Samuel Elden Scholl (born November 11, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of San Diego.[1]
 Scholl in 2017. | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Coach |
| Team | Montana State |
| Conference | Big Sky |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 11, 1977 Gig Harbor, Washington, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1996–1998 | Tacoma CC |
| 1998–2000 | San Diego |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2000–2007 | San Diego (asst.) |
| 2007–2015 | Santa Clara (asst.) |
| 2015–2018 | San Diego (asst.) |
| 2018–2022 | San Diego |
| 2023–present | Montana State (asst.) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2022–2023 | San Diego State (advisor) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–66 (.431) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NIT) 2–1 (CIT) |
Playing career
editScholl started his playing career at Tacoma Community College for two seasons before transferring to the University of San Diego to complete his playing eligibility under Brad Holland with the San Diego Toreros.[2]
Coaching career
editAfter graduation, Scholl joined Holland's staff and stayed with the Toreros for seven seasons, where he was part of the team's 2003 NCAA tournament appearance.[3] In 2007, Scholl joined Kerry Keating's staff at Santa Clara, where he stayed until 2015, and was a part of the school's 2011 CIT Championship and 2013 CBI Championship winning squads.[4]
Scholl rejoined the Toreros staff under Lamont Smith. In February 2018, Smith was placed on leave pending a domestic violence charge against him, and resigned 10 days after his arrest, leaving Scholl to coach the team on an interim basis.[5][6] Scholl coached the team in the 2018 CIT, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to eventual champion Northern Colorado.
On April 2, 2018, San Diego lifted the interim tag and named Scholl the permanent head coach, the 13th head coach in Toreros history.[1][7]
On March 6, 2022, San Diego announced that Scholl would not return as head coach, ending his 4-season tenure.[8]
Head coaching record
editNCAA DI
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego (West Coast Conference) (2018–2022) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | San Diego | 2–2‡ | CIT Quarterfinals | ||||||
| 2018–19 | San Diego | 21–15 | 7–9 | 7th | NIT first round | ||||
| 2019–20 | San Diego | 9–23 | 2–14 | 9th | |||||
| 2020–21 | San Diego | 3–10 | 2–7 | 9th | |||||
| 2021–22 | San Diego | 15–16 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| San Diego: | 50–66 (.431) | 18–39 (.316) |
‡ Scholl coached final 4 games. | ||||||
| Total: | 50–66 (.431) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ a b "USD To Introduce Sam Scholl as Head Men's Basketball Coach".
- ^ "Sam Scholl College Stats - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "usdtoreros.com Sam Scholl Bio - University of San Diego Official Athletic Site University of San Diego Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball".
- ^ "Santa Clara". Santa Clara.
- ^ "San Diego basketball coach Lamont Smith resigns".
- ^ Posner, Don Norcross & Jay. "Lamont Smith resigns as USD men's basketball coach".
- ^ Norcross, Don. "USD names Sam Scholl new men's basketball coach".
- ^ "USD Announces Change in Men's Basketball Leadership". usdtoreros.com. March 6, 2022. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
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