| Tim Buckley | |
| Current Title: | Assistant Coach |
| Current Team: | Cincinnati |
| Current Conference: | Big 12 |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |
| Player Years1: | 1982–1984 |
| Player Team1: | Waubonsee CC |
| Player Years2: | 1984–1986 |
| Player Team2: | Bemidji State |
| Coach Years1: | 1986–1988 |
| Coach Team1: | Bemidji State (assistant) |
| Coach Years2: | 1988–1989 |
| Coach Team2: | Rockford (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1989–1993 |
| Coach Team3: | Rockford |
| Coach Years4: | 1993–1994 |
| Coach Team4: | Wisconsin (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1994–1999 |
| Coach Team5: | Ball State (assistant) |
| Coach Years6: | 1999–2000 |
| Coach Team6: | Marquette (assistant) |
| Coach Years7: | 2000–2006 |
| Coach Team7: | Ball State |
| Coach Years8: | 2006–2007 |
| Coach Team8: | Iowa (assistant) |
| Coach Years9: | 2007–2008 |
| Coach Team9: | Marquette (assistant) |
| Coach Years10: | 2008–2017 |
| Coach Team10: | Indiana (associate HC) |
| Coach Years11: | 2019–2022 |
| Coach Team11: | UNLV (assistant) |
| Coach Years12: | 2022–2024 |
| Coach Team12: | South Carolina (assistant) |
| Coach Years13: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team13: | Cincinnati (assistant) |
| Overall Record: | 143–139 |
| Tournament Record: | 3–1 (NIT) |
Tim Buckley (born September 10, 1963) is an American college basketball coach who currently serves as an assistant coach under Wes Miller at Cincinnati.[1]
Buckley was the head men's basketball coach at Ball State University from 2000 to 2006. He is best known for leading the Cardinals to upset wins over #3 Kansas and #4 UCLA during the 2001 Maui Invitational. Buckley was an assistant coach at the University of Iowa under Steve Alford, who left the Hawkeyes to take the head coaching job at the New Mexico Lobos. Buckley was an assistant coach at Marquette University where he is reunited with former Ball State player and 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year Maurice Acker, who transferred after Buckley was fired. Most recently Buckley spent the last 9 seasons serving as the top assistant and associate head coach for Tom Crean at Indiana University.
Buckley has also served as an assistant coach at Bemidji State (1986–88), Rockford College (1988–89, head coach 1989–93), Wisconsin (1993–94), Ball State (1994–99), Marquette (1999–2000), Iowa (2006–07), back to Marquette (2007–08), and at Indiana University (2008–2017).
Tim graduated from Aurora Central Catholic High School (Aurora, Illinois) in 1981 and went on to play two seasons at Waubonsee Community College before transferring to Bemidji State. He graduated with a B.S. in communications from the latter in 1986, and also received an M.S. in Admin. of Physical Education in 1988. He is married to Shannon and has one daughter, Meredith.