Kenneth Walter Bone (born May 21, 1958) is an American

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coach, currently the associate head coach at

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and th ...

Coaching career

Born in

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, Bone attended

Shorecrest High School Shorecrest High School is a public high school (grades 9 through 12) in Shoreline, Washington, United States, one of two high schools in the Shoreline School District. Shorecrest was founded in 1961. Its mascot is Otis the Fighting Scot and stude ...

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. His father Walt was a high school basketball coach. Ken Bone played junior college basketball at

Shoreline Community College Shoreline Community College is a public community college in Shoreline, Washington. It is located in a residential area east of Shoreview Park. The college contains over 80 acres and continuously serves 12,000 full- and part-time students. It o ...

and

Edmonds Community College Edmonds College, formerly Edmonds Community College, is a public community college in Lynnwood, Washington. More than 17,000 students annually take courses for credit toward a certificate or degree at the college. The college employs more than 1 ...

before transferring to

Seattle Pacific University Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private Christian university in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seat ...

in 1980 and playing there as a reserve guard for two years. Bone graduated from Seattle Pacific in 1983 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and later completed a master's in athletic administration from the same university in 1993. Bone was an assistant coach at Shorecrest High School and

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before returning to Seattle Pacific as an assistant coach in 1986, becoming head coach in 1990. In twelve years at Seattle Pacific, he compiled a 252–98 record and made 8 appearances in the NCAA Division II tournament, reaching the semifinals in 2000. From 2002 to 2005, Bone was an assistant coach at

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under

Lorenzo Romar Lorenzo Romar (born November 13, 1958) is an American basketball coach and former player. He is the head men's basketball coach at Pepperdine University, a position he held from 1996 to 1999 and resumed in 2018. Romar also served as the head me ...

, where he helped recruit all-time Huskies rebounding leader and former NBA player

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, who was coached by Bone's older brother, Len Bone, the

Snohomish High School Snohomish High School (SHS) is a secondary school located in the Snohomish School District, in Snohomish, Washington, United States. SHS, built for 1200 students, contains 1,689 9th–12th graders (as of 2016–17). The school serves primarily t ...

boys' basketball coach. In 2005, Ken Bone became head coach at

Portland State Portland State University (PSU) is a public research university in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans. It evolved into a four-year college over the following two decades ...

and was selected as the 2007–08

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Men's Basketball Coach of the Year after taking the Vikings to their first ever NCAA tournament. In 2009, Bone coached the Vikings to a second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. In four years with Portland State, Bone compiled a 77–49 record. In 2009, Bone accepted an offer to become the head coach at

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. He signed a 7-year contract. Bone was dismissed from the WSU Basketball program on March 18 of 2014 when Athletic Director, Bill Moos, elected to pay off the remaining two years on his seven-year contract. This was following a 2014 campaign that saw the Cougars go 10–21 overall and 3–15 in conference play. After leaving WSU, Bone spent two years as an associate head coach at

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, then joined Gonzaga as a special assistant to head coach

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for the 2016–17 season. Bone was once again hired by Lorenzo Romar, this time as associate head coach at Pepperdine on March 13, 2018. Bone has been recognized nationally as a top offensive-minded coach both as assistant and head coach. His teams at

, and

routinely ranked amongst the nation's elite in offensive efficiency.

Head coaching record

Sources for Seattle Pacific:NCAA Career Statistics
search for Ken Bone under Coach Sources for Portland State and Washington State:

References

External links

Washington State bio
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