Jeremy Ballard
{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1981)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jeremy Ballard
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = FIU
| current_conference = C-USA
| current_record = {{Winning percentage|98|124|record=y}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|6|29}}
| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1999–2003
| player_team1 = Colgate
| coach_years1 = 2004–2007
| coach_team1 = Colgate (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2007–2012
| coach_team2 = Tulsa (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 2012–2015
| coach_team3 = VCU (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 2015–2016
| coach_team4 = Illinois State (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2016–2017
| coach_team5 = Pittsburgh (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2017–2018
| coach_team6 = VCU (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2018–present
| coach_team7 = FIU
| overall_record = {{Winning percentage|98|124|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 1–1 (CIT)
| championships =
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Jeremy Ballard (born June 29, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head men's basketball coach at FIU.{{cite web|url=https://www.fiusports.com/news/2018/4/20/mens-basketball-ballard-named-fiu-mens-head-basketball-coach.aspx|title=Ballard Named FIU Head Men's Basketball Coach|website=FIU Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fiusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=1504&path=mbball|title=Florida International University Panthers - 2017-18 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff|website=www.fiusports.com}}
Playing career
Ballard played college basketball at Colgate, where he was a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection, and served as team captain his senior year.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jeremy-ballard-1.html|title=Jeremy Ballard College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com}}{{cite web|url=https://gocolgateraiders.com/coaches.aspx?rc=108|title=Jeremy Ballard - Assistant Coach -|website=gocolgateraiders.com}} He is a devoted member of the young male's mentoring group known as "the Commission" which prides itself on the development of young men in highly competitive academic environments.
Coaching career
After graduation, Ballard became an assistant coach with his alma mater, where he stayed from 2004 to 2007 before joining the staff at Tulsa from 2007 to 2012. Ballard moved on to be an assistant coach under Shaka Smart at VCU until 2015, before making stops at Illinois State and Pittsburgh for one season each.{{cite web|url=http://goredbirds.com/news/2015/4/24/MBB_0424153007.aspx|title=Ballard Joins Men’s Basketball Coaching Staff - Illinois State University|website=Illinois State University}}{{cite web|url=https://pittsburghpanthers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=403&path=mbball|title=Jeremy Ballard - Assistant Coach - University of Pittsburgh|website=pittsburghpanthers.com}} He returned to VCU as an assistant coach under Mike Rhoades in 2017, before accepting the head coaching position at Florida International on April 20, 2018, replacing Anthony Evans as the ninth coach in program history.{{cite web|url=http://www.vcuathletics.com/information/directory/bios/ballard-jeremy-new|title=VCU|website=VCU}}{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/conference-usa/florida-international-university/article209633794.html|title=FIU banking on this first-time head coach to turn men's basketball into a big winner|publisher=}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = FIU Panthers
| conference = Conference USA
| startyear = 2018
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = FIU
| overall = 20–14
| conference = 10–8
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason = CIT Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = FIU
| overall = 19–13
| conference = 9–9
| confstanding = T–6th
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2020–21
| name = FIU
| overall = 9–17
| conference = 2–15
| confstanding = 7th (East)
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = FIU
| overall = 15–17
| conference = 5–13
| confstanding = 6th (East)
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = FIU
| overall = 14–18
| conference = 8–12
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = FIU
| overall = 11–22
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = FIU
| overall = 10–23
| conference = 3–15
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = FIU
| overall = {{Winning percentage|98|124|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{Winning percentage|42|82|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{Winning percentage|98|124|record=y}}
| legend = no
}}
References
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{{Conference USA men's basketball coach navbox}}
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