{{short description|American college basketball coach (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Ernie Zeigler | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Assistant coach | current_team = Nebraska | current_conference = Big Ten Conference | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|31}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1984–1986 | player_team1 = Schoolcraft | player_years2 = 1986–1987 | player_team2 = Armstrong Atlantic State | player_years3 = 1987–1988 | player_team3 = Northwood | coach_years1 = 1990–1996 | coach_team1 = Cody HS (asst.) | coach_years2 = 1996–1997 | coach_team2 = Henan Wildcats | coach_years3 = 1997–1999 | coach_team3 = Al-Halil | coach_years4 = 1999–2000 | coach_team4 = Kansas State (asst.) | coach_years5 = 2000–2001 | coach_team5 = Bowling Green (asst.) | coach_years6 = 2001–2003 | coach_team6 = Pittsburgh (asst.) | coach_years7 = 2003–2006 | coach_team7 = UCLA (asst.) | coach_years8 = 2006–2012 | coach_team8 = Central Michigan | coach_years9 = 2013–2015 | coach_team9 = Detroit (asst.) | coach_years10 = 2015–2022 | coach_team10 = Mississippi State (asst.) | overall_record = 75–111 ({{Winning percentage|75|111}}) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = | coach_team11 = Nebraska (asst.) | coach_years11 = 2022–present }}
'''Ernest Franklin Zeigler II''' (born January 31, 1966) is an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.<ref name="NEB">{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Kevin |date=2022-08-15 |title=Nebraska Cornhuskers hire Ernie Zeigler as assistant coach |url=https://www.cornnation.com/2022/8/15/23307137 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Corn Nation |language=en}}</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 Central Michigan University.<ref name=firing>{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/central-michigan-fires-coach-ernie-163219075--ncaab.html |title=Central Michigan fires coach Ernie Zeigler - Yahoo! Sports |access-date=2017-01-14 |archive-date=2012-03-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319124551/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/central-michigan-fires-coach-ernie-163219075--ncaab.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He received a Bachelor's in Business Management from Cleary College in 1994. He played collegiately at Schoolcraft College (1984–86), Armstrong Atlantic State University (1986–87) and Northwood University (1987–88).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=521894 |title=Ernie Zeigler - CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics |access-date=2010-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929081843/http://www.cmuchippewas.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10500&ATCLID=521894 |archive-date=2011-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Zeigler has also coached in China, Saudi Arabia, at Kansas State, Bowling Green and at Detroit Cody High School before serving on Ben Howland's staff at Pittsburgh and at UCLA.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 29, 2006 |title=UCLA assistant Zeigler to coach Central Michigan |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=2504422 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Zeigler left UCLA to take on the head coaching job at Central Michigan where his son, Trey Zeigler, played for him.<ref name=firing/> Trey transferred to Pittsburgh<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Katz |date=April 7, 2012 |title=Trey Zeigler chooses to go to Pitt |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7786968 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> after his father was fired.
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Central Michigan | startyear = 2006 | conference = Mid-American Conference | endyear = 2012 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2006–07 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 13–18 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = 3rd (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2007–08 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 14–17 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–2nd (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = division | season = 2008–09 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 12–19 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = T–1st (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = division | season = 2009–10 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 15–15 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = 1st (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 2010–11 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 10–21 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = 3rd (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 2011–12 | name = Central Michigan | overall = 11–21 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 4th (West) | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Central Michigan | overall = 75–111 ({{Winning percentage|75|111}}) | confrecord = 43–53 ({{Winning percentage|43|53}}) }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 75–111 ({{Winning percentage|75|111}}) | poll = no | polltype = }}
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