Josh Schertz Leaves For Saint Louis After Leading Indiana State To 32-win Season And NIT Title Game

ST. LOUIS: Josh Schertz has been employed as coach at Saint Louis after he led Indiana State to its first 30-win season in 45 years, the Missouri Valley regular-season title and the NIT championship sport, the Billikens introduced Saturday.

Schertz replaces Travis Ford, who was fired three weeks in the past. The Billikens have been 13-20 general and 5-13 within the Atlantic 10 and final performed within the NCAA Match in 2019.

Indiana State, which misplaced 79-77 to Seton Corridor within the NIT championship sport on Thursday, completed 32-7 and was among the many first groups disregarded of the NCAA Match.

The Sycamores have been the No. 1 seed within the NIT and drew a nationwide following drawn in by the paunchy goggles-wearing main scorer Robbie Avila, nicknamed “Cream Abdul-Jabbar.”

The 48-year-old Schertz coached Lincoln Memorial College in Tennessee to a few NCAA Division II Remaining Fours in 13 years earlier than taking on at Indiana State in 2021. The Sycamores have been 11-20 in his first season and 23-13 in his second.

This yr, the Sycamores joined the Larry Hen-led 1979 group that reached the NCAA championship sport as the one ones in program historical past to win 30 video games. Indiana State was ranked No. 23 the week of Feb. 12, this system’s first look within the High 25 since 1979.

Schertz was Missouri Valley coach of the yr and winner of the Hugh Durham Award because the nation’s high mid-major coach.

Saint Louis hasn’t received an Atlantic 10 regular-season championship since successful two straight in 2013 and ’14 underneath Jim Crews, and it final received the convention match in 2019 underneath Ford.

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