Jeremy Ballard

Last updated
Jeremy Ballard
Current position
Title Head coach
Team FIU
Conference C-USA
Record88–101 (.466)
Biographical details
Born (1981-06-29) June 29, 1981 (age 42)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2003 Colgate
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2007 Colgate (assistant)
2007–2012 Tulsa (assistant)
2012–2015 VCU (assistant)
2015–2016 Illinois State (assistant)
2016–2017 Pittsburgh (assistant)
2017–2018VCU (assistant)
2018–present FIU
Head coaching record
Overall88–101 (.466)
Tournaments1–1 (CIT)

Jeremy Ballard (born June 29, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the FIU Panthers men's basketball team. [1] [2]

Contents

Playing career

Ballard played college basketball at Colgate, where he was a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection, and served as team captain his senior year. [3] [4] He is a devoted member of the young male's mentoring group known as "the Commission" which prides itself on the development of young men in highly competitive academic environments.

Coaching career

After graduation, Ballard became an assistant coach with his alma mater, where he stayed from 2004 to 2007 before joining the staff at Tulsa from 2007 to 2012. Ballard moved on to be an assistant coach under Shaka Smart at VCU until 2015, before making stops at Illinois State and Pittsburgh for one season each. [5] [6] He returned to VCU as an assistant coach under Mike Rhoades in 2017, before accepting the head coaching position at Florida International on April 20, 2018, replacing Anthony Evans as the ninth coach in program history. [7] [1] [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
FIU Panthers (Conference USA)(2018–present)
2018–19 FIU 20–1410–87th CIT Second Round
2019–20 FIU 19–139–9T–6th
2020–21 FIU 9–172–157th (East)
2021–22 FIU 15–175–136th (East)
2022–23 FIU 14–188–12T–6th
2023–24 FIU 11–225–119th
FIU:88–101 (.466)39–67 (.368)
Total:88–101 (.466)

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