Tim Jankovich

Tim Jankovich
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team SMU
Conference The American
Biographical details
Born (1959-06-04) June 4, 1959[1]
Gary, Indiana
Playing career
1977–1978 Washington State
1979–1982 Kansas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1984 Texas–Pan American (asst.)
1984–1986 Kansas State (asst.)
1986–1987 Texas (asst.)
1987–1991 Colorado State (asst.)
1991–1992 Baylor (asst.)
1992–1993 Oklahoma State (asst.)
1993–1997 North Texas
1997–1999 Hutchinson CC
1999–2002 Vanderbilt (asst.)
2002–2003 Illinois (asst.)
2003–2007 Kansas (asst.)
2007–2012 Illinois State
2012–2016 SMU (Associate HC)
2016–present SMU

Tim Jankovich (born June 4, 1959) is an American college basketball coach and head coach at Southern Methodist University. During his first year (2007–08) at Illinois State, Jankovich led the Redbirds to a 13–5 second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference – even though pre-season polls voted the team to be a fifth-place finisher.[2] He was an assistant basketball coach at Kansas for four years, and served under current Kansas head coach Bill Self at Kansas and Illinois.

He has also served as an assistant coach at Kansas State, Colorado State, Oklahoma State, Texas and Vanderbilt. He played college basketball at Washington State and Kansas State.

While at Colorado State, his teams posted three consecutive winning seasons en route to the best period of college basketball in school history. He also served for four years as the head basketball coach at North Texas. The team had gone 5–22 the previous season, but Jankovich engineered the second-largest turnaround in the nation that year.

Playing career

At Kansas State, Jankovich remains one of the winningest players in school history, playing under coach Jack Hartman. He was a four-year starter at point guard, but played his freshman season at Washington State. A three-time academic All-American and honorable mention All-Big Eight player, Jankovich finished his career at Kansas State in the school's top-10 in nine categories, including first in season free-throw percentage (.917) and eighth in career field-goal percentage (.510). In addition, he holds the Big Eight Tournament record for single-game assists (14).

He and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Michael. He received a scholarship offer from Utah State as a junior in high school. The family resides in Dallas, Texas.

On April 26, SMU announced Jankovich as its Associate Head Coach and coach-in-waiting,[3] and was announced as head coach on July 8, 2016.[4]

Division I head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Texas (Southland Conference) (1993–1996)
1993–94 North Texas 14–15 9–9 T4th
1994–95 North Texas 14–13 9–9 5th
1995–96 North Texas 15–13 12–6 2nd
North Texas (Big West Conference) (1996–1997)
1996–97 North Texas 10–16 5–11 5th (East)
North Texas: 53–57 (.482) 35–35 (.500)
Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2012)
2007–08 Illinois State 25–10 13–5 2nd NIT Second Round
2008–09 Illinois State 24–10 11–7 3rd NIT First Round
2009–10 Illinois State 22–11 11–7 3rd NIT First Round
2010–11 Illinois State 12–19 4–14 T9th
2011–12 Illinois State 21–14 9–9 T3rd NIT Second Round
Illinois State: 104–64 (.619) 48–42 (.533)
SMU Mustangs (American Athletic Conference) (2016–present)
2016–17 SMU 0–0 0–0
Total: 157–121 (.565)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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