ernest franklin zeigler ii (born ) is an american college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the mississippi state university. he spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach at university of detroit mercy, and prior to that was the men's head coach at central michigan university. he received a bachelor's in business management from cleary college in 1994. he played collegiately at schoolcraft college (1984–86), armstrong atlantic state university (1986–87) and northwood university (1987–88).