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Bobby Cremins, a veteran of 28 seasons as a college basketball head coach and the winningest coach in Georgia Tech history, begins his fourth season as head coach at the College of Charleston. Cremins was named coach of the Cougars on July 3, 2006. The Bronx, N.Y. native, who coached six seasons at Appalachian State (1976-81, 100-70) and 19 at Georgia Tech (1982-2000, 354-237), sports a 519-344 (.601) overall career record. He led Appalachian State to one NCAA Tournament berth and Georgia Tech to nine. Charleston enjoyed one of the most successful seasons in school history in 2008-09. The Cougars finished with a 27-9 overall record and a 15-5 Southern Conference mark. The Cougars posted a 3-1 record in the SoCon Tournament losing in the title game. Cremins earned his 500th career win in December in the Cougars' 73-58 victory over Coastal Carolina. The season also included a pair of wins over Davidson and an overtime upset of Cremins' alma mater South Carolina, 82-80. Jermaine Johnson, Tony White, Jr. and Andrew Goudelock all surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for their careers. Goudelock was a unanimous All-SoCon first team selection, while Johnson earned third team honors from the league's media. The Cougars posted a 16-17 season in 2007-08 and reached the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament. The Cougars placed three players on All-Southern Conference teams, as only Davidson had as many players earned all-league honors. Jermaine Johnson and Andrew Goudelock earned second team honors, while Tony White, Jr. was named to the third team. Cremins led Charleston to a 22-11 record in 2006-07, one of the most successful seasons in school history. Charleston, which won 13 of 18 Southern Conference games, finished second in the Southern Conference Tournament. Charleston won 20 games for the first time since 2003-04 and for the 21st time in the last 27 seasons overall. Under Cremins' guidance, senior guard Dontaye Draper earned first team All-SoCon honors and finished his brilliant career with 1,541 points, the fifth highest total in school history. Senior forward David Lawrence also earned All-SoCon honors after averaging 12.1 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.
Cremins became Georgia Tech’s all-time winningest coach during the 1995-96 season. He was inducted into the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame on June 9, 2006 and the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame on October 6, 2006. Cremins thrust the Yellow Jackets into the national basketball picture with a long line of great players, beginning with Mark Price and John Salley and continued with Duane Ferrell, Tom Hammonds, Dennis Scott, Brian Oliver, Kenny Anderson, Stephon Marbury and Matt Harpring. Cremins guided Tech to 14 winning seasons and 14 postseason berths in his 19 years. He led the Yellow Jackets to three ACC tournament titles, two ACC regular-season titles and a Final Four appearance in 1989-90. Not the least of his accomplishments is the fact the Rambling Wreck came to be regarded, year in and year out, as one of the nation’s elite and most well-known collegiate basketball programs after he took over a squad in 1981-82, which went 4-23 the year before. Under Cremins, Tech had six all-American players, 24 all-ACC players and eight ACC "Rookie of the Year" honorees. In 1990-91, Anderson became only the second consensus first-team all-American in Tech history joining Roger Kaiser from 1961. A total of 21 of Cremins’ former players went on to play in the National Basketball Association. Jason Colliers’ selection as the 15th pick in the 2000 NBA draft by Milwaukee Bucks marked the 12th of Cremins’ players to be drafted in the first round since 1986. Other first-round picks included Brook Steppe (by Kansas City in 1983), Salley (by Detroit in 1986), Hammonds (by Washington in 1989), Scott (by Orlando in 1990), Anderson (by New Jersey in 1991), Jon Barry (by Boston in 1992), Malcolm Mackey (by Phoenix in 1993), Travis Best (by Indiana in 1994), Marbury (Milwaukee in 1996), Harpring (by Orlando in 1998) and Dion Glover (Atlanta in 1999, 20th overall pick).
He is regarded as one of the nation’s best recruiters, cemented by the fact that he signed three players selected by recruiting services as No. 1 in their respective classes in Scott (1987), Anderson (1989) and Marbury (1995). Cremins assumed the head coaching position at Georgia Tech on April 14, 1981, with Tech coming off a disastrous 4-23 season, winless in the ACC, and amidst the prevailing belief that the Rambling Wreck could never compete on an equal footing with its ACC brethren. It took Cremins less than 48 months to guide Tech to the championship of the Atlantic Coast Conference and a berth in the Final Eight in the 1985 NCAA Tournament. He first burst onto the national scene in 1985, when Tech captured its first ACC Tournament championship and a share of first place in the regular season while recording the most wins (27-8) in school history. Tech advanced to the "Elite Eight" of the NCAA Tournament and Cremins earned his second ACC "Coach of the Year" honor. His first came in 1983, his second season at Tech, when the Jackets finished 13-15 and won their first ACC Tournament game. Tech’s 1989-90 team solidified Cremins’ reputation as one of America’s best coaches as the Jackets compiled a 28-7 record, the most wins in school history, en route to their first NCAA Final Four. For his efforts that season, Cremins was named as the national "Coach of the Year" by the Naismith Awards program. It marked the second time in his career that Cremins won national coaching honors. Cremins’ third ACC championship in 1993 was an improbable victory as the Yellow Jackets, led by sophomores James Forrest and Travis Best, and freshman Drew Barry, became just the fourth No. 6 seed in league history to capture the ACC Tournament title. In 1995-96, after a two-year absence from the NCAA Tournament, Cremins guided an extremely young team back to the NCAA Tournament, reaching the Sweet 16 while playing the toughest schedule in the nation according to the RPI rankings. That team was led by the stellar freshman Marbury, who moved to the NBA after one season. Cremins was named Atlantic Coast Conference "Coach of the Year" for the third time in his career as Tech posted a 24-12 record. The Jackets captured the ACC regular-season title with a school-record 13-3 league mark.
After graduating from South Carolina in 1970 with a B.S. degree in Marketing, Cremins played professional basketball in Ecuador before beginning his collegiate coaching career at Point Park College in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1972. He returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1973. After a two-year stint at USC, Cremins, born on July 4, 1947, was chosen to build the Appalachian State program-becoming the youngest Division I head coach in the NCAA at age 27. After a first year mark of 13-14, the Mountaineers posted a five-year record of 87-56, a 60-percent winning mark, while capturing three Southern Conference titles. His 1978-79 team registered a 23-6 mark and an NCAA bid while his 1980-81 squad was 20-9. Cremins received the M.S. degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1972, also from South Carolina. He was a three-year starter at point guard under legendary coach Frank McGuire, leading the Gamecocks to some of their most successful seasons and a 61-17 record. Cremins was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame on September 20, 2007. He and his wife Carolyn have three children: Liz, Suzie, and Bobby, III.
 Courtesy of the Post and Courier Courtesy of the Post and Courier Courtesy of the Post and Courier Courtsey of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Cremins File Year - School (Overall Record/Conference), Post-Season Record at Appalachian State: 100-70 (.588), 6 years
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Men's Basketball:
Cremins is the 21st head coach in College of Charleston men’s basketball history. In 2003, Georgia Tech officially named the basketball court at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum "Cremins Court". 
Cremins’ success and reputation extended beyond the borders of the United States. His assignment in 1996 as an assistant to Atlanta Hawks’ coach Lenny Wilkens on the coaching staff for the USA team in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Games was his third tour of duty for USA Basketball. In 1986, he assisted Arizona’s Lute Olsen in coaching the U.S. World University Games team to its first-ever gold medal. And, during the summer of 1989, he coached a U.S. squad to qualification for the 1990 World Championships. 
After leaving Georgia Tech, Cremins toured the country as a motivational speaker, and did television commentary on SoCon, ACC and NCAA basketball games. He works with charities, mainly for Coaches vs. Cancer and the Jimmy V Foundation. Bobby also raises money for a five-to-six week summer program, half of the participants are disadvantaged kids, called Hilton Head Basketball Camp 101. 
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