Head Coach Bob Semling Head Coach
Over the past six seasons, the 2010 NABC and D3hoops.com Coach of the Year, Bob Semling, has directed one of the premier programs in Division III, guiding the Pointers to their third national title in seven seasons with a 78-73 victory over Williams College in 2010. Semling has posted a 145-33 record in his first six seasons at the helm for UWStevens Point and has won three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regularseason and four tournament titles. This summer Semling was also named as one of the nation’s top 25 non-Division I coaches according to collegeinsider.com’s Jason Belzer.
CAREER HIGHLIGHS -145-33 career record (.815) -2010 DIII National Champion -2010 National Coach of the Year -Two-time WIAC Coach of the Year
Coach Semling has twice been named the WIAC Coach of the Year, most recently following 2008-09 campaign. In 2010, Semling earned National Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Pointers to a 29-4 finish. The Pointers have appeared in the top 10 of the D3hoops.com poll 36 straight times and have been in the top 25 for 75 straight polls. The Pointers ranked in the top five 10 of the 14 polls conducted in 2009-10. Along with the 145-33 record, the Pointers have achieved some amazing statistical feats, leading NCAA Division III in both free-throw percentage and fewest turnovers per game in two of Semling’s first three seasons. UW-Stevens Point set an NCAA Division III record in 2006-07 by shoot ing 82.3 percent after leading the country at 79.2 percent in 2005-06. UW-Stevens Point was the only schools among 1,187 NCAA and NAIA programs to shoot better than 80.1 percent at the free-throw line. The Pointers also averaged just 10.2 turnovers per game in 2007-08 (third in the nation) and committed just 8.5 turnovers per game the previous season. The Pointers also had a NCAA Division III best 1.54 assist-toturnover ratio.
from Jack Bennett and guided a relatively fresh group of players back near the top of the WIAC standings with a third-place league finish and 17-10 overall record. Semling is actually in his second stint with the Pointers’ coaching staff, sandwiching both tenures around eight years at the Division I level. Semling was an assistant coach at UW-Stevens Point under Bob Parker from 1988-95 as the Pointers posted a 127-63 record, including a 27-2 mark in 1991-92. During Semling’s first tenure at UW-Stevens Point, the Pointers won two conference championships and made two NAIA national tournament appearances. He then spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at UW-Green Bay and one year as the Director of Basketball Operations at New Mexico before returning to UW-Stevens Point for the 2003-04 season. While at UW-Green Bay, Semling helped the Phoenix to a Mid-Continent Conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance in his first season. A Merrill, Wis., native, Semling was a threeyear starter at quarterback at UW-Eau Claire from 1977-79. As a student at UWEC, he assisted with Ken Anderson and the men’s basketball team, making NAIA Final Four appearances in each of his final two seasons. Semling then spent one season as an assistant at Park Falls High School and assisted former Pointers’ coach Jack Bennett for two seasons at Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln High School, reaching the state tournament with both schools. Semling was the head coach at Wausau West High School for three seasons from 1985-88, winning back-to-back regional championships in his final two seasons prior to coming to UW-Stevens Point. He and his wife, Kathy, have three children, Jenna, Kreg and Lauryn.
Having served as an assistant coach with the Pointers’ back-to-back NCAA Division III championship teams in 2003-04 and 200405, Semling took over the reins in 2005-06
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