Brad Bigler

Brad Bigler is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs.[1]

Brad Bigler
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamSouthwest Minnesota State
ConferenceNSIC
Record189-149
Playing career
1997-2002SMSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002-03Lakeview High (women's)
2003-05SMSU (GA)
2005-09SMSU (assistant)
2009-presentSMSU
Head coaching record
Overall189-149
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NSIC Tournament (2012, 2017)
2 NSIC South Division (2017, 2018)
Awards
2x NSIC Coach of the Year (2013, 2017)

Bigler is a native of Fort Madison, Iowa. From 1997 to 2002, he was a member of the Southwest Minnesota State basketball team. He finished with 286 career assists, which is currently the seventh most in school history. He also helped the Mustangs accumulate a record of 83-36 and win the North Central Region championship in 2001.

After his playing days were done, Bigler began his coaching career as the head women's basketball coach at Lakeview High School in Cottonwood, Minnesota. He coached there for one year.[2]

In 2003, he went back to Southwest Minnesota State as a graduate assistant. In 2005, he was hired as a full time assistant. During his years an assistant, the Mustangs won a NSIC conference championship and an NCAA regional championship.

In 2009, Bigler was hired as the head coach of Southwest Minnesota State. In his first season, the Mustangs went 17-12 (10-10 conference) and finished 6th in the conference. In 2012, they won the NSIC Tournament for the first time in school history.[3] In 2017, the Mustangs won their second ever NSIC Tournament championship[4] advanced to the regional championship game before losing to eventual national champion Northwest Missouri State. During the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, the Mustangs won back-to-back NSIC South Division championships.

Head Coaching Record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Southwest Minnesota State (NSIC) (2009–present)
2009-10 SMSU 17-1210-106th
2010-11 SMSU 12-149-138th
2011-12 SMSU 19-1115-72ndNCAA DII First Round
2012-13 SMSU 16-1413-97th
2013-14 SMSU 19-1214-86th
2014-15 SMSU 12-178-1411th
2015-16 SMSU 13-159-1313th
2016-17 SMSU 28-617-52ndNCAA DII Regional Final
2017-18 SMSU 25-917-52ndNCAA DII Regional Semifinal
2018-19 SMSU 18-1410-129th
2019-20 SMSU 8-215-1715th
2020-21 SMSU 2-40-2
Southwest Minnesota State: 189–149 (.559)128–115 (.527)
Total:189–149 (.559)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Brad Bigler". SMSU Athletics. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. Faulkner, Chris (9 June 2017). "FMHS grad Brad Bigler enjoys success as college coach". Fort Madison Daily Democrat. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. "Mustangs Win NSIC Tournament Championship! West Named Tournament MVP". SMSU Athletics. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. "SMSU Wins NSIC/Sanford Health Men's Basketball Tournament". NSIC. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2020.


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