Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | St. Thomas |
Conference | Summit League |
Record | 266–97 (.733) |
Biographical details | |
Born | [1] | September 18, 1972
Playing career | |
1991–1995 | St. Thomas |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2011 | St. Thomas (assistant) |
2011–present | St. Thomas |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 267–97 (.734) |
Tournaments | 15–6 (NCAA DIII) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
NCAA Division III National Champion (2016) 8x MIAC Regular Season (2011–2017, 2018–2020) 4x MIAC Tournament (2011–2013, 2014–2016) | |
Johnny Tauer (born September 18, 1972) [1] is an American psychologist, professor and basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the St. Thomas Tommies men's basketball team. [2] [3]
Tauer played collegiately under Steve Fritz at St. Thomas, where he was an all-MIAC selection his senior year, and part of the Tommies 1994 NCAA Division III Final Four team. He ranks 14th in school history in scoring, 15th in rebounding and is sixth all time in MIAC history in three-point baskets. [2]
After earning his doctorate in social psychology the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Tauer returned to St. Thomas as a professor and assistant men's basketball coach under Fritz. [4] Upon Fritz's retirement in 2011 after the Tommies' 2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament title win, Tauer was elevated to head coach on an interim basis before earning the job permanently. [5] [6]
As a member of the Tommies staff as an assistant or head coach, Tauer has guided the team to 12-straight MIAC championships from 2005 to 2017, and won a share of 14 of the last 15 MIAC regular season titles along with 14 NCAA tournament appearances, including a national title in 2016. [2] [7] Tauer lead the Tommies into the Division I ranks as St. Thomas joined the Summit League for the 2021–22 season. [8]
Tauer is a tenured professor of psychology at St. Thomas. [3] [4]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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St. Thomas Tommies (MIAC)(2011–2021) | |||||||||
2011–12 | St. Thomas | 22–7 | 16–4 | 1st | NCAA DIII Second Round | ||||
2012–13 | St. Thomas | 30–2 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA DIII Final Four | ||||
2013–14 | St. Thomas | 22–6 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA DIII First Round | ||||
2014–15 | St. Thomas | 24–4 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA DIII First Round | ||||
2015–16 | St. Thomas | 30–3 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA DIII National Champion | ||||
2016–17 | St. Thomas | 19–8 | 15–5 | 1st | NCAA DIII First Round | ||||
2017–18 | St. Thomas | 14–12 | 12–8 | 6th | |||||
2018–19 | St. Thomas | 24–5 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2019–20 | St. Thomas | 26–3 | 19–1 | T–1st | NCAA DIII Sweet Sixteen | ||||
2020–21 | St. Thomas | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st† | |||||
St. Thomas Tommies (Summit League)(2021–present) | |||||||||
2021–22 | St. Thomas | 10–20 | 4–14 | T–8th | |||||
2022–23 | St. Thomas | 19–14 | 9–9 | T–4th | |||||
2023–24 | St. Thomas | 20–13 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
St. Thomas: | 267–97 (.734) | 179–58 (.755) | |||||||
Total: | 267–97 (.734) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
†Although they were atop the MIAC standings at the time the 2020–21 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MIAC is not officially recognizing a regular season champion. [9]
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