Wayne Tinkle

Wayne Tinkle (born January 26, 1966)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Oregon State Beavers
Current conference: West Coast Conference (WCC)
Montana record: 158-91 (.635)
Oregon State record: 140-177 (.442)
Overall record: 298-268 (.527)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  5  (2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2021)
• NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen:  1  (2021)
• NCAA Tournament Final Four:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• CBI Appearances:  1  (2011)
• WCC Regular Season Champion:  0
• Big Sky Regular Season Champion:  2  (2012, 2013)
• WCC Tournament Champion:  0
• Pac-12 Tournament Champion:  1  (2021)
• Big Sky Tournament Champion:  3  (2010, 2012, 2013)

Awards:

• Big Sky Coach of the Year:  2  (2012, 2013)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2014-present	Oregon State
2006-2014	Montana
2001-2006	Montana (asst)

Wayne Tinkle Facts

• Wayne Francis Tinkle II
• Born January 26, 1966
• Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Alma Mater: University of Montana (BA, 2005)
• Played four seasons with the Montana Grizzlies, first under Mike Montgomery, then under Stew Morrill
• Played professionally for a variety of teams across the world, stretching from 1989 to 2001
• Started his coaching career by spending five seasons as a Montana assistant under both Pat Kennedy and Larry Krystkowiak
• Promoted to head coach at Montana in 2006, a position he held for the next eight seasons
  • Went to three NCAA Tournaments and one CBI during his time at the helm in Missoula
• Hired as the head coach at Oregon State in May 2014
  • Took the Beavers to the 2016 NCAA Tournament in his second season
  • In 2021, won the program’s first-ever Pac-12 Tournament crown to get back to the NCAA Tournament
    • As a 12-seed, the Beavers made a surprise run to the NCAA Elite Eight
  • Following the dissolution of the Pac-12 in the 2024, Oregon State became an affiliate member of the WCC

Wayne Tinkle Coaching Tree

• Bill Evans (Idaho State)
• Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
• Kurt Paulson (Carroll College)