Brian Hammel (born March 23, 1953) is an American college basketball former coach. He became the head coach at

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in 1991,Baker, Chris
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'', May 7, 1991. Retrieved on May 1, 2013. coaching the team for over nine years before resigning midway through the 2000–2001 season because of exhaustion. The Huskies qualified for the NCAA tournament once in Hammel's tenure, reaching the 1996 event before losing in the first round to

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. Prior to assuming the Northern Illinois job, Hammel had served as an assistant to

George Raveling George Henry Raveling (born June 27, 1937) is an American former college basketball player and coach. He played at Villanova University, and was the head coach at Washington State University the University of Iowa and the University of Southern ...

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from 1984 to 1986. He then moved with Raveling to

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and worked as an assistant coach from 1986 to 1991, taking an important role in the team's recruiting activities. Hammel currently is the president of the Northridge Hospital Foundation, a position he has held since 2002."Dignity Health web site."
Retrieved on October 6, 2016.

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