Per-season coach detail (name, birth info, $refs to team/college/
person). ESPN's coverage of this endpoint is sparse; many
(coach × season) combinations return 404.
Usage
espn_mbb_coach_season(coach_id, season = most_recent_mbb_season(), ...)Value
A single-row tibble.
| col_name | types | description |
| league | character | League slug. |
| season | integer | Season year. |
| coach_id | character | ESPN coach id. |
| uid | character | ESPN UID string. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| date_of_birth | character | Date of birth. |
| birth_city | character | Birth city. |
| birth_state | character | Birth state / region. |
| n_records | integer | Count of records entries. |
| person_ref | character | $ref to person resource. |
| college_ref | character | $ref to college. |
| team_ref | character | $ref to team-in-season. |
See also
Other ESPN MBB Functions:
espn_mbb_athletes_index(),
espn_mbb_award(),
espn_mbb_betting(),
espn_mbb_calendar(),
espn_mbb_coach(),
espn_mbb_coach_record(),
espn_mbb_coaches(),
espn_mbb_conferences(),
espn_mbb_franchise(),
espn_mbb_franchises(),
espn_mbb_futures(),
espn_mbb_game_all(),
espn_mbb_game_broadcasts(),
espn_mbb_game_odds(),
espn_mbb_game_official_detail(),
espn_mbb_game_officials(),
espn_mbb_game_play(),
espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(),
espn_mbb_game_player_box(),
espn_mbb_game_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_game_predictor(),
espn_mbb_game_probabilities(),
espn_mbb_game_propbets(),
espn_mbb_game_rosters(),
espn_mbb_game_situation(),
espn_mbb_game_team_leaders(),
espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(),
espn_mbb_game_team_records(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(),
espn_mbb_game_team_score(),
espn_mbb_game_team_statistics(),
espn_mbb_injuries(),
espn_mbb_leaders(),
espn_mbb_news(),
espn_mbb_pbp(),
espn_mbb_player_awards(),
espn_mbb_player_box(),
espn_mbb_player_career_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog(),
espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(),
espn_mbb_player_gamelog(),
espn_mbb_player_info(),
espn_mbb_player_overview(),
espn_mbb_player_seasons(),
espn_mbb_player_splits(),
espn_mbb_player_statisticslog(),
espn_mbb_player_stats(),
espn_mbb_player_stats_v3(),
espn_mbb_position(),
espn_mbb_positions(),
espn_mbb_powerindex(),
espn_mbb_rankings(),
espn_mbb_scoreboard(),
espn_mbb_season_awards(),
espn_mbb_season_group(),
espn_mbb_season_group_children(),
espn_mbb_season_group_teams(),
espn_mbb_season_groups(),
espn_mbb_season_info(),
espn_mbb_season_leaders(),
espn_mbb_season_ranking(),
espn_mbb_season_rankings(),
espn_mbb_season_type(),
espn_mbb_season_types(),
espn_mbb_season_week(),
espn_mbb_season_weeks(),
espn_mbb_seasons(),
espn_mbb_standings(),
espn_mbb_team(),
espn_mbb_team_box(),
espn_mbb_team_current_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_injuries(),
espn_mbb_team_leaders(),
espn_mbb_team_news(),
espn_mbb_team_odds_records(),
espn_mbb_team_record(),
espn_mbb_team_record_detail(),
espn_mbb_team_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_schedule(),
espn_mbb_team_season_profile(),
espn_mbb_team_season_roster(),
espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(),
espn_mbb_team_stats(),
espn_mbb_teams(),
espn_mbb_tournament(),
espn_mbb_tournament_season(),
espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(),
espn_mbb_tournaments(),
espn_mbb_venues(),
espn_mbb_week_ranking(),
espn_mbb_week_rankings(),
espn_mbb_wp()
Examples
# \donttest{
espn_mbb_coach_season(coach_id = 32116, season = 2025)
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Coach-in-Season Detail ────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-04 12:19:42 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 13
#> league season coach_id uid first_name last_name date_of_birth birth_city
#> <chr> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 mens-coll… 2025 32116 s:40… Steven Pearl 1987-09-14T0… Knoxville
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: birth_state <chr>, n_records <int>, person_ref <chr>,
#> # college_ref <chr>, team_ref <chr>
# }