Greg Lansing
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Greg Lansing is an American
college basketball
coach and the current men's basketball
coach at Indiana State University
. He was named to the position on June 15, 2010. He also spent eight seasons as an assistant coach, including the last three as associate head coach with the program.
Lansing burst onto the national scene as a rookie head coach with the Sycamore basketball program in 2010-11 as he became just the second-ever Indiana State head coach to lead the team to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. (The first was Bill Hodges and the 1979 NCAA Finalist team.) Lansing led the team to a 20-14 record, becoming just the 14th head coach in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference
to lead a team to 20 or more wins in their first year.
Lansing earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota in 1990 and a master's degree in counseling from USD in 1992. As a member of the Coyote basketball team, he helped South Dakota reach the NCAA
Division II Tournament during his junior and senior seasons, marking the first NCAA invitation for USD since 1954. Lansing was twice named the South Dakota Defensive Player of the Year and ranks among the leaders in career assists at USD.
After graduating from the University of South Dakota, he became an assistant coach for his alma mater; spending two seasons (1990–92) as a graduate assistant and one season (1992–93) as an full-time assistant. He then coached at the high school-level in Des Moines, Iowa; before moving to Indiana State for the 1996 season. In Lansing’s final two seasons of his first stint at Indiana State, the Sycamores posted back-to-back winning campaigns for the first time since 1979 and 1980. When the Sycamores posted a 16-11 record in 1998 it marked the first winning season for Indiana State since 1980.
Following the 1998 season, Lansing moved to Iowa City and spent seven years as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa. During this time, the Hawkeyes went 135-92, appeared in three NCAA Tournament invitations, made three NIT tournaments and won two Big Ten tournament titles.
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coach and the current men's basketball
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coach at Indiana State University
Indiana State University
Indiana State University is a public university located in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States.The Princeton Review has named Indiana State as one of the "Best in the Midwest" seven years running, and the College of Education's Graduate Program was recently named as a 'Top 100' by U.S...
. He was named to the position on June 15, 2010. He also spent eight seasons as an assistant coach, including the last three as associate head coach with the program.
Lansing burst onto the national scene as a rookie head coach with the Sycamore basketball program in 2010-11 as he became just the second-ever Indiana State head coach to lead the team to the NCAA Tournament in his first season. (The first was Bill Hodges and the 1979 NCAA Finalist team.) Lansing led the team to a 20-14 record, becoming just the 14th head coach in the history of the Missouri Valley Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
to lead a team to 20 or more wins in their first year.
Lansing earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Dakota in 1990 and a master's degree in counseling from USD in 1992. As a member of the Coyote basketball team, he helped South Dakota reach the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
Division II Tournament during his junior and senior seasons, marking the first NCAA invitation for USD since 1954. Lansing was twice named the South Dakota Defensive Player of the Year and ranks among the leaders in career assists at USD.
After graduating from the University of South Dakota, he became an assistant coach for his alma mater; spending two seasons (1990–92) as a graduate assistant and one season (1992–93) as an full-time assistant. He then coached at the high school-level in Des Moines, Iowa; before moving to Indiana State for the 1996 season. In Lansing’s final two seasons of his first stint at Indiana State, the Sycamores posted back-to-back winning campaigns for the first time since 1979 and 1980. When the Sycamores posted a 16-11 record in 1998 it marked the first winning season for Indiana State since 1980.
Following the 1998 season, Lansing moved to Iowa City and spent seven years as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa. During this time, the Hawkeyes went 135-92, appeared in three NCAA Tournament invitations, made three NIT tournaments and won two Big Ten tournament titles.
Head coaching record
External links
- http://www.gosycamores.com/
- http://www.mvc-sports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7600&KEY=&SPID=2901&SPSID=36371
- http://statsheet.com/mcb/coaches/greg-lansing