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Karl Hobbs Biography
Karl Hobbs is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 7, 1961 in Roxbury, United States. Karl Bernard Hobbs II (born on August 7 1961) is an American college basketball coach of men who is currently the assistant director of basketball at Rutgers University. He was the former director of the George Washington University Colonials men’s basketball team. In his time the Colonials were winners of the championships of two Atlantic 10 Conference championships and had the three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2005-07. Hobbs is well-known for his energetic, fast-paced coaching style.
On May 7th, 2001, Hobbs was named head coach at George Washington University after previous coach Tom Penders resigned following a failure to achieve success and several scandals at Foggy Bottom. Penders claimed that his resignation was due to the fact that, after more than 30 years as a coach the team, the time seemed like “time for a sabbatical,” and claimed that the decision was not connected to issue of off-court matters.
Two of Hobbs’s players at George Washington played in the NBA and a third was drafted in the second round in 2006. They are: Pops Mensah-Bonsu, Mike Hall and J. R. Pinnock. Yet, after making it to the NCAA tournament the following season, Hobbs’s squad missed the A-10 tournament for two consecutive years leading fans to call for his firing.
Hobbs won his first Atlantic 10 Conference Championship in 2005, the first in GW history, and then added the second in 2007 in Atlantic City. On January 3, 2007 he achieved his 100th win at the Smith Center over Fordham.
During Hobbs’s 14 time as an assistant coach, Hobbs was part of coaching teams that participated in eight NCAA Tournaments as well as 2 NIT appearances. Furthermore, UConn made five Sweet Sixteen appearances during his tenure, and also took home an 1998-1999 National Championship.
| Name | Karl Hobbs |
| First Name | Karl |
| Last Name | Hobbs |
| Occupation | Basketball Player |
| Birthday | August 7 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Home Town | Roxbury |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Leo |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
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To start the 2009-10 season, Hobbs brought in a 6-player recruiting class in which (as of December 21, 2009) four players average at least 15 minutes per game. He also added former Michigan Head Coach Brian Ellerbe to his staff to replace Darrell Brooks, who left to become the head coach at Bowie State University. Hobbs has led his team to an 11-4 record to start the season, prompting local media to note that Hobbs’ team re-energized the campus and kick-started its rebuilding process. The Colonials finished the season with a winning season for the first time in three years, and Hobbs had two players receive conference postseason honors for the first time in three years as well. Freshman Lasan Kromah was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team and Senior Damian Hollis was named an Atlantic 10 Honorable Mention.
Karl Hobbs Net Worth
Karl Hobbs is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Karl Hobbs's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Karl Hobbs was born and was raised within Roxbury, Massachusetts, a neighborhood in Boston. Hobbs began his basketball career in Burke High School before he moved onto Cambridge Rindge and Latin School following a controversial move that saw Burke head coach Joe Day accused Cambridge coach Mike Jarvis of illegally recruiting Hobbs. In Cambridge, Hobbs played point guard with the the future NBA player Patrick Ewing. They took home the Massachusetts State High School title and Hobbs was named Massachusetts Schoolboy Player of the Year during in the season 1979-1980. After high school Hobbs, who measured 5’8″ Hobbs attended the University of Connecticut playing basketball under Coach Dom Perno and setting a school record (since-broken) with 534 career assists, an amount that is currently fourth in the history of the school. Hobbs played for the Rhode Island Gulls of the USBL in July 1985 , before going back to Connecticut and completing his bachelor in Science qualification in the field of family research during the summer of 1986.
Hobbs joined the Jarvis’s team in the role of assistant coach for Boston University in 1988 and continued as an assistant until 1993. He then became a part of Jim Calhoun as an assistant at UConn and remained there from 1993 to 2001. At this point he was employed at both schools to assist in the development and training of their guards, and also honed his recruitment skills. In the event that Dave Leitao left Calhoun’s staff to become the head coach of Northeastern University, Hobbs was promoted to the position of the best recruiter. Hobbs is acknowledged as the person who recruited Richard Hamilton, Caron Butler and Khalid El-Amin to UConn, in addition to others. Hobbs played a key role in the growth of Ray Allen, who still praises him for the development of his incredibly strong shot.
During this time, it was natural for Hobbs’s name to begin popping up for head coaching vacancies. Some of the various schools at which he was a candidate were the University of New Hampshire, Fordham University, Tulane University, American University, the University of Hartford, the University of Delaware, the University of Miami, Siena College and Drexel University before he finally accepted an offer to become the head coach at George Washington University in May 2001.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Basketball Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
On April 25, 2011, it was announced that George Washington had released Hobbs from his contract. Officials stated that “The university determined that now is the time for new leadership of GW’s men’s basketball team”
After the retirement of Jim Calhoun, new Head Coach Kevin Ollie tapped Hobbs as an assistant coach in July 2012. Hobbs and fellow assistant Glenn Miller were assistant coaches when Ollie was a player. In 2014, UConn defeated Kentucky for the national championship, Hobbs’ second on the Connecticut staff.
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
The turnaround in victories coincided with an increased presence for Coach Hobbs in communication with fans and on television. Hobbs partnered with local television personality Ron Harris for The Karl Hobbs Show which aired on MASN through the 2009-10 basketball season.
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Karl Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Karl Hobbs celebrates birthday on August 7 of every year.
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