Tom Billeter

Tom Billeter
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Augustana (SD)
Conference NSIC
Biographical details
Born (1961-02-12) February 12, 1961
Byron, Illinois
Alma mater Illinois
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987 Arizona (asst.)
1987–1992 Rice (asst.)
1992–1997 North Dakota State
1997–1998 St. John's (asst.)
1998–2003 Texas A&M (asst.)
2003–present Augustana (SD)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Division II champion (2016)
2× NSIC regular season champion (2015, 2016)
2× NSIC Tournament champion (2015, 2016)
NCC regular season champion (1995)
Awards
NABC Division II Coach of the Year (2016)
NSIC Coach of the Year (2016)

Tom Billeter (born February 12, 1961) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He previously has been the head coach at North Dakota State University, as well as holding assistant coaching roles at a number of NCAA Division I colleges. He led Augustana to the 2016 NCAA Division II national championship and was named the national coach of the year in that season.

Billeter is from Byron, Illinois and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He began his coaching career as a high school coach, then made his entry into college coaching as an assistant to Lute Olson at Arizona. He then moved to Rice under Scott Thompson. He was hired as head coach of then-Division II North Dakota State, where he led the Bison to four consecutive 20-win seasons in his five seasons at the helm (from 1992 to 1997).[1] He left the school, despite his success, to take an assistant coaching job at high profile Division I program St. John's.[2]

After a year at St. John's, then five seasons as an assistant at Texas A&M, Billeter was hired as head coach at Augustana in 2003.[3] After going 42–69 in his first four seasons, he then led the Vikings to three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2008 to 2010. In the 2014–15 season, the Vikings went 31–3 but were knocked out of the 2015 NCAA Tournament by Northwest Missouri in the second round.[4] The Vikings avenged the loss the following season as they went 34–2 behind national player of the year Dan Jansen and won the school's first national championship. Billeter was named the national Division II coach of the year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) at the conclusion of the season.[5]

College coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
North Dakota State (North Central Conference) (1992–1997)
1992–93 North Dakota State 12–177–118th
1993–94 North Dakota State 21–914–42ndNCAA Regional Final
1994–95 North Dakota State 22–812–6T-1stNCAA Second Round
1995–96 North Dakota State 20–912–6T-2ndNCAA Second Round
1996–97 North Dakota State 22–712–6T-2ndNCAA Second Round
North Dakota State: 97–50 (.660)57–33 (.633)
Augustana (Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference) (2003–present)
2003–04 Augustana 6–212–128th
2004–05 Augustana 8–201-117th
2005–06 Augustana 12–165–75th
2006–07 Augustana 16–123–95th
2007–08 Augustana 22–98–42ndNCAA Regional Final
2008–09 Augustana 21–1013-76thNCAA Regional Final
2009–10 Augustana 24–715–53rdNCAA Regional Final
2010–11 Augustana 18–915–73rd
2011–12 Augustana 17–1114–8T-4thNCAA First Round
2012–13 Augustana 22–915–73rdNCAA Second Round
2013–14 Augustana 16–1412–10T-9th
2014–15 Augustana 31–320–2T-1stNCAA Second Round
2015–16 Augustana 34–221–11stNCAA Champions
2016–17 Augustana 24–916–64thNCAA Second Round
2017–18 Augustana 16-1410-12T-6th
Augustana: 287-166 (.634)171–108 (.613)
Total:384–216 (.640)

      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

References

  1. ↑ Kradle, Adam (March 28, 2016). "Byron native Tom Billeter leads Augustana to D-II national title". Rockford Register Star. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Billeter says he's taking pay cut at St. John's". Argus Leader. April 2, 1997. p. 22. Retrieved September 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "New coach brings hope". Argus Leader. December 2, 2003. p. 15. Retrieved September 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Zimmer, Matt (March 15, 2015). "Vikings historic season ended by Northwest Missouri State". Argus Leader. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ Thurn, Jeff (March 31, 2016). "Augustana Head Coach Tom Billeter named National Coach of the Year by the NABC". ESPN991.com. Retrieved September 29, 2017.
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