Mark Slessinger
Mark Slessinger (born May 2, 1974)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: New Orleans Privateers
Current conference: Southland Conference
New Orleans record: 171-222 (.435)
Overall record^: 171-222 (.435)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2017)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2018)
- CIT/TBC Appearances: 2 (2019, 2022)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2017)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 1 (2017)
Awards:
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2011-present | New Orleans |
| 2000-2011 | Northwestern State (asst) |
| 1998-2000 | Northland Pioneer CC |
| 1997-1998 | Northland Pioneer CC (asst) |
| 1996-1997 | Central Michigan (asst) |
| 1995-1996 | Aurora (asst) |
Mark Slessinger Facts
- Mark Slessinger
- Born May 2, 1974
- Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
- Alma Mater: Aurora University (BS, 1995)
- Played at Ellettsville HS (IN) before going on to play at D-III Aurora University (IL)
- Started his coaching career in 1995 as an assistant for James Lancaster at his alma mater
- Spent one year as an assistant to Leonard Drake at Central Michigan before moving out West to work at Northland Pioneer CC in Show Low, AZ
- Took over as head coach at Northland Pioneer in 1998, going 36-25 over two seasons
- Had 8 players move up to the Division I level after playing at Northland Pioneer
- Was an assistant coach at D-I Northwestern State for eleven seasons, working under head coach Mike McConathy
- Took over as the head coach at New Orleans – then a D-I Independent – in 2011; the program moved to the Southland Conference two years later in 2013
- Won the Southland regular season and Tournament titles in 2017, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament
Mark Slessinger Coaching Tree
- coming soon
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
