Thomas Sydnor Asbury was born on July 14,1945 and is an American former men's college basketball coach.
10 Facts About Tom Asbury
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Tom Asbury spent two separate terms as head coach at Pepperdine University, retiring from that position in 2011.
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Tom Asbury was a head coach for Kansas State University and served as an assistant coach at Pepperdine, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Alabama.
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Tom Asbury was an assistant coach at Pepperdine for nine seasons before succeeding Jim Harrick as head coach.
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Tom Asbury took the Waves to the NCAA Tournament in 1991,1992, and 1994, as well as two NIT appearances, three regular-season WCC titles, and three WCC Tournament championships.
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Tom Asbury's success landed him the head coaching job at Kansas State University.
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Tom Asbury coached the Wildcats for six seasons, making the NCAA tournament once and the NIT tournament twice.
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Tom Asbury was fired and later returned to coaching as an assistant at the University of Alabama under former pupil Mark Gottfried.
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Mark Fox, the head coach at the University of California, is another former Tom Asbury assistant, having coached with him at Kansas State.
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In October 2012, Tom Asbury was inducted into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame.