Bob Boldon

Biography

After being named head coach on March 28, 2013, Bob Boldon has become the winningest coach in program history, reaching the 100-win mark faster than any women's basketball coach at Ohio. The 2015 Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year, Boldon has coached two MAC Freshman of the Year winners, three MAC Defensive Player of the Year winners, one MAC Sixth Player of the Year winner and 17 players on the All-MAC first, second or third team. Boldon broke the program's win record during the 2018-19 season with a win at Miami. Boldon and his teams have taken down seven "Power Five" teams during his time in Athens. Prior to being named the Bobcats' head coach, Boldon served as the head coach at Youngstown State. There, he inherited a team coming off an 0-30 record. In his third and final season at YSU, Boldon led the Penguins to a 23-win season and first round victory in the WNIT. Boldon came to Athens after spending three years at Youngstown State, turning a program that posted an 0-30 record into a WNIT participant. He previously spent three seasons as a head coach at Lambuth University (NAIA) and at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (Division II). Boldon spent ten years as a college assistant, including five years at the Division I level. He worked under notable coaches Jerry Scheve and Karl Smesko, both voted national coaches of the year. Boldon, a native of Louisville, Ohio, graduated from Walsh University in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. As a s