| Ernie Zeigler | |
| Current Title: | Assistant coach |
| Current Team: | Nebraska |
| Current Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1984–1986 |
| Player Team1: | Schoolcraft |
| Player Years2: | 1986–1987 |
| Player Team2: | Armstrong Atlantic State |
| Player Years3: | 1987–1988 |
| Player Team3: | Northwood |
| Coach Years1: | 1990–1996 |
| Coach Team1: | Cody HS (asst.) |
| Coach Years2: | 1996–1997 |
| Coach Team2: | Henan Wildcats |
| Coach Years3: | 1997–1999 |
| Coach Team3: | Al-Halil |
| Coach Years4: | 1999–2000 |
| Coach Team4: | Kansas State (asst.) |
| Coach Years5: | 2000–2001 |
| Coach Team5: | Bowling Green (asst.) |
| Coach Years6: | 2001–2003 |
| Coach Team6: | Pittsburgh (asst.) |
| Coach Years7: | 2003–2006 |
| Coach Team7: | UCLA (asst.) |
| Coach Years8: | 2006–2012 |
| Coach Team8: | Central Michigan |
| Coach Years9: | 2013–2015 |
| Coach Team9: | Detroit (asst.) |
| Coach Years10: | 2015–2022 |
| Coach Team10: | Mississippi State (asst.) |
| Overall Record: | 80–105 |
| Coach Team11: | Nebraska (asst.) |
| Coach Years11: | 2022–present |
Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska.[1] He spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi State, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University.[2] He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).[3]
Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA.[4] Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him.[2] Trey transferred[5] to Pittsburgh[6] after his father was fired.