Kurt Kanaskie
Kurt Kanaskie (born April 14, 1958)
Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UNC Wilmington Seahawks (Head coach: Takayo Siddle)
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Teams coached: Lock Haven Bald Eagles, IUP Crimson Hawks, Drake Bulldogs
Lock Haven record^: 55-32 (.632)
IUP record^: 152-75 (.670)
Drake record: 62-136 (.313)
Overall record^: 269-243 (.525)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- PSAC (Div II) Regular Season Champion: 3 (1987, 1994, 1995)
- PSAC (Div II) Tournament Champion: 1 (1995)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Final Four: 1 (1995)
- NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 4 (1987, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Awards:
- PSAC (Div II) Coach of the Year: 4 (1987, 1988, 1994, 1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | UNC Wilmington (assoc. HC) |
| 2020-2022 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 2014-2020 | Air Force (asst) |
| 2012-2014 | Virginia Tech (asst) |
| 2011-2012 | Navy (assoc. HC) |
| 2009-2011 | Penn State (assoc. HC) |
| 2003-2009 | Penn State (asst) |
| 1996-2003 | Drake |
| 1988-1996 | IUP |
| 1985-1988 | Lock Haven |
| 1980-1985 | South Carolina (asst) |
Kurt Kanaskie Facts
- Kurt Michael Kanaskie
- Born April 14, 1958
- Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: La Salle University (BS, 1980)
- Graduated from Cumberland Valley HS (PA) and then played four seasons at La Salle for head coach Lefty Ervin
- Helped led the Explorers to the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 1980; drafted by the Golden State Warriors that year in the 8th round (162nd overall) but never played in the NBA
- Started his coaching career at South Carolina, where he was an assistant for five seasons under Bill E. Foster
- Became the head coach at D-II Lock Haven (PA) in 1985, going 55-32 in three seasons as the helm
- Left for PSAC rival Indiana University-Pennsylvania (IUP), where he was head coach for eight years (152-75 overall)
- Won three total PSAC titles, one at Lock Haven and two at IUP, and went to the D-II NCAA Tournament four times
- Led IUP to the D-II NCAA Final Four in 1995 after sweeping the PSAC regular season and Tournament titles
- Moved back to the D-I ranks in 1996, becoming the head coach at Drake in the Missouri Valley
- Went 62-136 in seven seasons at the helm, finishing below .500 each year without any postseason appearances
- Became an assistant at Penn State under Ed DeChellis in 2003, working there for eight seasons (the last two as associate head coach); also worked for DeChellis for one season at Navy
- Was part of the 2009 NIT Champion PSU team, as well as the squad that reached the NCAA Tournament two years later
- Spent two years working under James Johnson at Virginia Tech and six seasons under Dave Pilipovich at Air Force
- Hired by Takayo Siddle in 2020 to be an assistant at UNC Wilmington; elevated to associate head coach in 2022
Kirt Kanaskie Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels