Head Coach Bob Chipman

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Bob Chipman, one of college basketball’s winningest coaches, begins his 28th season at the helm of the Ichabod basketball program. His first win in 2006-07 will make him the second winningest coach as a member of the MIAA. Chipman has 379 wins while coaching as a member of the MIAA.

Chipman, the all-time winningest coach in Washburn University’s basketball history, enters the season with a career record of 620-221 (.737).

With the Ichabods’ 82-62 win over Southwest Baptist on Jan. 19, 2005 Chipman became the tenth coach in Division II to reach 600 wins. Chipman enters this season ranked fourth in victories and fourth by winning percentage among active NCAA Division II coaches. He is 13th in all-time winning percentage and 9th in all-time Division II victories.

Chipman has guided his teams to 22 20-win seasons, in­cluding seven in a row from 1983-84 to 1989-90, and four in a row from 1991-92 to 1994-95 and seven in a row from 1998-99 to 2004-05. Chipman’s teams have made 14 national tournament appearances, 10 in the NCAA and four in the NAIA. His teams have averaged 23 wins a year and his 10-16 record last year marked his only losing season in 27 years.

Chipman joined the Washburn staff in 1976 as an assistant to longtime head coach Glenn Cafer. He served as assistant coach for three seasons, in addition to being an associate professor of physical education, softball and men’s tennis coach, and facilities coordinator. Chipman was promoted to head coach in April 1979 when Cafer was appointed director of athletics. Chipman enjoyed a banner season in 1986-87, capping a 35-4 campaign with an NAIA national championship crown. A 90-59 win over Marymount that season gave him career victory No. 173, making him the winningest coach in Washburn history. Chipman was well-recognized for his accomplishments, garnering conference, district, area and national coach of the year honors.

In addition to the coaching awards obtained after the 1986-87 season, Chipman was named MIAA coach of the year following the 1992, 1993 and 2004 seasons. He was named Kodak district coach of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 1993 and the men’s four-year coach of the year by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association (KBCA) in 1994 and 2001.

His success at the collegiate level has brought Chipman the opportunity to coach on an international level as well. He served a second stint as an assistant coach for the U.S. entry in the Pan American Games during the summer of 1991, earning a bronze medal. In 1983, he was an assistant to the team that won the gold medal. He helped coach the U.S. entry in the World University Games to a gold medal in 1989. In 1985, he was an assistant coach for the Amateur Basketball Assoc­iation/USA Jones Cup Team that won a silver medal. Chipman holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Kansas State University.
Chipman has always looked to Kansas basketball players first as evident from the 10 Kansas players on this year’s roster. In his 27 years as the Icha­bod’s head coach, he has spent more than $1 million in scholarship money for basketball players from the Sun­flower State.

The 1973 graduate earned two letters as a guard while playing for Wildcat coaching legend Jack Hartman. He played his first two seasons of college ball at Flint Com­munity Junior Coll­ege, in his hometown of Flint, Mich.

Chipman and his wife, Carol, live in Topeka with their son Bobby. Their daughter Kelsey is a freshman on the Kansas State volleyball team.

Assistant Coach Ewan Auguste

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Former Ichabod and two-time All-American Ewan Auguste returns to the Washburn bench in his fourth year as the Ichabods’ assistant coach.

Auguste finished his career as the No. 4 scorer in Washburn history with 1,636 points and No. 3 in rebounds with 888. For his career, Auguste averaged 13.4 ppg and 7.3 rpg.

He finished his career in 2001 and was a two-time MIAA most valuable player following his junior and senior seasons. In his four years as an Ichabod, Auguste led Washburn to one MIAA championship and two NCAA tournament appearances, including the 2001 championship game.

Auguste will help in the Ichabods recruiting efforts, team travel and assist in the on-floor coaching duties at Washburn. He will work primarily with the post players.

Auguste lives in Topeka with his wife Stephanie and their son Darrius and daughter Sofia.