Ernie Zeigler

{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1966)}}

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| current_title = Assistant coach

| current_team = Nebraska

| current_conference = Big Ten Conference

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|31}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1984–1986

| player_team1 = Schoolcraft

| player_years2 = 1986–1987

| player_team2 = Armstrong Atlantic State

| player_years3 = 1987–1988

| player_team3 = Northwood

| coach_years1 = 1990–1996

| coach_team1 = Cody HS (asst.)

| coach_years2 = 1996–1997

| coach_team2 = Henan Wildcats

| coach_years3 = 1997–1999

| coach_team3 = Al-Halil

| coach_years4 = 1999–2000

| coach_team4 = Kansas State (asst.)

| coach_years5 = 2000–2001

| coach_team5 = Bowling Green (asst.)

| coach_years6 = 2001–2003

| coach_team6 = Pittsburgh (asst.)

| coach_years7 = 2003–2006

| coach_team7 = UCLA (asst.)

| coach_years8 = 2006–2012

| coach_team8 = Central Michigan

| coach_years9 = 2013–2015

| coach_team9 = Detroit (asst.)

| coach_years10 = 2015–2022

| coach_team10 = Mississippi State (asst.)

| overall_record = 75–111 ({{Winning percentage|75|111}})

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| coach_team11 = Nebraska (asst.)

| coach_years11 = 2022–present

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Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska.{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Kevin |date=2022-08-15 |title=Nebraska Cornhuskers hire Ernie Zeigler as assistant coach |url=https://www.cornnation.com/2022/8/15/23307137 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Corn Nation |language=en}} He spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/central-michigan-fires-coach-ernie-163219075--ncaab.html |title=Central Michigan fires coach Ernie Zeigler - Yahoo! Sports |access-date=2017-01-14 |archive-date=2012-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319124551/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/central-michigan-fires-coach-ernie-163219075--ncaab.html |url-status=dead }} 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).{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=521894 |title=Ernie Zeigler - CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics |access-date=2010-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929081843/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=521894 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web |date=June 29, 2006 |title=UCLA assistant Zeigler to coach Central Michigan |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2504422 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}} 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{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Katz |date=April 7, 2012 |title=Trey Zeigler chooses to go to Pitt |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7786968 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}} after his father was fired.