Zach Spiker
Zach Spiker (born September 30, 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Drexel Dragons
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
Overall record: 102-112 (.477)
Drexel record: 113-130 (.465)
Overall record: 215-242 (.470)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2021)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2016)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 0
- CAA Tournament Champion: 1 (2021)
Awards:
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year: 1 (2016)
- Patriot League Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | Drexel |
| 2009-2016 | Army |
| 2004-2009 | Cornell (asst) |
| 2002-2004 | West Virginia (admin. asst) |
| 2000-2002 | Winthrop (grad. asst) |
Zach Spiker Facts
- Zachary John Spiker
- Born September 30, 1979
- Hometown: Morgantown, West Virginia
- Alma Mater: Ithaca College (BS, 2000) / West Virginia University (MS, 2004)
- Started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Winthrop under head coach Gregg Marshall
- Spent two seasons as an administrative assistant on John Beilein‘s West Virginia staff while also earning his master’s degree
- Was an assistant coach at Cornell under head coach Steve Donahue for five seasons
- In seven seasons as Army head coach, won 102 games and led the Black Knights to the 2016 CIT
- Hired as the new head coach at Drexel in March 2016; is 93-118 through seven seasons with the Dragons
- In 2021, Spiker led the Dragons to their first NCAA Tournament since 1996 by way of a CAA Tournament title
Zach Spiker Coaching Tree
- Jimmy Allen (Army)
- Kevin App (Williams)
- Quinton Ferrell (Presbyterian)
- Justin Jennings (Edinboro)
- Mike Jordan (Lafayette)
- Brandon Linton (Tufts, Nichols)