Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Drexel |
Conference | CAA |
Record | 121–134 (.475) |
Biographical details | |
Born | Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S. | September 30, 1976
Playing career | |
1996–2000 | Ithaca |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2002 | Winthrop (GA) |
2002–2004 | West Virginia (admin. asst.) |
2004–2009 | Cornell (asst.) |
2009–2016 | Army |
2016–present | Drexel |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 223–246 (.475) |
Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (CIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
CAA tournament (2021) | |
Awards | |
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (2016) | |
Zachary John Spiker (born September 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach for the Drexel Dragons. A native of Morgantown, West Virginia, Spiker played college basketball at Ithaca College. [1] [2] He was previously the head coach at Army. He attended The Hill School. [3]
In the 2012–13 season, Spiker lead Army to its first overall winning record since 1984–85 (a drought of 28 years), and also the Black Knights' first ever winning record in the Patriot League. For his efforts, Spiker was named 2012-13 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the first Army head coach in eleven years to win the award.
Spiker has joined Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski as the only coaches in Army history to win at least 65 games in their first five seasons.
In 2013–14, the Black Knights set a school record for wins in the Patriot League (10), had only their second season with a winning conference record, and had their first ever back-to-back seasons with winning conference records - all under Spiker.
Finally, under Spiker, Army had its first four-year streak of 15 plus wins (2012–16) since 1920–24.
On March 25, 2016, Spiker was hired as head coach of Drexel to replace former head coach Bruiser Flint. [4] His first year at Drexel concluded with a 9-23 record.
On February 22, 2018, Spiker led Drexel to a 34-point comeback win over Delaware, the largest comeback win in Division 1 history.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Army Black Knights (Patriot League)(2009–2016) | |||||||||
2009–10 | Army | 14–15 | 4–10 | 8th | |||||
2010–11 | Army | 11–19 | 3–11 | 8th | |||||
2011–12 | Army | 12–18 | 5–9 | 6th | |||||
2012–13 | Army | 16–15 | 8–6 | 4th | |||||
2013–14 | Army | 15–16 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
2014–15 | Army | 15–15 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
2015–16 | Army | 19–14 | 9–9 | T–4th | CIT first round | ||||
Army: | 102–112 (.477) | 45–65 (.409) | |||||||
Drexel Dragons (Coastal Athletic Association)(2016–present) | |||||||||
2016–17 | Drexel | 9–23 | 3–15 | 10th | |||||
2017–18 | Drexel | 13–20 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
2018–19 | Drexel | 13–19 | 7–11 | T–6th | |||||
2019–20 | Drexel | 14–19 | 6–12 | 8th | |||||
2020–21 | Drexel | 12–8 | 4–5 | 6th | NCAA Division I Round of 64 | ||||
2021–22 | Drexel | 15–14 | 10–8 | T–4th | |||||
2022–23 | Drexel | 17–15 | 10–8 | 5th | |||||
2023–24 | Drexel | 20–12 | 13–5 | 2nd | |||||
2024–25 | Drexel | 8–4 | 0–0 | ||||||
Drexel: | 121–134 (.475) | 59–76 (.437) | |||||||
Total: | 223–246 (.475) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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