{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1955)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Greg Kampe | image = Greg Kampe.jpg | alt = | caption = Kampe During a Game in 2009 | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Oakland | current_conference = Horizon League | current_record = {{winpct|731|570|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|9}} | birth_place = Defiance, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1974–1978 | player_team1 = Bowling Green | coach_years1 = 1978–1984 | coach_team1 = Toledo (asst.) | coach_years2 = 1984–present | coach_team2 = Oakland | overall_record = {{winpct|731|570|record=y}} | tournament_record = 2–4 (NCAA Division I)<br/>3–5 (NCAA Division II)<br/>1–1 (NIT)<br/>4–4 (CIT)<br/>2–1 (Vegas 16) | championships = * Horizon League tournament (2024) * 2 Horizon League regular season (2017, 2024) * 3 Summit League tournament (2005, 2010, 2011) * 3 Summit League regular season (2000, 2010, 2011) * 2 GLIAC regular season (1996, 1997) | awards = * 4× Summit League Coach of the Year (2000, 2007, 2010, 2011) * GLIAC Coach of the Year (1988) *Gene Bartow Award (2026) | coaching_records = }} '''Greg Charles Kampe''' ({{IPAc-en|'|k|æ|m|p|i}}; born December 9, 1955) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oakland University.<ref name="ou_bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kampe_greg00.html|title=Greg Kampe biograph|publisher=Oakland University|accessdate=July 3, 2013|archive-date=January 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126002943/http://www.ougrizzlies.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/kampe_greg00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==High school== Kampe participated in football, basketball, and track and field<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16879030/news_herald/ |title=County teams sparkle in track sectionals |newspaper=News-Herald |page=8 |date=May 13, 1974 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. As a senior, he was named to the football Class AAA defensive second team as a back.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16854701/the_piqua_daily_call/ |title=Three Lima Shawnee Players Named To Northwestern District 1st Team |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Piqua Daily Call |page=8 |date=November 20, 1973 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He was named to the basketball Class AAA All-District second team, averaging 20.8 points per game as a senior.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16854852/the_newsmessenger/ |title=Reardon, Hammye top AP district selections |newspaper=The News-Messenger |page=12 |date=March 6, 1974 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==College== Kampe attended Bowling Green State University, where he played football<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16879198/the_akron_beacon_journal/ |title=Kent, Miami Again 1–2 in MAC |first=Ray |last=Yannucci |newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal |page=13 |date=August 25, 1974 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> and basketball.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16879505/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ |title=St. Joe's Loses By 74–73 in OT |first=John |last=Dell |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |page=6-D |date=December 7, 1975 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> Kampe was a kicker, punter and cornerback<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16879436/muncie_evening_press/ |title=MAC honors Toledo and Miami Stars |newspaper=Muncie Evening Press |page=15 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 12, 1975 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> on the football team. In a 16–14 win over Southern Mississippi in 1975, Kampe broke the Mid-American Conference and BGSU record for average yards per punt with 57.5. A 77-yard punt in the game also set the BGSU record for longest punt.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16879331/daily_press/ |title=Bowling Green 16–14 |newspaper=Daily Press |page=D8 |agency=UPI |date=September 21, 1975 |accessdate=January 26, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Kampe guided the Golden Grizzlies to their first NCAA Division I tournament in 2005, winning in the opening round.<ref name="ou_bio"/>
Kampe, a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame,<ref>http://www.dailytribune.com/sports/20170610/pat-caputo-greg-kampe-has-pushed-broom-to-michigan-sports-hall-of-fame {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref> is one of nine Division I basketball coaches who have been at the same school for at least 25 seasons. Kampe won The Summit League's coach of the year four times, the most recent being in 2010 and 2011.<ref name="ou_bio"/>
Kampe won his 500th career game January 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/01/26/sports/grizzlies/doc510471a720bb2525623799.txt |title=Oakland University coach Greg Kampe picks up win No. 500 |last=Kampe |first=Paul |date=January 26, 2013 |newspaper=The Oakland Press |accessdate=July 3, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201041604/http://theoaklandpress.com/articles/2013/01/26/sports/grizzlies/doc510471a720bb2525623799.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On May 30, 2017, Kampe was one of eight new inductees announced for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in Detroit. The ceremony took place on September 15, 2017.
In the fall of 2017, Kampe was enshrined in the [https://www.bcam.org/ Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM)] Hall of Fame.<ref>[https://www.bcam.org/awards-archive/view-hall-of-fame-inductees/ View Hall of Fame Inductees – Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
On February 16, 2018, Kampe won his 600th career game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/02/16/oakland-wins-82-66-for-kampes-600-victory/110512090/|title=Oakland wins 82–66 for Kampe's 600th victory|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=February 16, 2018|accessdate=February 27, 2018}}</ref>
On March 8, 2023, Kampe became the current longest tenured men’s college basketball coach after Jim Boeheim retired after 47 years.
On March 12, 2024, Kampe led the Golden Grizzlies to a 83-76 Horizon League Tournament Championship victory over the Milwaukee Panthers. It was Oakland’s first Horizon League tournament championship. Kampe then won his first Round of 64 game in the NCAA tournament as a 14-seed over 3-seed Kentucky.
On November 4, 2024, Kampe won his 700th career game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/more-colleges/2024/11/04/its-more-for-the-players-ous-greg-kampe-reaches-700-win-milestone/76044010007/|title='I never scored a point': OU's Greg Kampe reaches 700-win milestone|work=Detroit News|agency=Detroit News|date=February 4, 2024|accessdate=February 4, 2024}}</ref>
==Charity== Kampe raised over $200,000 for the American Cancer Society in 2015 with an auction for rounds of golf at Oakland Hills Country Club with other NCAA college basketball coaches.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/2017/04/26/oakland-basketball/100931310/ |title=Oakland coach Greg Kampe bringing back his Beat Cancer event |first=Mark |last=Snyder |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |date=April 26, 2017 |accessdate=April 26, 2017}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = | poll = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oakland Pioneers | startyear = 1984 | conference = Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.psbin.com/r/i/zmaw5gb00qf5o6/mbasketball_record_book.pdf|title=GLIAC Men's Basketball All-Time Standings|year=2012|publisher=Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|accessdate=January 13, 2014}}</ref> | endyear = 1997 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1984–85 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–15 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1985–86 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–15 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1986–87 | name = Oakland | overall = 19–9 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1987–88 | name = Oakland | overall = 19–9 | conference = 11–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1988–89 | name = Oakland | overall = 20–8 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1989–90 | name = Oakland | overall = 19–9 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1990–91 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–13 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1991–92 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–13 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1992–93 | name = Oakland | overall = 15–11 | conference = 9–7 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1993–94 | name = Oakland | overall = 21–10 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = NCAA Division II Regional Fourth Place | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1994–95 | name = Oakland | overall = 20–9 | conference = 12–6 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA Division II First Round | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1995–96 | name = Oakland | overall = 21–8 | conference = 13–5 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason =NCAA Division II First Round | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1996–97 | name = Oakland | overall = 23–8 | conference = 14–3 | confstanding = 1st <small>(South)</small> | postseason = NCAA Division II Sweet Sixteen | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oakland Golden Grizzlies | startyear = 1997 | conference = NCAA Division II Independent | endyear = 1999 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1997–98 | name = Oakland | overall = 15–12 | conference = | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 1998–99 | name = Oakland | overall = 12–15 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oakland Golden Grizzlies | startyear = 1999 | conference = Mid-Continent Conference/The Summit League | endyear = 2013 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 1999–00 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–17 | conference = 11–5 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2000–01 | name = Oakland | overall = 12–16 | conference = 8–8 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2001–02 | name = Oakland | overall = 17–13 | conference = 10–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2002–03 | name = Oakland | overall = 17–11 | conference = 10–4 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2003–04 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–17 | conference = 6–10 | confstanding = T–7th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2004–05 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–19 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2005–06 | name = Oakland | overall = 11–18 | conference = 6–10 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2006–07 | name = Oakland | overall = 19–14 | conference = 10–4 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2007–08 | name = Oakland | overall = 17–14 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2008–09 | name = Oakland | overall = 23–13 | conference = 13–5 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = CIT Second Round | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 2009–10 | name = Oakland | overall = 26–9 | conference = 17–1 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 2010–11 | name = Oakland | overall = 25–10 | conference = 17–1 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 2011–12 | name = Oakland | overall = 20–16 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = CIT Semifinals | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 2012–13 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–17 | conference = 10–6 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = CIT First Round | ranking = | ranking2 = no }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oakland Golden Grizzlies | startyear = 2013 | conference = Horizon League | endyear = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2013–14 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–20 | conference = 7–9 | confstanding = T–5th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2014–15 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–17 | conference = 11–5 | confstanding = T–3rd | postseason = CIT First Round | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2015–16 | name = Oakland | overall = 23–12 | conference = 13–5 | confstanding = T–2nd | postseason = Vegas 16 Runner-Up | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2016–17 | name = Oakland | overall = 25–9 | conference = 14–4 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason = NIT Second Round | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2017–18 | name = Oakland | overall = 19–14 | conference = 10–8 | confstanding = 4th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2018–19 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–17 | conference = 11–7 | confstanding = 3rd | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2019–20 | name = Oakland | overall = 14–19 | conference = 8–10 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = Oakland | overall = 12–18 | conference = 10–10 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2021–22 | name = Oakland | overall = 20–12 | conference = 12–7 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = Oakland | overall = 13–19 | conference = 11–9 | confstanding = 5th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 2023–24 | name = Oakland | overall = 24–12 | conference = 15–5 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–18 | conference = 11–9 | confstanding = T-6th | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2025–26 | name = Oakland | overall = 16–16 | conference = 12–8 | confstanding = T-3rd | postseason = | ranking = | ranking2 = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Oakland | overall = {{winpct|731|571|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|420|264|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{winpct|731|571|record=y}} | poll = no }}
==See also== * List of college men's basketball coaches with 600 wins
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://goldengrizzlies.com/staff-directory/greg-kampe/18 Oakland Golden Grizzlies bio]
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