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: 161-199 (.447)
Overall record^: 161-199 (.447)

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 Appearances:  1  (2019)
• TBC Appearances:  1  (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
• Along with his wife, Toni, has two children

Mark Slessinger Coaching Tree

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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only