Derek Kellogg

• Head Coach
• Seasons: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13

• Player
• Seasons: 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95
• Number: 14
• Position: G
• Height: 6' 2”
• Weight: 190 lbs.
• Hometown: Springfield, MA
• High School: Cathedral
• Prep School: none
• Transfer From: none
• Birthdate: June 20, 1973

• Contract extended through 2016-17 season. Coverage: Republican, Gazette (10/18/2012). Full contract. Previous coverage notes¹⁾²⁾³⁾
• 2011-12: led the Minutemen to a 10-win improvement over the previous season, the A-10 Tournament Semi-Finals, and the NIT Semi-Finals.
• Video: Coaches corner from the A-10 (1/19/2012)
• After struggling to finish the 2010-11 season, UMass AD John McCutcheon gave Kellogg a vote of confidence.⁴⁾
• On April 23, 2008, Kellogg was named as the 21st head coach in UMass program history, succeeding Travis Ford. Contract details.

• Also served as commentator for UMass Basketball Radio Network with former UMass coach Jack Leaman.

• Served as an assistant to John Calipari, his former head coach while playing at UMass.
• During Kellogg's eight seasons in Memphis, the Tigers accumulated a record of 214-67 (.762).
• The Tigers went to 3 NITs and 5 NCAA Tournaments, including the national championship game in 2007-08. (However, their 38-2 record from the 2007-08 season was vacated by the NCAA, due to the ineligibility of star player Derrick Rose.)

• Served one season for Coach John Robic, who was an assistant coach at UMass during Kellogg's playing career.

• Served with Coach Jim Larranaga during his first two years with the Patriots.
• GMU went from 9-18 in 1997-98 to 19-11 in 1998-99, as the Patriots won the CAA Regular Season and Tournament championships.
• Kellogg stated he earned only $9500 a year at the time. “It is not about the money. It is about the ability to do what you want to do,” Kellogg said.⁵⁾

• Played a season with the Connecticut Skyhawks in the United States Basketball League in 1995.

• As a four-year letterwinner from 1992-95, Kellogg played on four Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and tournament championship teams.
• The Minutemen were just the second team in NCAA history to win four-straight outright season and tournament championships.
• During his four-year career at UMass under Coach John Calipari, the Minutemen were 111-24, including 51-11 in the Atlantic 10, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament each year, including the Elite Eight in 1995.
• On UMass' career lists, he is fifth* in assists (453), seventh* in all-time three-pointers (138), as well as seventh* in three-point percentage (38.1).
• When Calipari gave Kellogg a scholarship in 1991, the media said he should be fired for wasting Massachusetts taxpayers' money.

• Starting Point Guard and team captain.
• Named to All-Atlantic 10 Third Team, Academic Team, and Tournament Team.

• Starting Point Guard and team captain.
• Named to All-Atlantic 10 Academic Team.

• Starting Point Guard.
• Named to All-Atlantic 10 Academic Team.
• Finished third in the A-10 in assists average (5.0).
• Holds the sophomore class record for best free throw percentage (.806)* and assists (5.2 per game)*.

• Appeared in 21 games as backup to Senior Point Guard Anton Brown.

* Records accurate through end of 2008-09 season.

• Class of 1991 at Springfield Cathedral, Springfield, MA.
• Two-time Massachusetts All-State player and McDonald's honorable mention All-American.
• As a senior, averaged 24.7 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.
• Considered committing to Siena, prior to committing to UMass.⁶⁾

• Born June 20, 1973 in Springfield, MA.
• Son of George and Ruth Kellogg.
• Graduated from UMass in 1995 (B.A., College of Arts Sciences, Real Estate Management/Finance).
• Married to Nicole Flory, graduated UMass 1997 (B.A., School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Communication).
• Son Maximus Antonio Kellogg born April 28, 2008.

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