Mercer Bears - Notable Coaches

Notable Coaches

  • Bill Bibb - men's basketball head coach (1974–89), compiled a record of 222-194 (the most wins in Mercer history) including three Atlantic Sun Conference championships and two NCAA Division I tournament appearances; served as commissioner of the Atlantic Sun Conference (1991-2007); namesake of the Bill Bibb Trophy awarded annually to the conference's best athletic program
  • Bill Hodges - men's basketball head coach (1991–97); before coming to Mercer, coached Larry Bird at Indiana State University and finished second in the 1979 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  • Bob Hoffman - men's basketball head coach (2008–present); Mercer won the 2011-12 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, the first Atlantic Sun Conference team to win a postseason championship
  • Bobby Lamb - football head coach (2011–present, Mercer will begin competition in 2013); before coming to Mercer, head coach at Furman University
  • Bernie Moore - football head coach (1926–28); after leaving Mercer, served as football head coach at Louisiana State University and as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference
  • Mark Slonaker - men's basketball head coach (1997-2008); named the 2002-03 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading Mercer to the best one season turnaround in NCAA history, 6-23 to 23-6
  • Claude Smith - baseball coach (1948–77), compiled a record of 405-314-2; namesake of Mercer's Claude Smith Field
  • Cy Young - baseball coach (1903–05); Mercer won the Georgia State Championship all three years (1903–05)

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