Clint Sargent

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Clint Sargent

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Wright State
Conference	Horizon League
Record	5–4 (.556)
Biographical details
Born	(1988-09-10) September 10, 1988 (age 36) [1]
Playing career
2007–2011	South Dakota State
2011–2013	USC Heidelberg
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2016–2021	Wright State (assistant)
2021–2024	Wright State (AHC)
2024–present	Wright State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013–2016	South Dakota State (DO)
Head coaching record
Overall	5–4 (.556)

Clinton Berl Sargent (born September 10, 1988) ^[1] is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Wright State Raiders men's basketball team. He played college basketball for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits and later for two seasons professionally with USC Heidelberg. He coached at South Dakota State from 2013–14 to 2015–16 and was an assistant at Wright State from 2016–17 to 2023–24 before receiving a promotion to head coach in 2024.

Early life and playing career

Sargent grew up in South Sioux City, Nebraska. ^[2] He attended Bishop Heelan Catholic High School in Sioux City, Iowa, where he played basketball and football, being a captain of both. ^[3] In basketball, he averaged over 20 points as a junior and averaged 19.7 points, four rebounds and four assists as a senior. ^[3] He was a first-team all-metro, first-team all-conference, first-team all-district, first-team all-northwest Iowa and first-team all-state basketball player in his last two years and finished ninth in city history in scoring, with over 1,000 points. ^{[3] [4]} He was chosen his class' Iowa Newspaper Association Player of the Year in his senior year, was named his team's most valuable player, and also captained the all-northwest Iowa squad. ^[3] He also was an all-metro football selection at quarterback. ^[3]

Sargent played college basketball for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits (SDSU) under head coach Scott Nagy. ^[2] A starter from the beginning, he was the team's leader in assists as a freshman, totaled 68 three-point shots as a sophomore, and posted the same mark as a junior while being named all-Summit League. ^[2] He set the team record for three-pointers as a senior and repeated as an all-Summit League selection, finishing his career with over 1,500 points scored, then-fifth all-time in SDSU history; he averaged more than two three-point shots made per game in his collegiate career. ^{[3] [2]}

After his collegiate career, Sargent signed to play professionally in Germany with USC Heidelberg, a team in the country's second-tier, for the 2011–12 season. ^[5] He played two seasons for the team in the league ProA. ^[6]

Coaching career

Sargent returned to South Dakota State in 2013–14 as their director of operations. ^[7] He remained in the position with the school until leaving to become an assistant with the Wright State Raiders in 2016. ^[8] At Wright State, he joined his former South Dakota State coach, Scott Nagy. ^[6]

Sargent held the position of assistant coach at Wright State before receiving a promotion to associate head coach in 2021. ^[9] In his time as an assistant with the team – from 2016–17 to 2023–24 – he helped them win Horizon League titles five times while reaching the NCAA Tournament twice (2018, 2022), including the first Division I Tournament win in team history in 2022 over the Bryant Bulldogs. ^[6] With duties including player development and recruiting, he helped the team have 26 all-Horizon League selections in his tenure as an assistant coach. ^[10] After coach Nagy left in 2024 to become the head coach of the Southern Illinois Salukis, Sargent was promoted to head coach of Wright State on March 28, 2024. ^[11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League)(2024–present)
2024–25	Wright State	5–4	0–0
Wright State:		5–4 (.556)	0–0 (–)
Total:		5–4 (.556)
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

Personal life

Sargent married Jill Young, a basketball player at South Dakota State and later in Germany. ^[12]

References

1. "Clint Sargent". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
2. Vanrovec, Terry (February 10, 2011). "SDSU sharpshooter Sargent in record books". Argus-Leader . p. 13, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Clint Sargent". South Dakota State Jackrabbits.
4. Poe, Barry (March 30, 2007). "Crusaders headline All-MRAC team". Sioux City Journal . p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Brauer, Michael (August 3, 2011). "Shooting for Overseas". Sioux City Journal . p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Wright State elevates men's basketball associate head coach to top spot". WHIO-TV. March 28, 2024.
7. Harkness, Jeff (August 7, 2013). "Former South Dakota State Star Clint Sargent Returns to Jacks Program". KSOO.
8. "Clint Sargent". Wright State Raiders.
9. Jablonski, David (June 8, 2021). "Wright State assistant men's basketball coach earns promotion". Dayton Daily News .
10. "Clint Sargent Named Wright State Men's Basketball Head Coach". Wright State Raiders. March 28, 2024.
11. Harris, Doug (March 28, 2024). "Wright State names Sargent to replace Nagy as coach". Dayton Daily News .
12. Cersosimo, Brooke (April 22, 2013). "Sargent wraps up first year of playing overseas". Mitchell Republic .