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Biography
Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born (1966-01-31)January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the Mississippi State University. He spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at University of Detroit Mercy, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University. He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).
Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA. Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him. Trey transferred to Pittsburgh after his father was fired.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (2006–2012) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Central Michigan | 13–18 | 7–9 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2007–08 | Central Michigan | 14–17 | 8–8 | T–2nd (West) | |||||
| 2008–09 | Central Michigan | 12–19 | 7–9 | T–1st (West) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Central Michigan | 15–15 | 9–7 | 1st (West) | |||||
| 2010–11 | Central Michigan | 10–21 | 7–9 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2011–12 | Central Michigan | 11–21 | 5–11 | 4th (West) | |||||
| Central Michigan: | 75–111 (.403) | 43–53 (.448) | |||||||
| Total: | 75–111 (.403) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||