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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1941-10-22)October 22, 1941 (age 84) Enterprise, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1960–1962 | Chipola JC |
| 1962–1964 | Stetson |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1965–1968 | Ashford HS (AL) |
| 1968–1970 | Plant HS (FL) |
| 1970–1971 | Livingston (assistant) |
| 1971–1974 | Florida Southern (assistant) |
| 1974–1978 | Southwestern Louisiana (assistant) |
| 1978–1986 | Southwestern Louisiana |
| 1986–1996 | South Florida |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 280–244 (.534)(college) |
| Tournaments | 0–4 (NCAA Division I) 8–6 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Southland regular season (1982) Southland tournament (1982) Sun Belt tournament (1990) | |
| Awards | |
| Southland Coach of the Year (1982) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1990) | |
Bobby Paschal (born October 22, 1941) is a retiredcollege basketball coach. He was head coach of theSouth Florida Bulls team from 1986 to 1996,[1] as well as theSouthwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns from 1978 to 1986.
A native ofEnterprise, Alabama, Paschal played college basketball atChipola College andStetson University in Florida. Following the close of his college career, he coached at the high school level at Ashford High School in Alabama and thenPlant High School inTampa. He then spent a year as an assistant at Livingston College (now theUniversity of West Alabama) while obtaining a master's degree before moving toFlorida Southern College. He moved to Southwestern Louisiana in 1974 and was elevated to head coach with the departure ofJim Hatfield.[2]
Over his career, Bobby Paschal was head coach of two NCAA Division I programs. He had a career won/loss record of 280-244 which included four NCAA tournament appearances and six NIT tournament appearances. One Bobby Paschal coached team reached the NIT final four. Another made an NIT elite eight appearance. In Paschal's eight years with the Ragin' Cajuns, his team's 153 wins rank fourth in the number of wins for the program. His teams ranked second in Ragin' Cajun history in winning percentage at .643 (153-85). His 1981-82 and 1982-83 teams competed in the NCAA tournament. Four of his teams competed in the NIT tournament (1979–80, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85) with the 1983-84 team reaching the tournament's final four. In addition to the 1983-84 team, his 1979-80 and 1984-85 teams reached the second round of the NIT.[3]
Paschal's overall coaching record at South Florida was 127-159 which included one conference tournament championship, two NCAA tournament appearances, and two NIT tournament appearances. Bobby Paschal's ten years at South Florida saw the Bulls compete in three conferences. As members of theSun Belt Conference from the 1986-87 season to the 1990–91 season, the Bulls competed in the program's first NCAA tournament, the1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, after winning the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship. The following year, South Florida's last season in the Sun Belt, the Bulls returned to post season play competing in the 1991 National Invitation Tournament. The following year, as a new member of theMetro Conference, the Paschal coached Bulls received an at large bid to the1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. At the end of the 1994-95 season, the Bulls's last season as a Metro Conference member, the Bobby Paschal coached team returned to the NIT advancing to the tournament's second round. The next season saw a new conference as well as a new conference for the Bulls following the merger of the Metro Conference and theGreat Midwest Conference. That season also marked the final season for Bobby Paschal as a head coach. He remained at the university an additional eight years. In 2013, Bobby Paschal was named to theSouth Florida Bulls Hall of Fame.[4][5]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns(Southland Conference)(1978–1982) | |||||||||
| 1978–79 | Southwestern Louisiana | 16–11 | 6–4 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1979–80 | Southwestern Louisiana | 21–9 | 5–5 | T–2nd | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 1980–81 | Southwestern Louisiana | 15–13 | 6–4 | 4th | |||||
| 1981–82 | Southwestern Louisiana | 24–8 | 8–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns(NCAA Division I Independent)(1982–1986) | |||||||||
| 1982–83 | Southwestern Louisiana | 22–7 | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||||
| 1983–84 | Southwestern Louisiana | 23–10 | NIT Fourth Place | ||||||
| 1984–85 | Southwestern Louisiana | 17–14 | NIT Second Round | ||||||
| 1985–86 | Southwestern Louisiana | 15–13 | |||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana: | 153–85 (.643) | 25–15 (.625) | |||||||
| South Florida Bulls(Sun Belt Conference)(1986–1991) | |||||||||
| 1986–87 | South Florida | 8–20 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1987–88 | South Florida | 6–22 | 3–11 | 7th | |||||
| 1988–89 | South Florida | 7–21 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| 1989–90 | South Florida | 20–11 | 9–5 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1990–91 | South Florida | 19–11 | 8–6 | T–3rd | NIT First Round | ||||
| South Florida Bulls(Metro Conference)(1991–1995) | |||||||||
| 1991–92 | South Florida | 19–10 | 7–5 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I First Round | ||||
| 1992–93 | South Florida | 8–19 | 2–10 | 6th | |||||
| 1993–94 | South Florida | 10–17 | 2–10 | 7th | |||||
| 1994–95 | South Florida | 18–12 | 5–7 | 6th | NIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| South Florida Bulls(Conference USA)(1995–1996) | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | South Florida | 12–16 | 2–12 | 4th(Red) | |||||
| South Florida: | 127–159 (.444) | 43–89 (.326) | |||||||
| Total: | 280–244 (.534) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||
