Todd Howard
Todd Howard (born September 10, 1970)
Teams coached: IUPUI Jaguars
IUPUI record: 26-70 (.271)
Overall record^: 26-70 (.271)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2011-2014 | IUPUI |
2001-2011 | IUPUI (assoc. HC) |
1994-2001 | IUPUI (asst) |
1993-1994 | Louisville (student asst) |
Todd Howard Facts
- Todd Howard
- Born September 10, 1970
- Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
- Alma Mater: University of Louisville (BA, 1993)
- Starred at Ballard HS (KY), where he was a teammate of future NBA player Allan Houston and won a state title in 1988
- Played at Louisville for Hall of Fame head coach Denny Crum; went to three NCAA Tournaments
- Started his coaching career at his alma mater, spending the 1993-94 season as a student assistant
- Arrived at (then NAIA) IUPUI in 1994, becoming an assistant under new Jags’ head coach Ron Hunter
- Spent seventeen seasons on Hunter’s staff, including ten as his associate head coach
- Excelled as a recruiter, especially in the Louisville and Indianapolis areas, and helped land future NBA player George Hill
- Part of team that won the 2003 Summit League Tournament and reached the program’s first-ever D-I NCAA Tournament
- Elevated to head coach in 2011 when Hunter left for Georgia State, but was not able to maintain his mentor’s success
- After going 14-18 in year one, the Jaguars went 6-26 in two-straight seasons leading to Howard’s firing in 2014
- Howard stayed in Indianapolis, spending eight years (2014-22) as the head boys’ basketball coach at Brebeuf Jesuit Prep
- Went 124-68 overall and won three Class 3A sectional titles before resigning in April 2022
Todd Howard Coaching Tree
- Matt Crenshaw (IUPUI)
- David Padgett (Louisville)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only