Greg Kampe

Greg Charles Kampe (; born December 9, 1955) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oakland University.

High school Kampe participated in football, basketball, and track and field at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio. As a senior, he was named to the football Class AAA defensive second team as a back. He was named to the basketball Class AAA All-District second team, averaging 20.8 points per game as a senior.

College Kampe 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.

Coaching career Kampe guided the Golden Grizzlies to their first NCAA Division I tournament in 2005, winning in the opening round. 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.

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 Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Hall of Fame.

On February 16, 2018, Kampe won his 600th career game.

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.

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.

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