Wayne Tinkle
Wayne Tinkle (born January 26, 1966)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Oregon State Beavers
Current conference: Pac-12 Conference / West Coast Conference (WCC) (affiliate 2024-25)
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 major conference re-alignments, Oregon State became an affiliate member of the WCC for the 2024-25 season
Wayne Tinkle Coaching Tree
- Bill Evans (Idaho State)
- Freddie Owens (Green Bay)
- Kurt Paulson (Carroll College)