Greg McDermott

Greg McDermott
Greg McDermott
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Creighton
Record	121-57 (.680)
Annual salary	$1,369,949
Biographical details
Born	(1964-11-25) November 25, 1964 Cascade, Iowa
Playing career
1983–1988	Northern Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1994 1994–2000 2000–2001 2001–2006 2006–2010 2010–present	North Dakota (asst.) Wayne State North Dakota State Northern Iowa Iowa State Creighton
Head coaching record
Overall	401–252 (.614)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships MVC Regular Season Championship (2013) MVC Tournament Championship (2004, 2012, 2013)

Greg McDermott (born November 25, 1964) has served as the head coach of the Creighton University Bluejays men's basketball team since April 26, 2010. Previously McDermott served as head coach at Wayne State, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, and Iowa State. He is the father of NBA player Doug McDermott.

Early life

McDermott grew up in Cascade, Iowa, and played basketball for Cascade High School. A 6'8" center, he then played college basketball for the Northern Iowa Panthers from 1984 to 1988. In 1988, he earned a B.A. degree from Northern Iowa.^[1]

Coaching career

McDermott began his coaching career as an assistant coach at North Dakota between 1989 and 1994, and during his tenure helped lead the Fighting Sioux to five consecutive NCAA Division II tournaments.^[2] On March 29, 1994, he accepted his first head coaching position at Division II Wayne State College.^[2] McDermott remained as the head coach at Wayne State for six seasons and compiled an overall record of 116 wins and 53 losses (116–53) during his tenure there from 1994 to 2000.^[3] In April 2000, McDermott resigned his Wayne State post and accepted the head coaching position at North Dakota State.^[4] In his lone season with the State, he led the Bison to an overall record of 15 wins and 11 losses (15–11) en route to an eighth place finish in the North Central Conference.^[5] On April 3, 2001, McDermott was introduced as the new head coach at his alma mater, Northern Iowa.^[3]

McDermott remained as the Panthers' head coach for five season between 2001 and 2006. During his tenure he led Northern Iowa to an overall record of 90 wins and 63 losses (90–63), the 2004 Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship, and to appearances in the 2004, 2005, and 2006 NCAA Tournaments.^[6] He officially resigned his position with Northern Iowa on March 21, 2006, and accepted the same one at Iowa State.^[6] McDermott was the Cyclones' head coach for four season between 2007 and 2010, and during his tenure led them to an overall record of 59 wins and 68 losses (59–68).^[7] His marquee victory at Iowa State came on March 6, 2010, against No. 5 Kansas State. This was his only victory over a ranked team while with the Cyclones. On April 26, 2010, he resigned from Iowa State and accepted the same position at Creighton.^[7] The contract with Creighton was a reported ten-year deal, worth well over one million dollars per season.^[8]

In his first season with the Bluejays, McDermott led the team to the finals of the 2011 College Basketball Invitational where they lost to Oregon.^[9] In just his second year "On the Hilltop" McDermott led Creighton to the MVC conference tournament championship, the 3rd round of the NCAA Tournament, were ranked as high as No. 12 in the nation, and finished sixth nationally in home attendance.^[10]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wayne State (Division II Independent) (1994–1998)
1994–95	Wayne State	14–13
1995–96	Wayne State	12–15
1996–97	Wayne State	21–7
1997–98	Wayne State	20–7
1998–99	Wayne State	23–5
Wayne State (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (1999–2000)
1999–00	Wayne State	26–6	15–3	T–1st
Wayne State:		116–53 (.686)	15–3 (.833)
North Dakota State (North Central Conference) (2000–2001)
2000–01	North Dakota State	15–11	7–11	8th
North Dakota State:		15–11 (.577)	7–11 (.389)
Northern Iowa (Missouri Valley Conference) (2001–2006)
2001–02	Northern Iowa	14–15	8–10	7th
2002–03	Northern Iowa	11–17	7–11	7th
2003–04	Northern Iowa	21–10	12–6	T–2nd	NCAA First Round
2004–05	Northern Iowa	21–11	11–7	T–3rd	NCAA First Round
2005–06	Northern Iowa	23–10	11–7	T–5th	NCAA First Round
Northern Iowa:		90–63 (.588)	49–41 (.544)
Iowa State (Big 12 Conference) (2006–2010)
2006–07	Iowa State	15–16	6–10	T–7th
2007–08	Iowa State	14–18	4–12	11th
2008–09	Iowa State	15–17	4–12	10th
2009–10	Iowa State	15–17	4–12	11th
Iowa State:		59–68 (.465)	18–46 (.281)
Creighton (Missouri Valley Conference) (2010–2013)
2010–11	Creighton	23–16	10–8	4th	CBI Finals
2011–12	Creighton	29–6	14–4	2nd	NCAA Third Round
2012–13	Creighton	28–8	13–5	1st	NCAA Third Round
Creighton:			37–17 (.685)
Creighton (Big East Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Creighton	27–8	14–4	2nd	NCAA Third Round
2014–15	Creighton	14-19	4-14	T-9th
Creighton:		121-57 (.680)	18–18 (.500)
Total:		401–252 (.614)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Greg McDermott Bio". gocreighton.com. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "McDermott leaves UND to be head coach at Wayne". Grand Forks Herald (Newsbank). March 29, 1994. p. 3D. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "McDermott gets 'dream job' at UNI". The Telegraph-Herald (Google News Archives). April 4, 2001. p. 1B. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ "Bison name McDermott head coach". Grand Forks Herald (Newsbank). April 8, 2000. p. 3D. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ "2012–13 North Dakota State Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). NDSU Athletic Media Relations Office. 2012. p. 72. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ 6.0 6.1 "Iowa State hires N. Iowa coach McDermott". ESPN.com. ESPN.com news services. March 22, 2006. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Creighton hires McDermott". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 26, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ "Greg McDermott leaves for Creighton". April 26, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ "E. J. Singler hits game-winning shot to lift Oregon to CBI championship". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 1, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
↑ "John Henson returns to spark UNC past Creighton". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 18, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

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North Dakota State Bison men's basketball head coaches

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Gil Dobie (1906–1908)
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Howard Wood (1913–1915)
Paul J. Davis (1915–1918)
Curly Movold (1918–1919)
Stanley Borleske (1919–1922)
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Leonard Saalwaechter (1926–1933)
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Chuck Bentson (1949–1965)
Doug Cowman (1965–1968)
Bud Belk (1968–1972)
Marv Skaar (1972–1978)
Ervin Inniger (1978–1992)
Tom Billeter (1992–1997)
Ray Giacoletti (1997–2000)
Greg McDermott (2000–2001)
Tim Miles (2001–2007)
Saul Phillips (2007–2014)
David Richman (2014– )

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball head coaches

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James Witham (1956–1961)
Norm Stewart (1961–1967)
Zeke Hogeland (1967–1973)
James Berry (1973–1986)
Eldon Miller (1986–1998)
Sam Weaver (1998–2001)
Greg McDermott (2001–2006)
Ben Jacobson (2006– )

Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball head coaches

Clyde Williams (1907–1911)
Homer C. Hubbard (1911–1915)
H. H. Walters (1915–1919)
Punk Berryman (1919–1920)
Maury Kent (1920–1921)
Bill Chandler (1921–1928)
Louis Menze (1928–1947)
Clay Sutherland (1947–1954)
Bill Strannigan (1954–1959)
Glen Anderson (1959–1971)
Maury John (1971–1974)
Ken Trickey (1974–1976)
Lynn Nance (1976–1980)
Rick Samuels # (1980)
Johnny Orr (1980–1994)
Tim Floyd (1994–1998)
Larry Eustachy (1998–2003)
Wayne Morgan (2003–2006)
Greg McDermott (2006–2010)
Fred Hoiberg (2010– )

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Creighton Bluejays men's basketball head coaches

Tommy Mills (1916–1920)
Eddie Mulholland (1920–1921)
Charles Kearney (1921–1922)
Arthur Schabinger (1922–1935)
Eddie Hickey (1935–1943)
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Duce Belford (1945–1946)
Eddie Hickey (1946–1947)
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Sebastian Salerno (1952–1955)
Theron Thomsen (1955–1959)
Red McManus (1959–1969)
Eddie Sutton (1969–1974)
Tom Apke (1974–1981)
Willis Reed (1981–1985)
Tony Barone (1985–1991)
Rick Johnson (1991–1994)
Dana Altman (1994–2010)
Greg McDermott (2010– )

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Big East Conference

Chris Holtmann (Butler) Greg McDermott (Creighton) Dave Leitao (DePaul) John Thompson III (Georgetown) Steve Wojciechowski (Marquette) Ed Cooley (Providence) Chris Mullin (St. John's) Kevin Willard (Seton Hall) Jay Wright (Villanova) Chris Mack (Xavier)