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Rob Judson
- Title:
- Special Assistant to the Head Coach
- Email:
- mbb@depaul.edu
- Phone:
- (773) 325-7521
Rob Judson joined the basketball staff in September 2021 as the special assistant to the head coach. The Zion, Ill., native owns over 30 years of coaching experience including the previous four seasons at BIG EAST member Marquette.
Judson spent the previous four seasons at Marquette in the same role with the Golden Eagles. Among the highlights at Marquette included two postseason appearances (1 NCAA, 1 NIT) and the development of All-American Markus Howard.
He arrived in Milwaukee after spending the four seasons at Indiana University under Tom Crean. Judson was the director of basketball operations for two campaigns prior to moving into an assistant coaching position prior to 2015-16. The team claimed the Big Ten title and advanced to the Sweet 16 in his first year as an assistant coach. Judson was on a staff that sent four players to the NBA including Yogi Ferrell, Thomas Bryant, O.G. Anunoby and Juwan Morgan.
During his time on the sidelines, Judson has seen over 20 players either he recruited or coached play in the NBA and one find a career in the NFL. Judson has worked under head coaches Jim Molinari (Northern Illinois and Bradley), Lon Kruger and Bill Self (Illinois), Tim Jankovich (Illinois State) and Tom Crean (Indiana). He also played for Hall of Famer Lou Henson at Illinois and holds the distinction of winning three Big Ten Championships with three different head coaches (Kruger, Self, Crean).
He was an assistant for Illinois from 1996-2001, where he served as a top recruiter for Kruger and Self and watched the Fighting Illini make four NCAA tournament appearances in five years and win Big Ten crowns in 1998 and 2001, along with advancing to the Elite Eight in 2001. Judson recruited three straight Mr. Basketball winners to the Fighting Illini in Sergio McLain, Frank Williams, and Brian Cook. Williams and Cook also went on to become Big Ten Players of the Year.
From Illinois, Judson was named head coach at Northern Illinois University. He spent six years with the Huskies where he took over a team that won just five games the year before and led NIU to 12 wins in his first season. He then led the Huskies to the first of two 17-win seasons with a 17-14 record in 2002-03 and a 17-11 mark in 2005-06. The 2005-06 squad won the only outright Mid-American Conference West Division Championship in NIU history.
He then served as an assistant coach at Illinois State from 2007-13 under Jankovich and saw the Redbirds post a 122-79 record during his stay and make four National Invitation Tournament appearances. In addition, the Redbirds appeared in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title game on three occasions.
Judson began his coaching career immediately after graduating from Illinois when he became an assistant coach at Palatine High School in 1980. He became a head coach the following year at Wauconda High School where he stayed from 1981-83 and then became the head coach at Glenbrook South High School from 1984-89. Brad Niemann who played for Judson at Glenbrook South was recruited to DePaul and is tied for fifth on the all-time career three-point field goal percentage list for the Blue Demons.
Judson began his collegiate experiences from 1989-91 when he was a part of Molinari's staff at Northern Illinois which won a Mid-Continent conference title in 1991. He then followed Molinari and became an assistant coach at Bradley from 1991-96 where he helped the Braves to a Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1996. In his five years at Bradley, Judson helped the Braves to three-consecutive 20-win seasons (23-8, 20-10 and 22-8 during 1993-96), and three straight postseason appearances. He also recruited MVC Player of the Year and first round draft pick Anthony Parker of Naperville.
In 1990, Judson was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame as a player. The IBCA also awarded Judson the prestigious Herrin Award for 2021. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from Illinois in 1980 and a master’s degree in Administration from Roosevelt University in 1983.
He set the Illinois career free throw percentage record (.875), earned Academic All-Big Ten laurels (1979 and 1980) and CoSIDA Academic All-America honors (1979) during his collegiate playing career.
Judson and his wife, Dr. Kim Judson, have three grown children, Karin (married to Jay Sutton & son Judson), Matthew and Kristin.
Judson spent the previous four seasons at Marquette in the same role with the Golden Eagles. Among the highlights at Marquette included two postseason appearances (1 NCAA, 1 NIT) and the development of All-American Markus Howard.
He arrived in Milwaukee after spending the four seasons at Indiana University under Tom Crean. Judson was the director of basketball operations for two campaigns prior to moving into an assistant coaching position prior to 2015-16. The team claimed the Big Ten title and advanced to the Sweet 16 in his first year as an assistant coach. Judson was on a staff that sent four players to the NBA including Yogi Ferrell, Thomas Bryant, O.G. Anunoby and Juwan Morgan.
During his time on the sidelines, Judson has seen over 20 players either he recruited or coached play in the NBA and one find a career in the NFL. Judson has worked under head coaches Jim Molinari (Northern Illinois and Bradley), Lon Kruger and Bill Self (Illinois), Tim Jankovich (Illinois State) and Tom Crean (Indiana). He also played for Hall of Famer Lou Henson at Illinois and holds the distinction of winning three Big Ten Championships with three different head coaches (Kruger, Self, Crean).
He was an assistant for Illinois from 1996-2001, where he served as a top recruiter for Kruger and Self and watched the Fighting Illini make four NCAA tournament appearances in five years and win Big Ten crowns in 1998 and 2001, along with advancing to the Elite Eight in 2001. Judson recruited three straight Mr. Basketball winners to the Fighting Illini in Sergio McLain, Frank Williams, and Brian Cook. Williams and Cook also went on to become Big Ten Players of the Year.
From Illinois, Judson was named head coach at Northern Illinois University. He spent six years with the Huskies where he took over a team that won just five games the year before and led NIU to 12 wins in his first season. He then led the Huskies to the first of two 17-win seasons with a 17-14 record in 2002-03 and a 17-11 mark in 2005-06. The 2005-06 squad won the only outright Mid-American Conference West Division Championship in NIU history.
He then served as an assistant coach at Illinois State from 2007-13 under Jankovich and saw the Redbirds post a 122-79 record during his stay and make four National Invitation Tournament appearances. In addition, the Redbirds appeared in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title game on three occasions.
Judson began his coaching career immediately after graduating from Illinois when he became an assistant coach at Palatine High School in 1980. He became a head coach the following year at Wauconda High School where he stayed from 1981-83 and then became the head coach at Glenbrook South High School from 1984-89. Brad Niemann who played for Judson at Glenbrook South was recruited to DePaul and is tied for fifth on the all-time career three-point field goal percentage list for the Blue Demons.
Judson began his collegiate experiences from 1989-91 when he was a part of Molinari's staff at Northern Illinois which won a Mid-Continent conference title in 1991. He then followed Molinari and became an assistant coach at Bradley from 1991-96 where he helped the Braves to a Missouri Valley Conference championship in 1996. In his five years at Bradley, Judson helped the Braves to three-consecutive 20-win seasons (23-8, 20-10 and 22-8 during 1993-96), and three straight postseason appearances. He also recruited MVC Player of the Year and first round draft pick Anthony Parker of Naperville.
In 1990, Judson was inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Hall of Fame as a player. The IBCA also awarded Judson the prestigious Herrin Award for 2021. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts from Illinois in 1980 and a master’s degree in Administration from Roosevelt University in 1983.
He set the Illinois career free throw percentage record (.875), earned Academic All-Big Ten laurels (1979 and 1980) and CoSIDA Academic All-America honors (1979) during his collegiate playing career.
Judson and his wife, Dr. Kim Judson, have three grown children, Karin (married to Jay Sutton & son Judson), Matthew and Kristin.
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