Greg Kampe (2025) - Hall of Fame - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Greg Kampe

Induction:
2025
Class:
1978

Greg Kampe was a two-sport standout for BGSU in the mid-1970s. He was a punter and a defensive back for the football Falcons, and was a two-time All-MAC Second-Team selection at the latter spot. He set the school record (since broken) with a 77-yard punt in a 1975 win over Southern Miss.

On the hardwood, Kampe earned three letters at BG. Kampe is the longest-tenured Division-I men’s basketball coach in the country, as the 2024-25 season was his 41st at Oakland University. In the ‘23-24 campaign, Kampe guided the Golden Grizzlies to the first outright Horizon League regular season title in program history, and OU went on to capture the program’s first Horizon League Tournament title. Oakland advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in Kampe’s tenure, and 14th-seeded Grizzlies defeated third-seeded Kentucky, 80-76, in the program’s first-ever Round of 64 win.

Kampe was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2017, and was also enshrined in the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM) Hall of Fame that same year. He won his 700th career game on Nov. 4, 2024, and concluded the 2024-25 season with a total of 715 career victories.