Brian Hersholt Ellerbe is an American basketball

Basketball

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 coach, currently an assistant at DePaul

DePaul University

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.

The Seat Pleasant, Maryland

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 native served as head men's basketball coach at Loyola-Maryland

Loyola College in Maryland

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 from 1994 to 1997, and then at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

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 from 1997 to 2001, where he posted a 62-60 record. However, nearly all of Ellerbe's wins at Michigan were later vacated from official records as a result of the University of Michigan basketball scandal

University of Michigan basketball scandal

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 in which four players received money from booster Ed Martin. These infractions dated to the previous coaching staff, and Ellerbe himself was cleared of wrongdoing.

Education

Ellerbe attended Bowie High School

Bowie High School (Maryland)

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 in Bowie, Maryland

Bowie, Maryland

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. He was a four-year starter at Rutgers University

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 from 1981 to 1985.

Career

Ellerbe served as an assistant coach at Rutgers for one season before moving to Bowling Green University for 2 seasons. He got his first coaching job at George Mason University

George Mason University

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 during the 1989-90 season. The next season he coached the Gamecocks at the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

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. In 1990, he moved on to become an assistant coach at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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for 4 years.