Niko Medved

Niko Medved
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Colorado State
Conference	MW
Record	117–74 (.613)
Biographical details
Born	August 10, 1973 (age 51); Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma mater	Minnesota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–1999	Macalester (associate HC)
1999–2006	Furman (assistant)
2006–2007	Minnesota (assistant)
2007–2013	Colorado State (assistant)
2013–2017	Furman
2017–2018	Drake
2018–present	Colorado State
Head coaching record
Overall	196–161 (.549)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA Division I); 2–2 (NIT); 4–2 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	SoCon regular season (2017)
Awards
	Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2024); SoCon Coach of the Year (2017)

Last updated November 30, 2024

Niko Medved (born August 10, 1973) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head men's basketball coach at Colorado State University.^[1] Prior to becoming head coach at Colorado State, he was head coach at Drake University and Furman.

Early life and education

Born in Minneapolis, Medved graduated from Roseville Area High School in nearby Roseville, Minnesota in 1992.^[2]^[3] In high school, Medved was a letterwinner in basketball and golf.^[2]

Assistant coach

Medved was an assistant coach at Furman from 1999 to 2006. He spent a year as assistant at his alma mater, Minnesota, under Dan Monson (who resigned mid-season) and Jim Molinari.^[2]

Medved then enjoyed success as an assistant coach at Colorado State under Tim Miles. He helped guide the Rams to four straight postseason appearances, including back-to-back trips to the 2012 and 2013 NCAA tournament. He helped Colorado State achieve records of 19–13 and 20–12.

Furman

On April 12, 2013 that Medved was announced as the head coach for Furman University for the 2013–14 season.^[4]^[5] Medved took over a struggling Furman program, taking over a seven-win team in 2013 and progressing to nine, 11, 19, and 23 wins in successive seasons. Medved has also coached back-to-back Southern Conference Players of the Year in Stephen Croone and Devin Sibley, Jr. In his third season at Furman in 2015–16, the Paladins finished with a 19–16 overall record, a third-place finish in the Southern Conference, and the school's first postseason victory in 40 years. He led the Paladins to the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT).^[6]

In January 2017, Medved signed a contract extension with Furman through 2022.^[7]

In 2017, Medved was named SoCon Coach of the Year as he led the Paladins to the SoCon regular-season championship with a 13–3 conference record. Losing in the SoCon tournament led to another appearance in the CIT.

Drake

On March 26, 2017, Medved was hired as head coach at Drake.^[8] After a 17-17 season, Medved left Drake to become the head coach at Colorado State University.

Return to Colorado State

After one season at Drake, Medved was named head coach of Colorado State on March 22, 2018. ^[1] He named Dave Thorson, JR Blount and Ali Farokhmanesh as his assistants.

In 2022, Medved led the Rams to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2013.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference)(2013–2017)
2013–14	Furman	9–21	3–13	10th
2014–15	Furman	11–22	5–13	10th
2015–16	Furman	19–16	11–7	T–3rd	CIT second round
2016–17	Furman	23–11	14–4	T–1st	CIT semifinal ^{[note 1]}
Furman:		62–70 (.470)	33–37 (.471)
Drake Bulldogs (Missouri Valley Conference)(2017–2018)
2017–18	Drake	17–17	10–8	T–3rd	CIT second round
Drake:		17–17 (.500)	10–8 (.556)
Colorado State Rams (Mountain West Conference)(2018–present)
2018–19	Colorado State	12–20	7–11	T–7th
2019–20	Colorado State	20–12	11–7	T–5th
2020–21	Colorado State	20–8	14–4	3rd	NIT Fourth Place
2021–22	Colorado State	25–6	14–4	2nd	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2022–23	Colorado State	15–18	6–12	T–8th
2023–24	Colorado State	25–11	10–8	T–6th	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2024–25	Colorado State	4-3	0-0
Colorado State:		121–78 (.608)	60–46 (.566)
Total:		200–165 (.548)
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

Notes

↑ Medved left for Drake after Furman reached the semifinals; interim coach Bob Richey coached the semifinal against Saint Peter's.

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[Medved-9] Medved left for Drake after Furman reached the semifinals; interim coach Bob Richey coached the semifinal against Saint Peter's.

[Medved-1] 1 2 Fredrickson, Kyle (March 22, 2018). "Source: Colorado State selects Niko Medved as new men's basketball coach". Denver Post . Retrieved March 22, 2018.

[Furman_2005-2] 1 2 3 "Niko Medved, Assistant Coach". FurmanPaladins.com. Furman University. 2005. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

[shooter_now-3] Walters, Charley (April 21, 2013). "Shooter Now: Ex-Gophers assistant Niko Medved savors Furman opportunity". Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on April 27, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

[4] "Furman Names Niko Medved As Head Men's Basketball Coach". Furman University. Retrieved 2013-06-06.

[5] "Furman hires Niko Medved". ESPN. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-06.

[6] "Niko Medved Named Head Men's Basketball Coach". Drake University. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

[7] "Furman Inks Men's Basketball Coach Niko Medved To New Contract". Furman. 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-02-16.

[8] "Jeff Rutter feels he was treated 'fairly and seriously' during Drake search". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2017-05-10.

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