Ernest Franklin Zeigler II (born January 31, 1966) is an American

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coach, currently an assistant at the

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.Nebraska Cornhuskers hire Ernie Zeigler as assistant coach
/ref> He spent the previous eight seasons as an assistant coach at

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, and prior to that was the men's head coach at Central Michigan University. He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from

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in 1994. He played collegiately at

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(1984–86),

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(1986–87) and

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(1987–88). Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on

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's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA. Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him. Trey transferred to

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Central Michigan Chippewas transfer Trey Zeigler chooses Pittsburgh Panthers - ESPN
/ref> after his father was fired.

Head coaching record

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