the Bruins were blown out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. On March 25, 2013, Howland was fired by UCLA. In his 10 years with the Bruins, he had a .685 winning percentage, went to three consecutive Final Fours, and won four Pac-12 conference titles. At Howland's departure, only John Wooden had coached the Bruins to more wins, or in more games. Mississippi State On March 24, 2015, Howland was hired as the 20th head coach at Mississippi State University, replacing Rick Ray. The Bulldogs were coming off three straight losing seasons and was in the midst of a six-year drought from the NCAA Tournament. In his first season, Mississippi State finished with a record of 14–17 (7–11 SEC). In the 2018–19 season, Howland led Mississippi State to a 23–11 record, and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2009. They would proceed to fall to Liberty 80–76. On March 17, 2022, Mississippi State announced that Howland had been fired. Players in the NBA Ben Howland has coached a number of players who later played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Awards 1997: Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year. 2001–02: Big East Coach of the Year. National Coach of the Year: AP, Naismith, USBWA, ESPN Magazine, and The Sporting News. USBWA District Coach of the Year. Basketball America Big East Coach of the Year. Basketball Times Big East Coach of the Year. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review City of Champions Award. 2003: Dapper Dan Award, honoring Pittsburgh's Sportsman of the Year. 2004: Howland's 1997–98 Northern Arizona club inducted into the Northern Arizona University Athletic Hall of Fame. 2005–06: Pac-10 Coach of the Year. Collegehoops.net Coach of the Year. 2016: Inducted into the Northern Arizona University Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2016. Head coaching record See also List of NCAA Division I Men's Final Four appearances by coach References . Footnotes External links Mississippi State profile 1957 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Uruguay American men's basketball coaches American men's basketball players Basketball coaches from California Basketball players from California College men's basketball head coaches in the United States Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball coaches Gonzaga University alumni Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball coaches Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball coaches People from Cerritos, California People from Goleta, California People from Lebanon, Oregon Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball coaches Point guards Santa Barbara City Vaqueros men's basketball players Sportspeople from Los