Kirk Earlywine

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Kirk Earlywine
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
Biographical details
Born (1964-07-04) July 4, 1964 (age 59)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Alma mater Campbell
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1987 Campbell (asst.)
1987–1989 Ball State (asst.)
1989–1993 Utah (asst.)
1993–1995 Central Michigan (asst.)
1995–1996 Pfeiffer
1996–1999 Milwaukee (asst.)
1999–2006 Weber State (asst.)
2006–2007 UNC Wilmington (asst.)
2007–2011 Eastern Washington
2013–2019 Idaho (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2012–2013Idaho (director of player development)
Head coaching record
Overall63–86 (.423)
Tournaments1–1 (NCAA Division II)

Kirk Sanford Earlywine (born July 4, 1964) is an American college basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach at the University of Idaho. Earlywine was head coach at Pfeiffer and Eastern Washington and has been an assistant coach at multiple other colleges.

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Early life and education

Born in Indianapolis, Earlywine graduated from Campbell University in 1987 with a degree in physical education. He got his first coaching experience at Campbell, serving as a student assistant for the Fighting Camels.

Coaching career

Earlywine's first full-time coaching experience came under the tutelage of Rick Majerus, beginning in 1987 at Ball State University for two seasons. [1] Earlywine was part of the 1988–89 Ball State team that went 29–3 and qualified for the second round of the 1989 NCAA tournament. [2] Earlywine then followed Majerus for his next assistant coaching job at the University of Utah, whey they worked together from 1989 to 1993 during four successful seasons, including the 1990–91 season with a 30–4 record and NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. [1] [3]

From 1993 to 1995, Earlywine was an assistant coach at Central Michigan under Leonard Drake. [1] Earlywine had his first head coaching job in 1995–96 at Pfeiffer University, an NCAA Division II school in North Carolina. Earlywine led Pfeiffer to a 21–8 record and NCAA D-II Tournament appearance in his only season at the helm. [1]

Earlywine returned to the Division I level, starting as an assistant coach at Milwaukee from 1996 to 1999. From 1999 to 2006, Earlywine was an assistant coach at Weber State for the entirety of Joe Cravens's tenure as head coach, during which Weber State qualified for the 2003 NCAA tournament. Earlywine spent the 2006–07 season on Benny Moss's staff at UNC Wilmington as an assistant. [1]

On June 14, 2007, Eastern Washington hired Earlywine to replace the fired Mike Burns. [4] Earlywine went 42–78 in four seasons at Eastern Washington. [5] On March 7, 2011, Eastern Washington made the decision not to renew Earlywine's contract. [6]

Earlywine worked for the regional TV network SWX Right Now as a college basketball color commentator during the 2011–12 season. [7] In 2012, Earlywine joined the staff of Don Verlin at Idaho as director of player development before being promoted to assistant coach in 2013. [1] In September 2019, three months after firing Verlin, Idaho placed Earlywine on administrative leave. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Pfeiffer Falcons (Conference Carolinas)(1995–1996)
1995–96Pfeiffer 21–814–4T–2nd [9] NCAA Division II Second Round
Pfeiffer:21–8 (.724)14–4 (.778)
Eastern Washington Eagles (Big Sky Conference)(2007–2011)
2007–08 Eastern Washington 11–196–10T–8th
2008–09 Eastern Washington 12–186–10T–6th
2009–10 Eastern Washington 9–215–117th
2010–11 Eastern Washington 10–207–9T–6th
Eastern Washington:42–78 (.350)24–40 (.375)
Total:63–86 (.423)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kirk Earlywine". GoVandals.com. University of Idaho. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ "1988-89 Ball State Cardinals Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rick Majerus Coaching Record". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Earlywine hired as Eastern Washington head coach". Associated Press. June 14, 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kirk Earlywine Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ↑ Bergum, Steve (March 7, 2011). "Eastern fires Kirk Earlywine". Spokesman-Review. Spokane. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ "SWX Right Now - Kirk Earlywine, the former EWU basketball coach who did some color commentary on SWX last season has a new job! At Idaho!". Facebook.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "Idaho men's basketball adds Doug Novsek as assistant; Kirk Earlywine no longer with team". Spokesman-Review. September 12, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Conference Carolinas. p. 9. Retrieved June 23, 2020.

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