- Tim Jankovich
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Name = Tim Jankovich
Sport =Basketball
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College = Illinois State
Title = Head coach
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Years = 1977-1978
1979-1982
Team = Washington State
Kansas State
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CoachYears = 1983-1984
1984-1986
1986-1987
1987-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1997
1997-1999
1999-2002
2002-2003
2003-2007
2007-present
CoachTeams = Texas-Pan American (asst.)
Kansas State (asst.)
Texas (asst.)
Colorado State (asst.)
Baylor (asst.)
Oklahoma State (asst.)
North Texas
Hutchinson CC
Vanderbilt (asst.)
Illinois (asst.)
Kansas (asst.)
Illinois State
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BBallHOF =Tim Jankovich is the head basketball coach at Illinois State University. During his first year (2007-2008) at Illinois State Jankovich lead 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. [cite news |first=Jason |last=Elmquist |title=Ex-KU assistant enjoys first year, Illinois State’s Jankovich scouting Kansas AAU tourney
url=http://www2.kusports.com/news/2008/jul/29/exku_assistant_enjoys_first_year/?mens_basketball |work=Lawrence Journal-World |date=July 29, 2008 |accessdate=2008-07-29] He was an assistant basketball coach at Kansas for four years, and served under current Kansas head coachBill 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 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.
At Kansas State, Jankovich remains one of the winningest players in school history playing under coach
Jack Hartman . He was a four-year starter atpoint guard , but played his freshman season at Washington State.Notes
External links
* [http://goredbirds.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jankovich_tim00.html Illinois State website]
* [http://kuathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/jankovich_tim00.html Kansas website]
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