Niko Medved
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Drake |
| Conference | MVC |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 10, 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1997–1999 | Macalester (assoc. HC) |
| 1999–2006 | Furman (asst.) |
| 2006–2007 | Minnesota (asst.) |
| 2007–2013 | Colorado State (asst.) |
| 2013–2017 | Furman |
| 2017–present | Drake |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 62–70 (.470) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| SoCon Coach of the Year (2017) | |
Niko Medved (born October 10, 1973) is an American college basketball coach, currently the men's basketball coach at Drake University. Prior to becoming head coach at Drake, he was head coach at Furman for four years.
Assistant coach
Medved was an assistant coach at Furman from 1999–2006. He spent a year as assistant at his alma mater, Minnesota, under Dan Monson (who resigned mid-season) and Jim Molanari.
Medved then enjoyed success as an assistant coach at Colorado State under Tim Miles. He helped guide the Rams to four straight postseason appearances, including back-to-back trips to the 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournament. He helped Colorado State achieve records of 19–13 and 20–12.
Furman
It was announced on April 12, 2013 that Medved became the head coach for Furman University for the 2013–14 season.[1][2] Medved took over a struggling Furman program, taking over a seven-win team in 2013 and progressing to nine, 11, 19, and 23 wins in successive seasons. Medved has also coached back-to-back Southern Conference Players of the Year in Stephen Croone and Devin Sibley, Jr. In his third season at Furman in 2015–16, the Paladins finished with a 19–16 overall record, a third-place finish in the Southern Conference, and the school's first postseason victory in 40 years. He led the Paladins to the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT).[3]
In January 2017, Medved signed a contract extension with Furman through 2022.[4]
In 2017, Medved was named SoCon Coach of the Year as he led the Paladins to the SoCon regular-season championship with a 13–3 conference record. Losing in the SoCon Tournament led to another appearance in the CIT.
Drake
On March 26, 2017, Medved was hired as head coach at Drake.[5]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (2013–2017) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Furman | 9–21 | 3–13 | 10th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Furman | 11–22 | 5–13 | 10th | |||||
| 2015–16 | Furman | 19–16 | 11–7 | T–3rd | CIT Second Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Furman | 23–11 | 14–4 | T–1st | CIT Semifinals[note 1] | ||||
| Furman: | 62–70 (.470) | 33–37 (.471) | |||||||
| Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | Drake | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Drake: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 62–70 (.470) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- ↑ Medved left for Drake after Furman reached the semifinals; interim coach Bob Richey coached the semifinal against Saint Peter's.
References
- ↑ "Furman Names Niko Medved As Head Men’s Basketball Coach". Furman University. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
- ↑ "Furman hires Niko Medved". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
- ↑ "Niko Medved Named Head Men’s Basketball Coach". Drake University. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
- ↑ "Furman Inks Men’s Basketball Coach Niko Medved To New Contract". Furman. 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
- ↑ "Jeff Rutter feels he was treated 'fairly and seriously' during Drake search". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-05-10.