Tony Jasick

Anthony Michael Jasick (born April 17, 1978) is the current men's basketball head coach at Jacksonville. He was previously the head coach at IPFW. He was the third head coach at the NCAA Division I level for the Mastodons.

Tony Jasick
Jasick in 2016 at Clune Arena.
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamJacksonville
ConferenceAtlantic Sun
Record84–110 (.433)
Biographical details
Born (1978-04-17) April 17, 1978
Whitehall, Michigan
Alma materMars Hill
Lincoln Memorial
Playing career
1996–1998Muskegon CC
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2003North Alabama (volunteer asst.)
2003–2004Newberry (assistant)
2004–2005Middle Tennessee (assistant)
2005–2011IPFW (assistant)
2011–2014IPFW
2014–presentJacksonville
Head coaching record
Overall136–157 (.464)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Hugh Durham Award (2014)

Early life and education

Born and raised in Whitehall, Michigan, Jasick graduated from Whitehall High School in 1996. Jasick played point guard at Whitehall.[1] After high school, Jasick attended Muskegon Community College and also played basketball there before transferring to Mars Hill College, where he graduated with a B.S. in biology education in 2000. Jasick later completed a master's in education in 2002 at Lincoln Memorial University.[2][1]

Coaching career

Jasick began his coaching career in 2002 at the Division II level as a volunteer assistant at North Alabama. In 2003, Jasick became an assistant at Newberry College before getting his first Division I job as an assistant at Middle Tennessee under Kermit Davis in 2004–05.[2]

From 2005 to 2011, Jasick was an assistant at IPFW as the school moved from independence to the Summit League in the 2007–08 season.[3] On April 20, 2011, IPFW promoted Jasick to head coach.[4] Originally signed to a five-year contract in 2011, Jasick got an extension through the 2017–18 season on October 10, 2013 following a 16-win season in 2012–13, the program's most wins in 20 seasons.[5] Two months later, IPFW got its first ranking in the Collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Top 25.[6] On January 2, 2014, IPFW beat Bowling Green on the road 65–60 for the program's first road win over a MAC opponent.[7] IPFW finished the season 25–11 and made the second round of the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.[8]

On April 9, 2014, Jacksonville University hired Jasick as head coach.[2] Jacksonville improved from 10–22 in Jasick's first season in 2014–15 to 16–16 in 2015–16.[9]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
IPFW Mastodons (Summit League) (2011–2014)
2011–12 IPFW 11–195–138th
2012–13 IPFW 16–177–95th
2013–14 IPFW 25–1110–4T–2ndCIT Second Round
IPFW: 52–47 (.525)22–26 (.458)
Jacksonville Dolphins (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2014–present)
2014–15 Jacksonville 10–224–10T–6th
2015–16 Jacksonville 16–168–6T–2nd
2016–17 Jacksonville 17–165–96thCIT First Round
2017–18 Jacksonville 15–188–63rd
2018–19 Jacksonville 12–205–117th
2019–20 Jacksonville 14–187–9T–6th
Jacksonville: 84–110 (.433)37–51 (.420)
Total:136–157 (.464)

      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. Mattson, Mike (April 20, 2011). "Whitehall's Tony Jasick named men's head basketball coach at IPFW". Muskegon Chronicle. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  2. "Tony Jasick". Jacksonville University. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. "Tony Jasick". IPFW. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. "Tony Jasick Named IPFW Head Men's Basketball Coach". IPFW. April 21, 2011.
  5. Krausz, Tony (October 10, 2013). "IPFW extends contract for men's basketball coach Tony Jasick". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  6. Davis, Tom (December 17, 2013). "IPFW basketball earns national recognition". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  7. Davis, Tom (January 3, 2014). "IPFW controls own destiny in its quest for history". Fort Wayne News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  8. "2013-14 IPFW Mastodons Schedule and Results". SRCBB. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  9. "Tony Jasick". SRCBB. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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