Heath Schroyer
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | McNeese |
| Conference | Southland |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 15, 1972 Walkersville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1991–1993 | Kings River CC |
| 1993–1995 | Armstrong Atlantic State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–1997 | Fresno CC (assistant) |
| 1997–2001 | BYU (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | Wyoming (assistant) |
| 2002–2005 | Portland State |
| 2005–2007 | Fresno State (assistant) |
| 2007–2011 | Wyoming |
| 2011–2014 | UNLV (assistant) |
| 2014–2016 | UT Martin |
| 2016–2017 | NC State (asst. HC) |
| 2017–2018 | BYU (assistant) |
| 2018–2021 | McNeese |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2021–present | McNeese |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–182 |
| Tournaments | CBI: 0–1 CIT: 4–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Big Sky regular season (2002) OVC West division (2016) | |
Heath Martin Schroyer (born March 15, 1972) is currently serving as the Athletic Director at McNeese State University. Prior to becoming the AD, Schroyer spent 25 years as a Division 1 men’s basketball coach, including stops at BYU, Wyoming, Portland State, Fresno State, UNLV, UT Martin and NC State.
Playing career
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Schroyer was born and raised in Walkersville, Maryland where his family owned a dairy farm. He played high school basketball under head coach Morgan Wootten at DeMatha Catholic High School and went on to win All-Conference awards at Kings River Community College before playing at Armstrong Atlantic State University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s in liberal studies. He holds a master’s degree in instructional leadership from National University.
Coaching career
[edit]Schroyer's coaching career began following graduation when he was an assistant for one year at Reedley College in California, then served as an assistant under Steve Cleveland at Fresno City College. When Cleveland became the coach at Brigham Young University in 1997, Schroyer followed him and spent the next four seasons as an assistant coach there. He became an assistant at the University of Wyoming for the 2001–02 season before being hired as the head coach at Portland State University.
At the time of his hiring, Schroyer was the second-youngest coach in Division I, and his first team at Portland State won just five games. In his third and final season at the school, Schroyer led the Vikings to a 19–9 record, including an 11–3 conference record and a Big Sky Conference championship. Following the season, Schroyer rejoined Cleveland as the associate head coach at Fresno State University.
On February 8, 2011, Schroyer was fired from his head coaching job at the University of Wyoming after starting 8–15 and 1–8 in Mountain West Conference play and a 49–68 record in four years. In May 2011, newly appointed UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coach Dave Rice announced that he had signed Schroyer on as an assistant and recruiting coordinator.
Schroyer returned to head coaching when he accepted the position at the University of Tennessee at Martin on March 20, 2014. He stayed with the Skyhawks for two seasons, amassing a 41-28 record before leaving to take an assistant coaching position at North Carolina State under Mark Gottfried. The following season, Schroyer returned to BYU for his second stint as an assistant coach, joining Dave Rose's staff.
On March 15, 2018, Schroyer was named the head men's basketball coach at McNeese State, replacing Dave Simmons.[1] He stepped down in 2021 to become athletic director.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland State Vikings (Big Sky Conference) (2002–2005) | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | Portland State | 5–22 | 3–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Portland State | 11–16 | 5–9 | 8th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Portland State | 19–9 | 11–3 | 1st | |||||
| Portland State: | 35–47 (.427) | 19–23 (.452) | |||||||
| Wyoming Cowboys (Mountain West Conference) (2007–2011) | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | Wyoming | 12–18 | 5–11 | 8th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Wyoming | 19–14 | 7–9 | 6th | CBI First Round | ||||
| 2009–10 | Wyoming | 10–21 | 3–13 | 8th | |||||
| 2010–11 | Wyoming | 8–15 | 1–8 | (fired) | |||||
| Wyoming: | 49–68 (.419) | 16–41 (.281) | |||||||
| UT Martin Skyhawks (Ohio Valley Conference) (2014–2016) | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | UT Martin | 21–13 | 10–6 | 2nd (West) | CIT Semifinals | ||||
| 2015–16 | UT Martin | 20–15 | 10–6 | T–1st (West) | CIT Second Round | ||||
| Tennessee Martin: | 41–28 (.594) | 20–12 (.625) | |||||||
| McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (2018–2021) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | McNeese State | 9–22 | 5–13 | 12th | |||||
| 2019–20 | McNeese State | 15–17 | 10–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 2020–21 | McNeese State | 10–14 | 4–10 | 9th | |||||
| McNeese State: | 34–53 (.391) | 19–33 (.365) | |||||||
| Total: | 158–196 (.446) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Heath Schroyer named new Cowboys basketball coach". McNeese State University. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ "McNeese's Heath Schroyer steps down as basketball coach to be full-time AD; John Aiken promoted to head coach". KPLC. March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
External links
[edit]- BYU bio
- NC State bio
- UT Martin bio
- UNLV bio Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Wyoming bio
- Portland State bio