Brian Hersholt Ellerbe (born September 1, 1963) is an American

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coach. The

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native served as head men's basketball coach at Loyola College in Maryland—now known as

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—from 1994 to 1997 and the

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from 1997 to 2001.

Career

Ellerbe attended Bowie High School in

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. He was a four-year starter at

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from 1981 to 1985. Ellerbe played in the backcourt at Rutgers with John Battle for Tom Young. Ellerbe served as a graduate assistant at Rutgers in the 1985–86 season, before becoming an assistant coach at

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for two seasons. In the 1988–89 season, Ellerbe was an assistant coach at

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, then at

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the next season. From 1990 to 1994, Ellerbe was an assistant at

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. Ellerbe became head coach at

in 1994. In three seasons, Ellerbe turned the team from 9–18 to 13–14. From 1997 to 2001, Ellerbe was head coach at the

. Ellerbe led Michigan to an appearance in the 1998 NCAA tournament and 2000 NIT. However, all of Ellerbe's wins in his first two seasons at Michigan were later vacated as a result of the Ed Martin scandal, in which four players received money from booster Martin. Following a 10–18 season, Michigan fired Ellerbe on March 13, 2001. Ellerbe left coaching to become a consultant for youth and collegiate basketball programs. In 2005, Ellerbe became vice president for corporate development at Madison Grace Construction Services. In 2009, Ellerbe returned to basketball coaching at

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under

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. From 2010 to 2013, Ellerbe was an assistant at DePaul on the staff of

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. In 2015, Ellerbe joined

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's staff at Morgan State. In 2019, Ellerbe once again left coaching to become the athletic director at Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, D.C.).

Head coaching record

: Due to

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, a total of 36 wins were vacated: 24 wins from the 1997–98 season, including 11 Big Ten regular season wins, three wins in the Big Ten tournament, and one win in the NCAA Tournament, and 12 wins in the 1998–99 season (including five Big Ten regular season wins). Michigan's 1998 Big Ten tournament championship was also vacated. Originally, Michigan finished fourth in the Big Ten in 1997–98 and ninth in 1998–99.

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