Greg McDermott Greg McDermott Head Coach - 10th Season at Creighton Graduating That team was aided by the successful The Greg McDermott File student-athletes, integration of the top scoring newcomer in program record win totals, history, Foster (18.2 ppg.), as well as 7-foot center Personal sold-out crowds, Justin Patton, who declared for the NBA Draft after regular-season and his redshirt freshman season and went No. 16 overall. • Wife - Theresa tournament titles, Creighton’s 2015-16 team finished 20-15, winning • Children - Nick, Doug and Sydney postseason success and a three-time All-American a pair of postseason games to reach the quarterfinals • Hometown - Cascade, Iowa son are part of the legacy that Greg McDermott has of the National Invitation Tournament. The Bluejays created during his first nine seasons at Creighton. won the Men Who Speak Up Main Event in Las Vegas, Collegiate Coaching Experience Named the 16th head coach in Creighton men’s beat rival Nebraska by double-digits for a fifth straight • Creighton - Head Coach, 2010-Present basketball history on April 27, 2010, McDermott season, and picked up victories over No. 5 Xavier and • Iowa State - Head Coach, 2006-10 boasts a 207-109 record in his first nine seasons, while No. 18 Butler. returning the program to the national rankings with In 2013-14 McDermott’s club led the nation in • Northern Iowa - Head Coach, 2001-06 an up-tempo style of play that sees fans turning out in three-point percentage, three-pointers made and • North Dakota State - Head Coach, 2000-01 record numbers. assist/turnover ratio, while also ranking second in • Wayne State (Neb.) - Head Coach, 1994-2000 Twenty-two of 23 seniors to complete their three-pointers per game and assists per game. His son, • North Dakota - Assistant Coach, 1989-94 eligibility the past six years have earned their Doug, swept all 14 National Player of the Year awards, undergraduate degree, with 15 going on to play led the nation in scoring (26.7 ppg.), became the Collegiate Coaching Honors professionally and four others to graduate school. fifth-leading scorer in Division I history (3,150 career Wayne State (Neb.) College Last season McDermott guided Creighton to wins points) and went on to become the 11th overall pick • 1999-2000 NSIC Coach of the Year away from home over No. 10 Marquette and No. in the 2014 NBA Draft. 16 Clemson, the Cayman Islands Classic title, and a Making the big leap from the Missouri Valley • Coach of 1998-99 team that made Wayne State Hall third straight third-place finish in the BIG EAST. Conference to the BIG EAST in 2013-14, Creighton of Fame Ty-Shon Alexander increased his scoring average by finished second in its new conference in both the • Coach of 1999-00 team that made Wayne State Hall 10 points, Marcus Zegarowski was named to the regular-season and league tournament. In the of Fame All-Freshman Team, and Martin Krampelj developed process, CU owned a pair of lopsided wins over • 2006 inductee into Wayne State Hall of Fame into one of the top post players in the BIG EAST while top-10 Villanova, including a 96-68 road win that saw University of North Dakota overcoming his third ACL injury. The Bluejays reached the Bluejays drain a three-pointer on each of their first • Assistant Coach of 1989-90 team that made North the quarterfinals of the NIT after being picked to finish nine possessions. Dakota Hall of Fame ninth in the BIG EAST. His 2012-13 team swept the MVC regular-season University of Northern Iowa McDermott saw his 2017-18 team return and tournament titles, defeating rival Wichita State • 2015 Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee to the NCAA Tournament after posting in both deciding contests, and finished 28-8. The wins over No. 3 Villanova, No. 19 Seton Hall, Jays won an NCAA Tournament game in consecutive Creighton University No. 20 Northwestern and No. 23 UCLA. CU ranked seasons for the first time, before falling to Duke in the • 2011-12 CollegeInsider.com Hugh Durham Award fifth nationally with 17,000 fans per home game, and third round. National Coach of the Year Finalist handed eventual national champ Villanova its final During the 2012-13 campaign Doug McDermott • 2012-13 CollegeInsider.com MVC Coach of the Year loss of the season on Feb. 24th. Marcus Foster was repeated as MVC Player of the Year and once again • 2012-13 NABC District 16 Coach of the Year named First Team All-BIG EAST for the second straight was named First Team All-American. He led the nation • 2013-14 Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Finalist year and Khyri Thomas repeated as BIG EAST Defensive in field goals made and points scored, while also • 2013-14 USBWA Henry Iba Coach of the Year Finalist Player of the Year before turning pro and being the setting then-CU records for points in a season • 2017-18 NABC Coaches vs. Cancer Champions Award No. 38 pick in the NBA Draft. and career. Additionally, Grant Gibbs and Gregory McDermott was also honored after the 2017-18 Echenique were named Honorable Mention All-MVC, season with the NABC’s Coaches vs. Cancer Champions with Echenique earning a spot on the All-Defensive Professional Playing Experience Award, a testament to his work in the community and Team for a third straight year. Ethan Wragge was • Switzerland - 1988-89 with the program’s annual Pink Out game. named MVC Sixth Man of the Year. Creighton’s 2016-17 team went 25-10, spending Creighton tied a school record in 2011-12 with Collegiate Playing Experience 16 consecutive weeks in the top-25, including a 29 wins and reached the third round of the NCAA • Northern Iowa - 1984-88, Center program-record No. 7 mark on January 16th. CU Tournament, while establishing a then-program won the Paradise Jam and scored a school-record record with 2,772 points. The team spent 16 weeks 2,864 points while posting four victories against top-25 ranked in the Top 25, and earned its inaugural First College Education competition. The Bluejays started the season 18-1 for the Team AP All-American in program history when • University of Northern Iowa - B.A., 1988 program’s best 19 game start ever, while its 13 victories his son was honored following a record-setting • United States Sports Academy - M.S.S., 1994 to start to the campaign was its best since 1942-43. CU season. Doug was the first sophomore in league finished fifth nationally in home attendance. history named MVC Player of the Year, setting a school record with 801 points, while also leading the nation with 307 field goals. Creighton finished the year ranked No. 19 in the AP poll, and also ranked sixth nationally for its average home attendance of 16,665. McDermott’s first year in Omaha was also a success. He led Creighton to a 23-16 record in his first campaign, as the Jays won a school-record four postseason games, advancing to the CBI finals. Doug McDermott swept MVC Freshman and Newcomer of the Year awards while becoming the first freshman since 1952 to be named First Team All-MVC. Point guard Antoine Young was named Second Team All-Valley and also earned a spot on the MVC’s Most-Improved Team. Echenique was named to the MVC All-Newcomer and All-Defensive Teams, while McDermott and Jahenns Manigat landed 12 Greg McDermott All-Freshman Team spots. Four members of his first team (Kaleb Korver, Matthew Dorwart, Ross Ferrarini and Derek Sebastian) were honored for their work in the classroom. A native of Cascade, Iowa, McDermott owns a 356-240 record in 18 seasons on the Division I sidelines. He has a 487-304 career mark in 25 seasons as a head coach, which includes 10 trips to the NCAA Tournament. Before coming to Creighton, McDermott won 59 games in four seasons as head coach at Iowa State. He coached five players who earned all-conference recognition, including Craig Brackins, who was the first Cyclone since 2001 to earn All-Big 12 First Team honors in 2009. He also coached Mike Taylor, who was a second-round pick in the 2008 NBA Draft and played for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2008-09. McDermott’s 2008-09 squad broke school records in three-pointers made (236) and lowest turnover average (12.1 tpg.) in a season. McDermott’s meteoric rise in the head coaching ranks occurred in his five seasons as the head coach at his alma mater, Northern Iowa. After taking over a program that had not posted a winning season since 1997, McDermott’s recipe for success launched the UNI program into the national spotlight. In his third season with the Panthers, McDermott led UNI to the 2004 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title and its second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history while recording a 21-10 mark. He backed up UNI’s 2004 season with yet another NCAA Tournament bid in 2005, this time earning the Panthers’ first at-large berth with a No. 11 seed. The Panthers tallied a 21-11 record and took No. 6 seed Wisconsin to the wire, falling 57-52. The 2006 UNI season was just as successful, as McDermott led the Panthers to their first Associated Press Top 25 ranking while tying a then-school record with 23 wins. UNI defeated five NCAA Tournament teams en route to its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance with a No. 10 seed.