Bill Armstrong
Bill Armstrong

Hometown:
Birmingham, Ala.

Position:
Coordinator of Basketball Operations

Alma Mater:
UAB, 2001


Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy added a familiar face to his first Rebel staff when he named Bill Armstrong Coordinator of Basketball Operations on April 21, 2006.

A four-year letterman at UAB from 1998-2001, he was a teammate of current Rebel assistant coach Torrey Ward, while Kennedy was then an assistant coach with the Blazers. Armstrong served as team captain as a senior and helped the Blazers reach the NCAA Tournament in 1999 and the NIT in 1998.

Entering his fifth year at Ole Miss, Armstrong handles a wide variety of duties within the Rebel hoops program, including player development, travel arrangements, coordinating camps, scheduling and scouting. His contributions have helped Ole Miss to three postseason berths and a pair of SEC West titles after the last four seasons.

Before his arrival in Oxford, Armstrong spent three years as an assistant coach at Birmingham-Southern. In his first season with the Panthers in 2003-04 - BSC's first season of full NCAA eligibility - Armstrong helped the team to a 20-7 record and a 12-4 mark in conference play, earning a share of the Big South regular-season championship. Birmingham-Southern posted a 19-9 finish in his final year.

While at BSC, Armstrong assisted with all aspects of the program, including recruiting, scouting, on-floor coaching and handling the Panthers' travel arrangements.

A Birmingham native, Armstrong joined the BSC staff after serving as an assistant at Chipola Junior College in Marianna, Fla., where he helped lead the Indians to a 23-9 record and a second-place finish in the Panhandle Conference in 2002-03.

While with CJC, Armstrong's primary responsibilities included recruiting, scouting, player development, academic counseling and camp coordinating.

Prior to his stint at Chipola, Armstrong was a graduate assistant for UAB during the 2001-02 campaign under Murry Bartow. Armstrong graduated from UAB in 2001 with a degree in justice sciences. He was also the recipient of the Barbara Hallerman Scholarship for Leadership.

Born November 18, 1977, Armstrong and his wife, Kenna, are the parents of three children. They have two daughters - Ella Michele, born July 18, 2003, and Sara McKay, born June 23, 2005 - and a son, James Walton, born July 4, 2008.

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