since most schools will not even consider hiring a coach with an outstanding "show-cause" on his record, Todd Bozeman was effectively blackballed from the college ranks for eight years.
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Todd Bozeman was hampered by rumors that he had deliberately undermined Campanelli, even though the National Association of Basketball Coaches cleared him of any wrongdoing in the events that led to Campanelli's ouster.
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Todd Bozeman spent four years as an NBA assistant and scout for the Vancouver Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors, and later working as representative for Pfizer pharmaceuticals and coaching AAU basketball in the Washington DC area.
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Todd Bozeman returned to the collegiate ranks with Morgan State in 2006, becoming the first coach to return to Division I after being handed a show-cause.
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Todd Bozeman was a three-time MEAC conference coach of the year.
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On March 20,2019, Todd Bozeman's contract was not renewed, ending his tenure at Morgan State after 13 seasons.