Scott Drew

College coach infobox


Name = Scott Drew
Sport = Basketball
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1970|10|23
Birthplace = flagicon|United States Kansas City, Missouri
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College = Baylor
Title = Head coach
Awards =
Championships = Mid-Con Tournament Championship (2003)
CurrentRecord = 57-80 (.416)
OverallRecord = 56-80 (.458)
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Team = Butler
Position =
Coach = *
CoachYears = 1991–1993
1993–2002
2002–2003
2003–present
CoachTeams = Butler (Student Manager)
Valparaiso (asst.)
Valparaiso
Baylor
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Scott Drew (b. October 23, 1970 in Kansas City, Missouri) is the head coach of Baylor University's men's basketball team. For one year, he was the head coach at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana where his brother Bryce Drew played and his father, Homer Drew is the current head coach.

Valparaiso career

Drew graduated from Butler University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. Although he never played high school basketball at the varsity level, Drew spent two years as a student assistant for men's basketball team. Afterwards, Drew assumed an assistant coaching position with the Valparaiso University Crusaders men's team under his father Homer Drew. He spent nine years in this position, during which he earned a master's degree from Valpo and a reputation as one of the best recruiters in the nation. Once the elder Drew retired, he became the team's head coach for one year. In that year, Valparaiso won the regular season conference championship, but lost to IUPUI in the Mid-Continent Conference tournament, thus losing the bid to the NCAA tournament. However, the team proceeded to earn an NIT bid. When Drew went to Baylor, his father came out of retirement to coach Valpo.

Baylor career

On August 22, 2003, Drew took the head coaching position of the men's team at Baylor after the resignation of Dave Bliss due to the scandal. Drew took over the team in August (unusually late for a coaching change) and most of Baylor's top players from the previous year had chosen to transfer.

Drew took over a program left in a shambles as a result of the scandal. Besides losing most of its top players, the program was put on probation until 2010, and had paid scholarships and paid recruiting visits reduced until 2007. Post season play was also cancelled for the 2003-2004 season, and only conference games were permitted for the 2005-2006 season. With these handicaps, Drew led the Bears to an 8-21 record in the 2003-2004 season, 9-19 in the 2004-2005 season, and 4-13 in the conference-only 2005-2006 season.

In the 2007–08 season, Drew turned around his Bears to finish with a 21–9 regular season record and 9-7 Big 12 record, and rank 4th in the Big 12. The 21 wins and 9 conference wins were Baylor's best since joining the Big 12 in 1996. It was enough to make the NCAA Tournament for only the fifth time in school history and the first time since 1988. After the season, Drew signed a 10 year contract extension to stay the head coach of the Bears.

Head coaching record

CBB Yearly Record Start
type=coach
conference=
postseason=
poll=noCBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Valparaiso
startyear=2002
conference=Mid-Continent Conference
endyear=2003|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship = conference
season = 2002–2003
name = Valparaiso
overall = 20-11
conference = 12-2
confstanding = 1st
postseason = NIT Opening RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Valparaiso
overall = 20-11
confrecord = 12-2CBB Yearly Record Subhead
name=Baylor
startyear=2003
conference=Big 12 Conference
endyear=|CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2003–2004
name = Baylor
overall = 8-21
conference = 3-13
confstanding = 11th
postseason = —CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2004–2005
name = Baylor
overall = 9-19
conference = 1-15
confstanding = 12th
postseason = —CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2005–2006
name = Baylor
overall = 4-13
conference = 4-12
confstanding = 12th
postseason = —CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2006–2007
name = Baylor
overall = 15-16
conference = 4-12
confstanding = 11th
postseason = —CBB Yearly Record Entry
championship =
season = 2007–2008
name = Baylor
overall = 21-11
conference = 9-7
confstanding = T–4th
postseason = NCAA First RoundCBB Yearly Record Subtotal
name = Baylor
overall = 57–80
confrecord = 21–59CBB Yearly Record End
overall=77–91

References

* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=3189351 ESPN.com: Scott Drew Turns Baylor Around From Black Eye To 12-2 Start] Posted January 11, 2008.