Dick Peth

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Dick Peth
Biographical details
Born Tomah, Wisconsin
Alma mater Iowa
Playing career
1975-1978 Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980-1985 Denver (assistant)
1985-1997 Denver
1997-2024 Wartburg
Head coaching record
Overall622–415 (.600)
Tournaments4-5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x Colorado Athletic Conference Regular season (1994, 1996)

3x Colorado Athletic Conference Tournament (1992, 1994, 1996)

Contents

3x IIAC/ARC Regular Season (2001, 2005, 2006)

2x IIAC/ARC Tournament (2001, 2017)
Awards
2x IIAC Coach of the year (2001, 2005)

Dick Peth is a former men's basketball player and coach. In April 2024, Peth announced his retirement from Wartburg College after 27 seasons at the helm. [1] [2] He is an alumnus of the University of Iowa, 1979.

Playing career

Dick Peth played high school basketball at Tomah High School in Tomah, Wisconsin. In high school, he was a 3 time first-team all-conference player and finished his career with 1,331 points which ranks second on the LaCrosse Tribune's all-time boys' basketball list. [3] In 2013, Peth was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame. [4] After high school, he went on to play basketball at the University of Iowa from 1975 to 1979 for legendary Iowa head coach Lute Olson. [5] Peth was a 4-year member of the basketball program. During his senior season he was named team co-captain and started for the Big Ten champion 1978–79 Iowa team. To date this is the last regular season championship Iowa has won.

Coaching career

Denver University

Peth began his coaching career in 1980 as an assistant for Denver University. He was elevated to head coach in April 1985 following the death of then head coach Floyd Theard, who passed away from a heart attack following the 1985 season. [6] Peth went on to coach for the Denver for 12 seasons. During his tenure he led them to 221 wins and 3 NCAA tournament appearances. He was inducted into Denver University's athletic hall of fame in 2020 [7] and is still the winningest coach in the program history. [8]

Wartburg College

Dick Peth took over the Wartburg men's basketball program in 1997. During his current tenure at Wartburg he has led them to three regular season Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, including back to back in 2005 and 2006. In 2017 his Wartburg Knight basketball team shocked the conference by winning the IIAC tournament as the tournament's 6th seed. [9] They would go on to reach the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, upsetting #10 Benedictine College and #4 UW-River Falls in the first and second rounds. [10] In December 2021, Peth entered the 600 win club following Wartburg's 82–70 win against University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. [11]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
University of Denver Pioneers (Colorado Athletic Conference)(1985–1997)
1985–86Denver 17-12
1986–87Denver 20–9
1987–88Denver 19-9
1988–89Denver 18-12
1989–90Denver 16-12
1990–91Denver 19-10
1991–92Denver 26-6 NCAA Second Round
1992–93Denver 15–11
1993–94Denver 17-131st NCAA First Round
1994–95Denver 18-10
1995–96Denver 22-71st NCAA First Round
1996–97Denver 14-12
Denver:221-123 (.642)
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(1997–2018)
1997–98Wartburg 16-913-7
1998–99Wartburg 13-1211-10
1999–00Wartburg 12-1210-10
2000–01Wartburg 24-417-11st NCAA Second Round
2001–02Wartburg 20-814-42nd
2002–03Wartburg 21-714-42nd
2003–04Wartburg 20-811-5T–2nd
2004–05Wartburg 23–515-11st
2005–06Wartburg 19-612-41st
2006–07Wartburg 11-155-116th
2007–08Wartburg 9-166-107th
2008–09Wartburg 15-138-84th
2009–10Wartburg 15-128–86th
2010–11Wartburg 10-145-118th
2011–12Wartburg 11-145-117th
2012–13Wartburg 15-128–64th
2013–14Wartburg 13-137-7T–5th
2014–15Wartburg 15-136-85th
2015–16Wartburg 16-118-6T-2nd
2016–17Wartburg 21-108–8T–5th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18Wartburg 17-109-7T-4th
Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference)(2018–Present)
2018–19Wartburg 17-911-53rd
2019–20Wartburg 12-157-9T-5th
2020–21Wartburg 4-72-47thPostseason not held due to COVID-19
2021–22Wartburg 16–109–7T–4th
2022–23Wartburg 11–158–85th
2023–24Wartburg 3–222–14T–8th
Wartburg:401–292 (.579)242–204 (.543)
Total:622–415 (.600)

      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

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