This morning, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled a pair of officially licensed Greg Kampe Oakland Golden Grizzlies Bobbleheads as well as a bobblehead featuring Oakland’s mascot, Grizz. The bobbleheads celebrate the Golden Grizzles’ coach who has led the program for 40 years and was a tournament darling during March Madness after a stunning upset over Kentucky followed by a near-upset over NC State. The 2024 NCAA Tournament concludes tonight with the National Championship game, making this a perfect time to celebrate Oakland’s great tournament performance. The limited edition bobbleheads are being produced by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum.

The bobbleheads are now available in their online store at the following link.

• The officially licensed bobbleheads, which are expected to ship in September, are now available at this link.
• Each bobblehead will individually numbered to only 2,024.
• The Greg Kampe bobbleheads are $30 each and the Grizz bobbleheads are $35 plus an $8 flat-rate shipping charge per order.
• The bobbleheads of Greg Kampe feature the coach wearing his Golden Grizzlies pullover with one available in white and one in black. The bobblehead of Grizz feature’s Oaklan’s mascot in his black Oakland jersey on a base with Oakland’s logo.
• One of the winningest active coaches in NCAA Division I men’s basketball, Kampe has guided the Oakland Golden Grizzlies to a record of 699-537 in 40 seasons, including 397-247 in conference play. Kampe joined Oakland in 1984 after spending six seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Toledo. Oakland had only six winning seasons in 16 years of competition before his arrival. Currently the longest tenured Division I men’s college basketball coach in the country, the 68-year-old Kampe is one of nine coaches who have been at the same school for at least 25 seasons. He is a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Hall of Fame and was part of the 25th Oakland University Athletics Hall of Honor Class. One of Coach Kampe’s favorite quotes is: “Consistency is the hallmark of success.” It’s a motto that his teams have been following for years.
• After 40th-year head coach Greg Kampe led Oakland to its first Horizon League Tournament Championship on March 12th with an 83-76 victory over the Milwaukee Panthers, the 14th-seeded Golden Grizzlies posted a stunning upset in the NCAA Tournament nine days later with an 80-76 victory over the third-seeded Kentucky Wildcats in an opening-round game in Pittsburgh. In a historic performance, senior guard Jack Gohlke connected on 10 3-pointers en route to scoring a game-high 32 points, while senior forward Trey Townsend chipped in 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Golden Grizzlies just missed moving on to the Sweet 16 as they suffered a second-round defeat in overtime to the NC State Wolfpack, who ended up advancing to the Final Four. Oakland, which won its first Horizon League regular season title since 2017 with a 15-5 record, finished 24-12 overall.
• Oakland’s athletic teams were renamed the Golden Grizzlies when the program made the jump from Division II to Division I in 1998. Grizz debuted at OU’s basketball game against Michigan State in the new athletics arena on November 17th, 1998.
• "We’re excited to be teaming up with Oakland and Coach Kampe to release these bobbleheads featuring one of the winningest coaches in college basketball,” National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum co-founder and CEO Phil Sklar said. “The Golden Grizzlies made their fans very proud during March Madness and gained a lot of new fans across the country. These bobbleheads are the perfect way for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and fans to show off their support for Coach Kampe and the Golden Grizzlies.”
• The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, which is located at 170 S. 1st. St. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, opened to the public on February 1st, 2019. The HOF and Museum also produces high quality, customized bobbleheads for retail sale as well as organizations, individuals, and teams across the country.
  
  Images courtesy of National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum and Oakland U.