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 Mississippi State, and prior to that was the men's head coach at

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. He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from

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in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (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

Ben Howland Benjamin Clark Howland (born May 28, 1957) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Northern Ar ...

'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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