Bob Gaillard Explained

Bob Gaillard
Birth Date:23 October 1940
Birth Place:Contra Costa County, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1959–1962
Player Team1:San Francisco
Coach Years1:1968–1970
Coach Team1:San Francisco (assistant)
Coach Years2:1970–1978
Coach Team2:San Francisco
Coach Years3:1989–2011
Coach Team3:Lewis & Clark
Admin Years1:1971–1978
Admin Team1:San Francisco
Overall Record:530–288
Tournament Record:4–5 (NCAA University Division / Division I)
0–1 (NIT)
7–5 (NAIA Division II)
5–3 (NCAA Division III)
Championships:5 WCAC regular season (1972–1974, 1977, 1978)
5 NWC regular season (1994, 1995, 2000, 2002, 2007)
Awards:AP Coach of the Year (1977)
UPI Coach of the Year (1977)
WCAC Coach of the Year (1972, 1977)
NWC Coach of the Year (1994, 1998, 2000)

Robert Louis Gaillard[1] (born October 23, 1940) is an American former college basketball coach and businessman. He coached the San Francisco Dons as an assistant beginning in 1968, and became head coach in the 1970–71 season. Under Gaillard, the Dons finished 29–2 in the 1976–77 season, which saw them ranked number one in the nation for much of the year. In 1977 he was recognized as the Associated Press College Basketball Coach of the Year.

After leaving San Francisco, Gaillard worked for several years in the private sector, becoming director of sales and advertising for the San Francisco Giants in 1981.

He was the men's basketball head coach at Lewis & Clark College from 1989 to 2011. He was succeeded by Dinari Foreman. The Pioneers gave Gaillard his 500th career victory in 2009.

He is a 1958 graduate of Harry Ells High School in Richmond, California.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Louis Gaillard was born on October 23, 1940 in Contra Costa County, California. californiabirthindex.org. California Birth Index. May 22, 2020.