Buzz Peterson

Buzz Peterson
Peterson in 2012
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Team	UNC Wilmington
Biographical details
Born	(1963-05-17) May 17, 1963 Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Playing career
1981–1985	North Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989 1989–1990 1990–1993 1993–1996 1996–2000 2000–2001 2001–2005 2005–2007 2009–2010 2010–present	Appalachian State (Asst.) East Tenn. State (Asst.) NC State (Asst.) Vanderbilt (Asst.) Appalachian State Tulsa Tennessee Coastal Carolina Appalachian State UNC Wilmington
Head coaching record
Overall	225–147
Accomplishments and honors
Championships NIT Tournament Championship (2001) Southern Conference Tournament Championship (2000) Southern Conference Regular Season Championship (1998, 1999, 2000) Southern Conference North Division Championship (2010)
Awards Southern Conference Coach of the Year (1998, 2000)

Robert Bower "Buzz" Peterson, Jr. (born May 17, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team. Peterson was the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team for four years before being fired in 2005. He previously coached a second stint at Appalachian State—he coached the 2009–10 Mountaineers, as well as the 1996 to 2000 squads. Previously, he was the men's basketball head coach at the University of Tulsa and at Coastal Carolina University, a position he held until mid-2007, when he left the program to be executive (Director of Player Personnel) with the Charlotte Bobcats of the NBA.

Peterson, a standout at Asheville High School who was named the 1981 high school player of the year in North Carolina, played basketball for Dean Smith at North Carolina where he was a roommate of Michael Jordan, who later was best man at Peterson's wedding. He was a member of the Tar Heels team that won the 1982 national championship.

In his first stint as head coach at Appalachian State, he led the Mountaineers to the Southern Conference Tournament Championship during the 1999–2000 season. During his single season at Tulsa, 2000–01, Peterson led the Golden Hurricane to their second NIT championship.

Basketball head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (1996–2000)
1996–1997	Appalachian State	14–14	8–6	3rd (North)
1997–1998	Appalachian State	21–8	13–2	T–1st (North)
1998–1999	Appalachian State	21–8	13–3	1st (North)
1999–2000	Appalachian State	23–9	13–3	1st (North)	NCAA 1st Round
Appalachian State:		79–39	47–14
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Western Athletic Conference) (2000–2001)
2000–2001	Tulsa	26–11	10–6		NIT Champions
Tulsa:		26–11	10–6
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (2001–2005)
2001–2002	Tennessee	15–16	7–9
2002–2003	Tennessee	17–12	9–7		NIT 1st Round
2003–2004	Tennessee	15–14	7–9		NIT 1st Round
2004–2005	Tennessee	14–17	6–10
Tennessee:		61–59	29–35
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (Big South Conference) (2005–2007)
2005–2006	Coastal Carolina	20–10	12–4
2006–2007	Coastal Carolina	15–15	7–7
Coastal Carolina:		35–25	19–11
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Southern Conference) (2009–2010)
2009–2010	Appalachian State	24–13	13–5	1st (North)	CIT Semifinals
Appalachian State:		103–52	60–19
UNC Wilmington Seahawks (Colonial Athletic Association) (2010–present)
2010–2011	UNC Wilmington	13–17	7–11	8th
2011–2012	UNC Wilmington	10–20	5–13	T-8th
2012–2013	UNC Wilmington	10–20	5–13	9th
UNC Wilmington:		33–57	17–37
Total:		258–204
National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion       Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

External links

• Official Site
• Buzz Peterson Foundation