Ken Bone

Kenneth Walter Bone (born May 21, 1958) is an American basketball coach, most recently the associate head coach at Pepperdine University.

Coaching career Born in Seattle,

Bone was an assistant coach at Shorewood High School and Cal State Stanislaus before returning to Seattle Pacific as an assistant coach in 1986, becoming head coach in 1990. In twelve years at Seattle Pacific, he compiled a 252–98 From 2002 to 2005, Bone was an assistant coach at Washington under Lorenzo Romar, and former NBA player Jon Brockman, who was coached by Bone's older brother, Len Bone, the Snohomish High School boys' basketball coach.

In 2005, Ken Bone became head coach at Portland State and was selected as the 2007–08 Big Sky Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year after taking the Vikings to their first ever NCAA tournament.

In 2009, Bone accepted an offer to become the head coach at Washington State.

Bone led Washington State to three winning seasons and two post-season berths in his first three years at the helm, and notched notable victories over the likes of Gonzaga, UCLA, Baylor and Washington. Future NBA standout Klay Thompson rose to stardom under Bone.

But he was dismissed from the WSU Basketball program on March 18, 2014 when Athletic Director, Bill Moos, elected to pay off the remaining two years on his seven-year contract. This was following a 2014 campaign that saw the Cougars go 10–21 overall and 3–15 in conference play.

After leaving WSU, Bone spent two years as an associate head coach at Montana, then joined Gonzaga as a special assistant to head coach Mark Few for the 2016–17 season. Bone was once again hired by Lorenzo Romar, this time as associate head coach at Pepperdine on March 13, 2018.

Bone has earned national recognition for his offensive coaching approach in both assisstant and head coaching roles. His teams at Seattle Pacific University, Portland State, and Washington State were considered the nation's leaders in offensive efficiency.

Head coaching record Sources for Seattle Pacific:

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