Jon Coffman
Jon Coffman (born July 28, 1973)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons
Current conference: Horizon League
Purdue Fort Wayne record: 179-142 (.558)
Overall record: 179-142 (.558)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2022)
- CIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2024)
- CIT Appearances: 4 (2015, 2017, 2018, 2024)
- Horizon League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- Summit League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2016)
- Horizon League Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Horizon League Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
- Summit League Coach of the Year: 1 (2016)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2014-present | IPFW/Fort Wayne/Purdue Fort Wayne |
| 2011-2014 | IPFW (asst) |
| 2009-2011 | Colgate (asst) |
| 2001-2009 | Stetson (asst) |
| 2000-2001 | College of Charleston (asst) |
| 1997-2000 | Emory and Henry (asst) |
Jon Coffman Facts
- Jonathan Glenn Coffman
- Born July 28, 1973
- Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
- Alma Mater: Washington and Lee University (BS, 1996)
- Was a three-year starter at D-III Washington and Lee (VA), serving as captain during his senior year
- Played for head coached Verne Canfield and Kevin Moore
- Started coaching career in 1997 at D-III Emory and Henry, working under Bob Johnson, then moved up to D-I after three years to become an assistant under John Kresse at the College of Charleston
- Worked under Derek Waugh at Stetson for eight seasons and under Emmett Davis at Colgate for two
- Was a high school teammate of Waugh’s at the Marist School in Brookhaven, Georgia
- Joined Tony Jasick‘s staff at Purdue Fort Wayne (formerly IPFW and Fort Wayne) as an assistant in 2011
- Three years later was promoted to head coach of the Mastodons and has been at the helm ever since
- Has six postseason berths through ten seasons: 4 CITs, 1 CBI and 1 NIT (in 2016 after sharing the Summit title)
- In 2022, PFW earned a share of the Horizon League title for the first time after joining in 2020; Coffman was named Horizon COY
Jon Coffman Coaching Tree
- Paul Corsaro (IU Indianapolis, UIndy)
