Wes Flanigan

Wes Flanigan is an American college basketball coach and current assistant coach for the Auburn Tigers men's basketball team. He is the former head coach for the Little Rock Trojans men's basketball team.[1][2]

Wes Flanigan
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamAuburn
ConferenceSEC
Biographical details
Born (1974-04-19) April 19, 1974
Little Rock, Arkansas
Playing career
1993–1997Auburn
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2004NW Mississippi CC (asst.)
2004–2008Little Rock (asst.)
2008–2010UAB (asst.)
2010–2012Nebraska (asst.)
2012–2015Mississippi St. (asst.)
2015–2016Little Rock (asst.)
2016–2018Little Rock
2018–presentAuburn (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall22–42 (.344)

Playing career

Flanigan played at Auburn under Cliff Ellis, where he was an all-SEC selection his junior season. Flanigan finished his career second all-time in assists with 573, and scored 1,228 points, good for 22nd all-time.[3]

Coaching career

Flanigan began his coaching career with a four-year stint at Northwest Mississippi Community College as an assistant coach, before joining Little Rock as an assistant for his first go-around. He followed that up with assistant coaching stops at UAB, Nebraska, and Mississippi St. before returning to Little Rock as an assistant under Chris Beard, where he was part of the Trojans' 2016 NCAA Tournament team which defeated Purdue in the first round.[4][5]

When Beard left for the head coaching position at Texas Tech, Flanigan was elevated to the head coaching position.

In March 2018, the Trojans fired Flanigan after his second season with the team.[6] A month later, on April 16, he was hired by Bruce Pearl to be assistant at his alma mater, Auburn.[7]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Little Rock Trojans (Sun Belt) (2016–2018)
2016–17 Little Rock 15–176–1210th
2017–18 Little Rock 7–254–1412th
Little Rock: 22–42 (.344)10–26 (.278)
Total:22–42 (.344)

      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. "Little Rock Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff".
  2. "Wes Flanigan Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  3. "Wes Flanigan College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  4. "Wes Flanigan Bio - UAB Athletics Official Athletic Site".
  5. "Wes Flanigan bio".
  6. "Arkansas-Little Rock fires Wes Flanigan after team loses school-record 25 games". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  7. Crepea, James (April 16, 2018). "Former Auburn guard Wes Flanigan hired to Bruce Pearl's coaching staff". AL.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.


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