Josh Schertz
Josh Schertz (born July 5, c. 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Indiana State Sycamores
Current conference: Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Lincoln Memorial record^: 337-69 (.830)
Indiana State record: 34-33 (.507)
Overall record^: 371-102 (.784)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2023)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 0
- SAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 9 (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 0
- SAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 5 (2011, 2016, 2015, 2018, 2020)
- NCAA Division II National Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2016)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 10 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
Awards:
- Clarence Gaines Award: 1 (2016)
- SAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 6 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2021-present | Indiana State |
| 2008-2021 | Lincoln Memorial |
| 2003-2008 | High Point (assoc. HC) |
| 2001-2003 | Queens (NC) (assoc. HC) |
| 1999-2001 | Lynn (recruiting) |
| 1998-1999 | Florida Atlantic (grad. asst) |
Josh Schertz Facts
- Joshua Schertz
- Born July 5, c. 1976
- Hometown: Long Island, New York
- Alma Mater: Florida Atlantic University (BA, 2000) / Lynn University (M.Ed)
- Born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, Schertz was a star tennis player as a kid; his family moved to Florida when Josh was 12 to help with his tennis career and he eventually attended Spanish River HS in Boca Raton
- Switched from tennis to basketball, spending time playing at County College of Morris (NJ), Weber College (FL) and Piedmont College (NC)
- Coached at summer camp in Winston-Salem where he was noticed by Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom, who recommended him as a graduate assistant to FAU head coach Kevin Billerman; Schertz spent one season in that role to start his career
- Worked at the D-II level for the next four years, with two years each as an assistant at Lynn (FL) and two as associate head coach at Queens (NC), the latter under Bart Lundy
- Followed Lundy to D-I High Point in 2003, spending the next five seasons as his associate head coach there
- Hired in 2008 to become the head coach at D-II Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee
- Won 836 games in thirteen seasons as the head coach, building the program into a D-II powerhouse
- Went to ten D-II NCAA Tournaments, finished as National Runner-up in 2016 and returned to the Final Four in 2017 and 2021
- The Railsplitters won nine SAC regular season titles and five SAC Tournament titles under Schertz
- In March 2021, Schertz was hired to be the next head coach at Indiana State
- Improved the team from 11-20 in his first season to 23-13 and a 5th place MVC finish in his second
- Schertz is Jewish and has been named a finalist for the JCA’s Red Auerbach Award on several occasions through his career
Josh Schertz Coaching Tree
- Jeremiah Samarrippas (Lincoln Memorial)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels
