Robert McCullum

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|6|20}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Birmingham–Southern College ('76)

| player_years1 = 1972–1974

| player_team1 = Seminole Junior College

| coach_years1 = 1976–1978

| coach_team1 = Council Junior HS

| coach_years2 = 1978–1982

| coach_team2 = Ramsay HS (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1983

| coach_team3 = South Alabama (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1984

| coach_team4 = Samford (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1985–1987

| coach_team5 = South Alabama (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1988–1989

| coach_team6 = Southern Illinois (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 1990

| coach_team7 = Kansas State (assistant)

| coach_years8 = 1991–1996

| coach_team8 = Florida (assistant)

| coach_years9 = 1996–2000

| coach_team9 = Illinois (assistant)

| coach_years10 = 2000–2003

| coach_team10 = Western Michigan

| coach_years11 = 2003–2007

| coach_team11 = South Florida

| coach_years12 = 2007–2008

| coach_team12 = San Francisco (assistant)

| coach_years13 = 2009–2010

| coach_team13 = UCF (assistant)

| coach_years14 = 2010–2011

| coach_team14 = Georgia Tech (assistant)

| coach_years15 = 2011–2012

| coach_team15 = Guangzhou Long-Lions (assistant)

| coach_years16 = 2014–2017

| coach_team16 = Oregon (assistant)

| coach_years17 = 2017–2024

| coach_team17 = Florida A&M

| overall_record = {{winpct|151|254|record=y}} (college)

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| tournament_record = 0–1 (NIT)

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| awards = MEAC Coach of the Year (2021)

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Robert L. McCullum (born June 20, 1954)U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American men's college basketball coach who was most recently the head men's basketball coach at Florida A&M. He previously served as the head coach of the Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team and the University of South Florida (USF) Bulls men's basketball team.[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/m/mcculro01.html Robert McCullum]. sports-reference.com He is a native of Birmingham, Alabama.[https://archive.today/20130122233817/http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mccullum_robert00.html FIGHTINGILLINI.COM - Robert McCullum Profile]

Coaching career

McCullum got his start in coaching in the high school ranks before taking his first college coaching job at South Alabama in 1983. After a one-year stint with the Jaguars, McCullum moved on to Samford for the 1984 season before returning to South Alabama, where he stayed as an assistant until 1987. He then joined the staff at Southern Illinois from 1988 to 1989 before becoming an assistant coach under Lon Kruger at Kansas State in 1990. McCullum followed Kruger to Florida where he was an assistant from 1991 to 1996, and once more worked under Kruger at Illinois from 1996 to 2000.

In 2000, McCullum was named the head coach at Western Michigan where he compiled a 44–45 record in three seasons, including a berth in the 2003 NIT.

McCullum was hired as the head men's basketball coach at South Florida on April 18, 2003, by athletic director Lee Roy Selmon.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=1540690 New hire eager to take South Florida places - Men's College Basketball - ESPN] In four seasons, McCullum was 40–76, and was fired after the 2006–07 season on March 9, 2007.[https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2793417 McCollum [sic] fired after 4 seasons at South Florida - Men's College Basketball - ESPN]

After South Florida, McCullum coached the Nigerian men's national basketball team where he led the team to a 4–1 record at the All-Africa Games.{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_ucf/2009/07/ucf-officially-hires-for-usf-head-coach-to-join-mens-basketball-staff.html |title=UCF officially hires former USF head coach to join men's basketball staff – Knights Notepad – Orlando Sentinel |access-date=2012-03-12 |archive-date=2011-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301024234/http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_ucf/2009/07/ucf-officially-hires-for-usf-head-coach-to-join-mens-basketball-staff.html |url-status=dead }} Following his coaching with Nigeria, McCullum joined the staff at San Francisco for one season before moving on to be an assistant coach at UCF under Kirk Speraw.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120913072810/http://www.ucfathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mccullum_robert00.html Player Bio: Robert McCullum - UCF Knights - Official Athletics Site]}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/2007/12/mccullum-back-i.html |title=McCullum back in coaching at San Francisco {{!}} University of South Florida Bulls blog: USF Sports Bulletin |access-date=2012-03-12 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924113322/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/2007/12/mccullum-back-i.html |url-status=dead }}[http://www.usfdons.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/mccullum_robert00.html USF Dons]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/former-usf-coach-mccullum-joins-ucf-staff |title=Former USF coach McCullum joins UCF staff {{!}} University of South Florida Bulls blog: USF Sports Bulletin |access-date=2012-03-12 |archive-date=2015-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610222741/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/content/former-usf-coach-mccullum-joins-ucf-staff |url-status=dead }}

In 2010, McCullum became an assistant coach for the Georgia Tech men's basketball team under head coach Paul Hewitt.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/acc/2010-06-15-robert-mccullum_N.htm Jackets add former USF head coach Robert McCullum to staff - USATODAY.com] After Hewitt was fired, McCullum was not retained and became an assistant for the Guangzhou Long-Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association before joining Dana Altman's staff at Oregon as an assistant coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.goducks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1535&path=mbball |title=GoDucks.com {{!}} The University of Oregon Official Athletics |website=www.goducks.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214211719/http://www.goducks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1535&path=mbball |archive-date=2017-02-14}}

McCullum was named head coach at Florida A&M on May 16, 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.tallahassee.com/story/sports/college/famu/2017/05/16/robert-mccullum-introduced-famus-new-basketball-coach/101752642/|title=Robert McCullum introduced as FAMU's new basketball coach|newspaper=Tallahassee Democrat|first=Jordan|last=Culver|date=May 16, 2017|accessdate=May 16, 2017}}

Head coaching record

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| name = Western Michigan Broncos

| conference = Mid-American Conference

| startyear = 2000

| endyear = 2003

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2000–01

| name = Western Michigan

| overall = 7–21

| conference = 7–11

| confstanding = 4th (West)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2001–02

| name = Western Michigan

| overall = 17–13

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 3rd (West)

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2002–03

| name = Western Michigan

| overall = 20–11

| conference = 10–8

| confstanding = 3rd (West)

| postseason = NIT First Round

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Western Michigan

| overall = {{winpct|44|45|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|27|27|record=y}}

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| name = South Florida Bulls

| conference = Conference USA

| startyear = 2003

| endyear = 2005

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2003–04

| name = South Florida

| overall = 7–20

| conference = 1–15

| confstanding = 14th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2004–05

| name = South Florida

| overall = 14–16

| conference = 5–11

| confstanding = 11th

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| name = South Florida Bulls

| conference = Big East Conference

| startyear = 2005

| endyear = 2007

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| season = 2005–06

| name = South Florida

| overall = 7–22

| conference = 1–15

| confstanding = 16th

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| season = 2006–07

| name = South Florida

| overall = 12–18

| conference = 3–13

| confstanding = 14th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = South Florida

| overall = {{winpct|40|76|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|10|54|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Florida A&M Rattlers

| conference = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2017

| endyear = 2021

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2017–18

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 9–25

| conference = 7–9

| confstanding = T–7th

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| season = 2018–19

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 12–19

| conference = 9–7

| confstanding = T–4th

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| season = 2019–20

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 12–15

| conference = 10–6

| confstanding = T–4th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

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| season = 2020–21

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 8–12

| conference = 7–5

| confstanding = 5th

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| name = Florida A&M Rattlers

| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference

| startyear = 2021

| endyear = 2024

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2021–22

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 13–17

| conference = 11–7

| confstanding = 4th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2022–23

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 7–22

| conference = 5–13

| confstanding = 11th

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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 2023–24

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = 6–23

| conference = 4–14

| confstanding = 11th

| postseason =

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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Florida A&M

| overall = {{winpct|67|133|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|53|61|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|151|254|record=y}}

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References

External links

[https://gousfbulls.com/staff-directory/robert-mccullum/110 South Florida Bulls profile]
[https://ucfknights.com/staff/robert-mccullum UCF Knights profile]
[https://ramblinwreck.com/coach/robert-mccullum/ Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets profile]
[https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/robert-mccullum/1683 Oregon Ducks profile]
[https://famuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/robert-mccullum/549 Florida A&M Rattlers profile]

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