Derek Kellogg

Quick Facts

Full Name	Derek Kellogg
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Jun 20, 1973(1973-06-20)
Age	51
Birthplace	Springfield
Country	United States
Birth City	Massachusetts
Horoscope	Gemini

Derek Kellogg Biography

Derek Kellogg is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on June 20, 1973 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. He began his basketball coach career with George Mason as an assistant before becoming his University of Massachusetts’ head coach in the year 2008.

John Calipari was his coach at Massachusetts. was his coach at Massachusetts.

Kellogg attended Cathedral High School in Springfield and the University of Massachusetts. He played point guard for the UMass Minutemen from 1991 to 1995 with Marcus Camby, Mike Williams and Lou Roe. Kellogg played on four Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament championship teams. During that span, the Minutemen were just the second team in NCAA history to win four straight outright season and tournament championships. Coached by John Calipari, UMass was 111–24 during Kellogg’s career there. He was named captain in both his junior and senior years.

Kellogg began his coaching career at George Mason University where he was an assistant for two seasons (1997–99). He then moved to Youngstown State for the 1999–2000 season. From 2000 to 2008, Kellogg was assistant coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Memphis, under John Calipari.

The place where he was raised is Springfield, Massachusetts.

Derek Kellogg Net Worth

Derek Kellogg is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Derek Kellogg 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The point guard was in the University of Massachusetts.

Between 2000 and 2008, he worked as an assistant coach from 2000-2008 at Memphis.

Derek Wolfgang Kellogg (born June 20, 1973) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men’s basketball coach at Long Island University (LIU). Kellogg first arrived at the university in 2017, when he was named head coach of the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, which represented the school’s Brooklyn campus. He was named head coach of the current LIU team upon its formation in July 2019 when LIU merged the Brooklyn athletic program with that of its Post campus, creating a new program that now competes as the LIU Sharks. Before arriving at LIU Brooklyn, Kellogg was head coach of the men’s basketball team at his alma mater, the University of Massachusetts, being named to the position on April 23, 2008, replacing Travis Ford, who left to take the head coaching job at Oklahoma State University. He was removed from the position on March 9, 2017.

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The two seasons following the NCAA bid have been disappointing for UMass with 17–15 and 14–18 records, respectively. The 2014–20 squad dropped 6 of their final seven games and missed out on any post-season and The 2015–2016 season featured a seven-game losing streak marked by double digit losses and second half collapses. Three of those losses come at home in front of a less than half-filled Mullins Center. Overall attendance at Mullins dropped to less than 50% capacity for the season. There is some hope that these recent struggles will reverse as Kellogg and his staff have landed a nationally ranked recruiting class for the 2016–2017.

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Derek Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Derek Kellogg celebrates birthday on June 20 of every year.

In Kellogg’s first year as head coach, the UMass Minutemen finished with a 12–18 record. Though disappointing, the season featured wins over three teams that would reach the NCAA Tournament: Kansas, Dayton and Temple. UMass also nearly upset Xavier, who also made the NCAA Tournament.