Kirk Earlywine

Kirk Earlywine
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	(1964-07-04) July 4, 1964 Indianapolis, Indiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987	Campbell (asst.)
1987–1989	Ball State (asst.)
1989–1993	Utah (asst.)
1993–1995	Central Michigan (asst.)
1995–1996	Pfeiffer
1996–1999	UW–Milwaukee (asst.)
1999–2006	Weber State (asst.)
2006–2007	UNC Wilmington (asst.)
2007–2011	Eastern Washington
Head coaching record
Overall	63–86 (.423)

Kirk Earlywine (born July 4, 1964) is an American college basketball coach, currently the director of player development at the University of Idaho^[1] and the former head men's basketball coach at Eastern Washington University. He was hired on June 14, 2007 to replace the fired Mike Burns.^[2] Eastern Washington announced it would not renew Earlywine's contract on March 7, 2011.^[3]

Earlywine previously spent one year on Benny Moss's staff at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington as an assistant. Prior to arriving in Wilmington, he spent seven years as an assistant coach at Weber State University, and three years before that at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

His only other head coaching experience came during the 1995–96 season, when Earlywine was the head coach at Division II Pfeiffer University. Earlywine led Pfeiffer to a 21–8 record in his only season at the helm.

Earlywine's first full-time coaching experience came under the tutelage of Rick Majerus, beginning in 1987 at Ball State University for two seasons, then for another four seasons at the University of Utah. Earlywine left Majerus' staff after the 1992–93 season to join the staff at Central Michigan University for two years.

Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Earlywine graduated from Campbell University in 1987 with a degree in physical education. He got his first coaching experience at Campbell, serving as a student assistant for the Fighting Camels.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall
Pfeiffer (Conference Carolinas) (1995–1996)
1995–96	Pfeiffer	21–8	14–4		NCAA D–II 2nd Round
Pfeiffer:		21–8	14–4
Eastern Washington (Big Sky Conference) (2007–present)
2007–08	Eastern Washington	11–19	6–10	T–8th
2008–09	Eastern Washington	12–18	6–10	T–6th
2009–10	Eastern Washington	9–21	5–11	7th
2010–11	Eastern Washington	10–20	7–9	T–6th
Eastern Washington:		42–78	24–40
Total:		63–86
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

Notes

External links

Bio at University of Idaho's athletics site

Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball head coaches

Unknown (1903–1905)
Nick E. Hinch (1905–1906)
Paul Lienau (1906–1909)
No team (1909–1911)
Unknown (1911–1912)
Albert Fertsch (1912–1916)
No team (1916–1919)
Vin Eustis (1919–1927)
Arthur C. Woodward (1927–1930)
Red Reese (1930–1942)
Bob Brumlay (1942–1945)
Red Reese (1945–1964)
Ernie McKie (1964–1967)
Jerry Krause (1967–1982)
Joe Folda (1982–1983)
Jerry Krause (1983–1985)
Joe Folda (1985–1987)
Bob Hofman (1987–1990)
John Wade (1990–1995)
Steve Aggers (1995–2000)
Ray Giacoletti (2000–2004)
Mike Burns (2004–2007)
Kirk Earlywine (2007–2011)
Jim Hayford (2011– )

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