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Oakland
Golden Grizzlies Updated 03/23/24 |
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Location:
Rochester Hills, Michigan Enrollment:
17,000 Cost
of Attendance: $38,000 Venue: Athletics Center O'rena Arena Capacity: 4,000 Conference:
Big South (5th) Record:
21-13 (6-10) NET
Rank: 126 Committee
Rank: 55 Tournament
History Appearances:
3 Final
Fours: 0 Championships:
0 Win-Loss:
2-3 Most
Recent: 2011 as #13 seed first round loss to #4 Texas |
Oakland University
Elliott
Tower - Elliott Tower is a carillon tower completed in 2014. Oakland University is a public research university located
in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Founded
in 1957 through a then $2M donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson (widow of
automobile pioneer John Dodge) and her second husband, lumber broker Alfred
G. Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland,
operating under the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, before
gaining institutional independence from the board in 1970. The university's site comprises the Main Campus, Meadow Brook Estate, and two nationally ranked golf courses spread across 1,443 acres. Meadow Brook Hall, a US National Historic Landmark and the fourth-largest historic house museum in the United States, is located on the site. It was built by the Wilsons between 1926 and 1929 for then $4 million.
Meadow Brook Hall About the Golden Grizzlies The Oakland men's basketball program began competing in the 1967 season, 10 years after the university opened. Originally nicknamed the Pioneers, Oakland played at the Division II level until 1997 when they changed their nickname to the Golden Grizzlies and began the transition to Division I. OU opened the Athletics Center O'rena in 1998. When the O'rena was being built, home basketball games were played in the Sports Dome, an inflatable "bubble" used for practice by Oakland's athletic teams during the winter. The original basketball stadium was in the Lepley Sports Center. Their Mascot Grizz
Greg Kampe
On March 8, 2023, Kampe became the current longest tenured men s college basketball coach after Jim Boeheim retired after 47 years. Kampe, raised in Ohio, attended Bowling Green State University where he played football and basketball. Kampe was a kicker, punter and cornerback 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. After graduating from Bowling Green in 1978, Kampe went right into coaching basketball as an assistant at Toledo from 1978-1984. Since 1984, Kampe has been Oakland's head basketball coach. MOST
SEASONS WITH CURRENT SCHOOL (D1) 1 Greg Kampe,
Oakland, 40 Seasons 2 Ron Cottrell,
Houston Christian, 33 Seasons 3 Tom Izzo,
Michigan State, 29 Seasons 4 Mark Few, Gonzaga, 25 Seasons Kampe s salary for this season is $329,609. Kampe's #14 Golden Grizzlies upset #3 Kentucky in the First Round of this year's tournament. Kentucky coach John Calipari s basic annual pay for this season is scheduled to be $8.5 million. The floor Athletics Center O'rena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena that is home to the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies men's basketball, women's basketball and volleyball teams. The court has a distinctive "blacktop" color first used in the 2015 16 season. The facility opened November 17, 1998, at a cost then of $32 million. The opening of the O'rena coincided with Oakland's move from Division II to Division I. In April 2015 Oakland unveiled the blacktop court. The Golden Grizzlies have the nation's only all-black court which includes an outline of the state of Michigan and the bear head logo at center court. A new state-of-the-art sound and light system was also installed to enhance the game day experience.
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Greg
Kampe enters his 40th season at the helm of Oakland's men's basketball
program.
