Zach Spiker

Zach Spiker
Current position
Spiker coaching at Army in 2011
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	Drexel
Conference	CAA
Record	0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born	(1976-09-30) September 30, 1976 Morgantown, West Virginia
Playing career
1996–2000	Ithaca
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2002	Winthrop (GA)
2002–2004	West Virginia (admin. asst.)
2004–2009	Cornell (asst.)
2009–2016	Army
2016–present	Drexel
Head coaching record
Overall	102-112 (.477)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Award (2016)

Zachary John Spiker ((1976-09-30)September 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach for the Drexel Dragons. A native of Morgantown, West Virginia, Spiker played college basketball at Ithaca College.^[1]^[2] He was previously the head coach at Army.

In the 2012–13 season, Spiker lead Army to its first overall winning record since 1984–85 (a drought of 28 years), and also the Black Knights' first ever winning record in the Patriot League. For his efforts, Spiker was named 2012-13 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the first Army head coach in eleven years to win the award.

Spiker has joined Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski as the only coaches in Army history to win at least 65 games in their first five seasons.

In 2013–14, the Black Knights set a school record for wins in the Patriot League (10), had only their second season with a winning conference record, and had their first ever back-to-back seasons with winning conference records - all under Spiker.

Finally, under Spiker, Army had its first four-year streak of 15 plus wins (2012–16) since 1920–24.

On March 25, 2016, Spiker was hired as head coach of Drexel to replace former head coach Bruiser Flint.^[3]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Army Black Knights (Patriot League) (2009–present)
2009–10	Army	14–15	4–10	8th
2010–11	Army	11–19	3–11	8th
2011–12	Army	12–18	5–9	6th
2012–13	Army	16–15	8–6	4th
2013–14	Army	15–16	10–8	5th
2014–15	Army	15–15	6–12	10th
2015–16	Army	19–14	9–9	4th	CIT First Round
Army:		102–112 (.477)	45–65 (.409)
Drexel Dragons (Colonial Athletic Association) (2016–present)
2016–17	Drexel	0–0	0–0
Drexel:
Total:		102–112 (.477)
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

References

↑ "Zach Spiker, Head Men's Basketball Coach". United States Military Academy. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
↑ Army Feels the Energy of a Youthful New Coach
↑ "Army's Spiker hired as Drexel's next coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

External links

Drexel Dragons profile

Army Black Knights men's basketball head coaches

Joseph Stilwell (1902–1904)
No coach (1904–1906)
Harry A. Fisher (1906–1907)
B. H. Koehler (1907–1908)
Joseph Stilwell (1908–1911)
Harvey Higley (1911–1913)
Joseph Stilwell (1913–1914)
Jacob L. Devers (1914–1916)
Arthur Conard (1916–1917)
Ivens Jones (1917–1919)
Joseph O'Shea (1919–1921)
Harry A. Fisher (1921–1923)
John Van Vliet (1923–1924)
Harry A. Fisher (1924–1925)
Ernest Blood (1925–1926)
Leo Novak (1926–1939)
Valentine Lentz (1939–1943)
Ed Kelleher (1943–1945)
Stu Holcomb (1945–1947)
John Mauer (1947–1951)
Elmer Ripley (1951–1953)
Bob Vanatta (1953–1954)
Orvis Sigler (1954–1958)
George Hunter (1958–1963)
Tates Locke (1963–1965)
Bob Knight (1965–1971)
Dan Dougherty (1971–1975)
Mike Krzyzewski (1975–1980)
Pete Gaudet (1980–1982)
Les Wothke (1982–1990)
Tom Miller (1990–1993)
Dino Gaudio (1993–1997)
Pat Harris (1997–2002)
Jim Crews (2002–2009)
Zach Spiker (2009–2016)
Jimmy Allen (2016– )

Drexel Dragons men's basketball head coaches

John Gray (1894–1895)
F. Knight (1895–1896)
No team (1896–1900)
No coach (1900–1905)
W. S. Brokaw (1905–1907)
F. Bennett (1907–1908)
G. Doughty (1908–1909)
No coach (1909–1910)
Frank Griffin (1910–1913)
No coach (1913–1914)
E. L. Lucas (1914–1917)
No coach (1917–1918)
James Barrett (1918–1920)
William McAvoy (1920–1922)
Harvey O'Brien (1922–1925)
Ernest Lange (1925–1927)
Walter Halas (1927–1934)
Ernest Lange (1934–1940)
Lawrence Mains (1940–1943)
Maury McMains (1943–1944)
John Marino (1944–1945)
Ralph Chase (1945–1949)
Harold Kollar (1949–1952)
Samuel Cozen (1952–1968)
Robert Morgan # (1968)
Frank Szymanski (1968–1971)
Ray Haesler (1971–1977)
Edward J. Burke (1977–1991)
Bill Herrion (1991–1999)
Steve Seymour (1999–2001)
Bruiser Flint (2001–2016)
Zach Spiker (2016– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Colonial Athletic Association

Earl Grant (College of Charleston) Martin Ingelsby (Delaware) Zach Spiker (Drexel) Matt Matheny (Elon) Joe Mihalich (Hofstra) Louis Rowe (James Madison) Bill Coen (Northeastern) Pat Skerry (Towson) Kevin Keatts (UNC Wilmington) Tony Shaver (William & Mary)

Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award winners

2008: Brey 2009: Conroy 2010: Marlin 2011: Mack 2012: Patsos 2013: Mihalich 2014: Wardle 2015: Davis 2016: Spiker

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