Robert McCullum - Assistant Director of Operations - Staff Directory

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Robert McCullum

Title:
Assistant Director of Operations

Now in his third season at Oregon, Robert McCullum brings more than 30 years of basketball experience to the sidelines, including head coaching posts at Western Michigan and South Florida.

In addition to his collegiate head coaching stints, McCullum also served as the Nigerian National Team head coach in 2007, which posted a 5-1 record at the All-Africa Games.

McCullum built Western Michigan into one of the best programs in the MAC during his three seasons (2000-03), leading the Broncos to 20 wins and an NIT berth in 2003. From there, he served as the head coach at South Florida (2003-07), overseeing the Bulls’ transition from Conference USA to the Big East.

At both Western Michigan and South Florida, he implemented class attendance policies and procedures that resulted in dramatic improvements in academic performance, earning both schools recognition on the conference level for highest team grade-point average and individual academic achievement. In seven seasons as a head coach, 18 of the 23 players he recruited into his programs finished their eligibility and graduated within five years.

McCullum saw two stints as an assistant at South Alabama (1982-83 and 1984-87) and one year at Samford (1983-84). He moved on to Southern Illinois from 1987-89, where he helped the Salukis to a 20-win season and the school’s first post-season bid in 11 years.

He then joined Lon Kruger’s staff at Kansas State (1989-90), where the school made an NCAA Tournament appearance in 1990, at Florida (1990-96), where the Gators made two NCAA appearances, including a run to the Final Four in 1994, and at Illinois (1996-2000), which won a Big Ten title and played in the NCAA Tournament three times. His coaching resume also includes stops at San Francisco (2007-08), Central Florida (2009-10) and Georgia Tech (2010-11).

McCullum also has had an international impact on the game. In addition to his time as Nigeria’s head coach, he was an assistant for the Forshan Long Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (2011-12), directed the first professional player camp in Russia from 2012-13 (Revolution Basketball Camp in Kazan) and was the director of the NBA’s “Train the Trainer” program in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Birmingham, Ala., native earned his bachelor’s degree at Birmingham Southern College in 1976 and his master’s degree from Alabama State in 1980. He played two seasons at Seminole Community College in Sanford, Fla., was the team captain as a sophomore and earned his associate’s degree there in 1974. He and his wife Cheryl have two children, Richelle and Rashid.