Josh Schertz
{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Josh Schertz
| image = File:Josh Schertz.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Schertz in 2024
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Saint Louis
| current_conference = Atlantic 10
| current_record = {{winpct|19|15|record=y}}
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|5}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.{{cite web|last=Spinosa|first=Tony|url=https://lmurailsplitters.com/news/2018/9/12/mens-basketball-basketball-found-josh-schertz.aspx|title=Basketball found Josh Schertz|work=Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters|date=September 12, 2018|access-date=April 6, 2024|quote=Born in Brooklyn...}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Florida Atlantic (2000)
| coach_years1 = 1999–2001
| coach_team1 = Lynn (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 2001–2003
| coach_team2 = Queens (NC) (associate HC)
| coach_years3 = 2003–2008
| coach_team3 = High Point (associate HC)
| coach_years4 = 2008–2021
| coach_team4 = Lincoln Memorial
| coach_years5 = 2021–2024
| coach_team5 = Indiana State
| coach_years6 = 2024–present
| coach_team6 = Saint Louis
| overall_record = {{winpct|422|124|record=y}}
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 18–9 (NCAA Division II)
4–2 (NIT)
1–1 (CBI)
| championships = 5 SAC tournament (2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020)
9× SAC regular season (2011, 2013–2018, 2020, 2021)
MVC regular season (2024)
| awards = Hugh Durham Award (2024)
7× South Atlantic Coach of the Year (2011, 2014–2018, 2020)
MVC Coach of the Year (2024)
Clarence Gaines Award (2016)
| coaching_records =
}}
Josh Schertz is an American basketball coach who is the currently the head coach at Saint Louis University.
Coaching career
Schertz's coaching career began as a student assistant with Florida Atlantic for the 1999–2000 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesac.com/sports/mbkb/2007-08/releases/a866.html|title=Lincoln Memorial Names Josh Schertz As Men’s Basketball Coach|date=March 20, 2008|website=South Atlantic Conference}} He then moved on to Lynn, where he was an assistant for two seasons before a two-year assistant coaching stop at Queens University in North Carolina.{{Cite web|url=https://lmurailsplitters.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/josh-schertz/1420|title=Josh Schertz - Men's Basketball Coach|website=Lincoln Memorial University Athletics}} In 2003, Schertz would follow Queens' head coach, Bart Lundy, to High Point, where he stayed until 2008 when he accepted the head coaching position at Lincoln Memorial.
In his 13 years coaching, the Railsplitters posted 11-straight 20-win seasons, including four 30-win seasons, en route to 10 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament appearances.{{Cite web |title=Indiana State Announces Josh Schertz as Next Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://gosycamores.com/news/2021/3/17/indiana-state-announces-josh-schertz-as-next-mens-basketball-coach.aspx |website=Indiana State University Athletics}} Schertz was also named South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year a record seven times, while also having the highest overall winning percentage among all active NCAA head coaches at any level in a 10-year period.
On March 17, 2021, Schertz was named the 26th head coach in Indiana State history, replacing Greg Lansing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2021/03/15/indiana-state-basketball-picks-division-iis-josh-schertz-new-coach-greg-lansing/4681835001/|title=Doyel: Indiana State chooses coach who built D-II powerhouse to replace Greg Lansing|first=Gregg|last=Doyel|website=The Indianapolis Star}}
On April 6, 2024, it was announced that Schertz had been hired as the head coach for the St. Louis Billikens, replacing Travis Ford.{{Cite web|url=https://slubillikens.com/news/2024/4/6/mens-basketball-josh-schertz-named-billikens-head-coach.aspx|title=Josh Schertz Named Billikens’ Head Coach|website=St. Louis Billikens}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters
| conference = South Atlantic Conference
| startyear = 2008
| endyear = 2021
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 14–14
| conference = 8–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 20–9
| conference = 9–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2010–11
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 27–3
| conference = 16–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 26–6
| conference = 14–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NCAA DII Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2012–13
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 25–6
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2013–14
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 28–3
| conference = 20–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2014–15
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 30–3
| conference = 21–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2015–16
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 34–3
| conference = 22–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Runner-Up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2016–17
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 30–6
| conference = 19–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2017–18
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 32–2
| conference = 20–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 20–9
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2019–20
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 32–1
| conference = 22–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Canceled
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2020–21
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 19–4
| conference = 14–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCAA DII Final Four
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Lincoln Memorial
| overall = 337–69 ({{winpct|337|69}})
| confrecord = 214–39 ({{winpct|214|39}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Indiana State Sycamores
| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| startyear = 2021
| endyear = 2024
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Indiana State
| overall = 11–20
| conference = 4–14
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Indiana State
| overall = 23–13
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason = CBI Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2023–24
| name = Indiana State
| overall = 32–7
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NIT Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Indiana State
| overall = {{winpct|66|40|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|34|24|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Saint Louis Billikens
| conference = Atlantic 10 Conference
| startyear = 2024
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = 19–15
| conference = 11–7
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason = NIT first round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Saint Louis
| overall = {{winpct|19|15|record=y}}
| confrecord = {{winpct|11|7|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = {{winpct|422|124|record=y}}
}}
References
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{{Clarence Gaines Award}}
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