Tim Jankovich
Tim Jankovich (born June 4, 1959)
Teams coached: North Texas Mean Green, Illinois State Redbirds, SMU Mustangs
North Texas record: 53-57 (.482)
Illinois State record: 104-64 (.619)
SMU record: 125-64 (.661)
Overall record^: 282-185 (.604)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2021, 2022)
- AAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2017)
- AAC Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
Awards:
- AAC Coach of the Year: 1 (2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-2022 | SMU |
| 2015 | SMU (interim HC) |
| 2012-2016 | SMU (assoc. HC) |
| 2007-2012 | Illinois State |
| 2003-2007 | Kansas (asst) |
| 2002-2003 | Illinois (asst) |
| 1999-2002 | Vanderbilt (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Hutchinson CC |
| 1993-1997 | North Texas |
| 1992-1993 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 1991-1992 | Baylor (asst) |
| 1987-1991 | Colorado State (asst) |
| 1986-1987 | Texas (asst) |
| 1984-1986 | Kansas State (asst) |
| 1983-1984 | Texas-Pan American (asst) |
Tim Jankovich Facts
- Timothy Robert Jankovich
- Born June 4, 1959
- Hometown: Gary, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Kansas State University (BS, 1982 & MA, 1985)
- After playing one season at Washington State, was a three-year starter at PG for head coach Jack Hartman at Kansas State
- Was a three-time Academic All-American and received All-Big Eight honorable mention as a K-State senior
- First jobs were one year at UT-Pan American under Lon Kruger, two years under Hartman at K-State and one year under Bob Weltlich at Texas
- Spent four seasons assisting Boyd Grant at Colorado State, becoming part of one of the most successful runs in program history
- Was an assistant under head coaches Gene Iba (one season at Baylor) and Eddie Sutton (one season at Oklahoma State)
- First head coaching job was at North Texas, taking over a 5-22 team and going 14-15 team in his first season
- Left in 1997 with a four-year overall record of 53-57
- Went 50-14 in two seasons as the head coach at Hutchinson CC in Kansas
- Joined Kevin Stallings‘ first staff at Vanderbilt and then spent 5 seasons (1 at Illinois and 4 at Kansas) as an assistant to Bill Self
- Hired as the head coach at Illinois State in 2007, leading the Redbirds to four NITs in five seasons and a .619 win percentage
- Left for SMU in 2012 to be the associate head coach (and head coach-in-waiting) under Hall of Famer Larry Brown
- Coached the Mustangs for 9 games during the 2015-16 season while Brown was suspended, winning all nine games
- Took over as SMU’s head coach in July 2016 following Brown’s resignation
- Won the AAC regular season and Tournament titles in his first year, earning AAC COY honors
- Went 125-64 in six-plus seasons as the head coach at SMU, with one NCAA Tournament and two NIT bids
- Retired from coaching in March 2022 after nearly four decades in the business and a career D-I record of 282-185
- Along with his wife, Cindy, has one son
Tim Jankovich Coaching Tree
- Tim Duryea (Utah State)
- Dana Ford (Missouri State, Tennessee State)
- KT Turner (UT Arlington)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
