Zach Spiker
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Drexel |
| Conference | CAA |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 30, 1976 |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–2000 | Ithaca |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2002 | Winthrop (GA) |
| 2002–2004 | West Virginia (admin. asst.) |
| 2004–2009 | Cornell (asst.) |
| 2009–2016 | Army |
| 2016–present | Drexel |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 102-112 (.477) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Patriot League Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Award (2016) |
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Zach Spiker (September 30, 1976[1]) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach for the Drexel Dragons. He played college basketball at Ithaca College.[2] He was previously the head coach at Army.
In the 2012–13 season, Spiker lead Army to its first overall winning record since 1984–85 (a drought of 28 years), and also the Black Knights' first ever winning record in the Patriot League. For his efforts, Spiker was named 2012-13 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the first Army head coach in eleven years to win the award.
Spiker has joined Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski as the only coaches in Army history to win at least 65 games in their first five seasons.
In 2013–14, the Black Knights set a school record for wins in the Patriot League (10), had only their second season with a winning conference record, and had their first ever back-to-back seasons with winning conference records - all under Spiker.
Finally, under Spiker, Army had its first four-year streak of 15 plus wins (2012–16) since 1920–24.
On March 25, 2016, Spiker was hired as head coach of Drexel to replace former head coach Bruiser Flint.[3]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Black Knight (Patriot League) (2009–present) | |||||||||
| 2009–10 | Army | 14–15 | 4–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Army | 11–19 | 3–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Army | 12–18 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2012–13 | Army | 16–15 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
| 2013–14 | Army | 15–16 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Army | 15–15 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Army | 19–14 | 9–9 | 4th | CIT First Round | ||||
| Army: | 102–112 (.477) | 45–65 (.409) | |||||||
| Drexel Dragons (Colonial Athletic Association) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Drexel | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Drexel: | |||||||||
| Total: | 102–112 (.477) | ||||||||
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National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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References
- ↑ http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/spiker_zach00.html
- ↑ Army Feels the Energy of a Youthful New Coach
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- 1976 births
- Living people
- American basketball coaches
- Army Black Knights men's basketball coaches
- Basketball players from West Virginia
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Cornell Big Red men's basketball coaches
- Drexel Dragons men's basketball coaches
- Ithaca Bombers men's basketball players
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Sportspeople from Morgantown, West Virginia
