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Robert Matthew Figger (born January 22, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the UMass Minutemen. He previously served as the head coach at Austin Peay and at UT Rio Grande Valley.
Coaching career
Figger got his college coaching start at Wabash Valley in 1993 as an assistant coach, before moving on to Vincennes and Odessa College to serve as an assistant coach. Figger also had assistant coaching stops at South Alabama, and Arkansas before landing on Frank Martin's staff at Kansas State. Figger followed Martin as an assistant coach to South Carolina. Figger was a part of the Gamecocks Final Four appearance in the 2017 NCAA tournament.
On April 6, 2017, Figger was named the 12th head coach in Austin Peay history, taking over for longtime coach Dave Loos.
In March 2021, Figger left Austin Peay to become the head coach at UT Rio Grande Valley.
On May 21, 2024, Figger was officially named as an assistant coach for the UMass Minutemen under head coach Frank Martin.
Head coaching record
References
External links
South Carolina Gamecocks profile
Austin Peay Governors profile
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros profile
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