Don Verlin
Don Verlin (born June 15, 1965)
Teams coached: Idaho Vandals
Idaho record: 177-176 (.501)
Overall record: 177-176 (.501)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CIT Appearances: 4 (2009, 2011, 2012, 2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2008-2019 | Idaho |
| 1998-2008 | Utah State (asst) |
| 1994-1998 | Colorado State (asst) |
| 1992-1994 | Cal State Bakersfield (asst) |
| 1991-1992 | Colorado State(asst) |
| 1989-1991 | Columbia (CA) (asst) |
Don Verlin Facts
- Donald Gene Verlin
- Born June 15, 1965
- Hometown: Roseville, California
- Alma Mater: California State University, Stanislaus (BA, 1991) / Colorado State University (M.Ed, 1993)
- Verlin began coaching immediately after graduating from Del Oro HS (Loomis, CA) in 1983, spending one year as the freshman coach at Del Oro alongside his twin brother, Ron Verlin
- Spent one year as JV coach at Placer HS (Auburn, CA) before heading off to earn a bachelor’s from Cal State Stanislaus
- First collegiate job was a one-year stint as an assistant at Columbia College (CA)
- Spent one year – his first of two tenures – at Colorado State assisting head coach Stew Morrill
- Would later return to Colorado State in 1994, spending another four seasons on the Rams’ staff under Morrill
- In between stints at CSU, Verlin was an assistant for two seasons at Cal State Bakersfield under head coach Pat Douglass
- Followed Morrill to Utah State in 1998, working with the Aggies’ program for the next ten seasons
- USU went to the postseason nine times during that span, including five NCAA Tournament bids, and won four regular season conference titles
- Hired as the head coach at Idaho in 2008, his first head coaching position at the NCAA Division I level
- Won 172 games with the Vandals, who were members of the WAC for his first six seasons before joining the Big Sky
- Led the program to the postseason five times, in which Verlin has a 3-5 record as head coach
- Placed on paid administrative leave in May 2019 after Idaho received notice of possible NCAA violations, Verlin was fired with cause in June 2019
- Along with his wife, Serena, has one son and one daughter
Don Verlin Coaching Tree
- Zac Claus (Western Colorado, Idaho)