Rob Fulford, one of the country's most respected coaches from his time leading Huntington Prep and Mountain State Academy, enters his third season as an assistant coach at Mizzou. Fulford has been impactful on both the court and on the recruiting trail in his time with the Tigers.Â
Fulford came to Columbia, Mo., after five seasons in Huntington, W. Va., where he helped build one of the country's elite prep school programs, going a remarkable 138-17 over his tenure. Huntington Prep finished No. 3 nationally in 2013-14, going 28-4, and qualified for the Dick's Sporting Goods High School National Tournament. This came one season after Fulford coached the country's No. 1 high school player, Andrew Wiggins.
Fulford's teams finished among the Top 25 programs nationally each of his last four years and his 2012-13 club opened the year ranked No. 1 in the country by USA Today.
A 1997 graduate of Marshall University, Fulford began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Mountain State University (1997-2000) in Beckley, W. Va., where he helped the NAIA power to an 84-16 record. Mountain State led the nation in scoring (97 PPG) each of his three seasons and averaged 28 wins per year.
Fulford began his head coaching career at Mountain State Academy (2006-09) and went 81-14 over his three seasons. After establishing the program, his team ranked as high as No. 30 nationally and was selected to play in the inaugural ESPN Rise National Championship.
Fulford then started the basketball academy in Huntington, helping the program move into the national rankings in just its second year of existence. Over his five seasons at Huntington, Fulford averaged better than 27 wins per season and ranked among the Top 10 each year since 2011.
Fulford attended Mullens High School in Mullens, W. Va., and was a talented three-sport athlete, earning all-state honors as a point guard in 1991. He set the school's single-game assist record with 21 and was also an all-state shortstop in baseball and an all-league quarterback.
Rob and his wife Stephanie have two children, a son, Jordan, and a daughter, Brooklyn.
