Heath Martin Schroyer (born March 15, 1972) is an American college basketball coach, currently the athletic director at

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, where he was head coach of the men's basketball team from 2018 until 2021. He has had previous head coaching stops at

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(2002–05),

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(2007–11) and

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(2014–16).

Playing career

Schroyer, born in

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, played high school basketball under head coach

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. Following high school, he was an All-Conference player at Kings River Community College before playing at

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, where he graduated in 1995 with a degree in liberal studies.

Coaching career

Schroyer's coaching career began following graduation when he was an assistant for one year at Kings River, then served as an assistant under Steve Cleveland at

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. When Cleveland became the coach at

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in 1997, Schroyer followed him and spent the next four seasons as an assistant coach there. He became an assistant at the

for the 2001–02 season before being hired as the head coach at

. At the time of his hiring, Schroyer was the second-youngest coach in Division I, and his first team at Portland State won just five games. In his third and final season at the school, Schroyer led the Vikings to a 19–9 record, including an 11–3 conference record and a

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championship. Following the season, Schroyer rejoined Cleveland as the associate head coach at

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. On February 8, 2011, Schroyer was fired from his head coaching job at the

after starting 8–15 and 1–8 in

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play and a 49–68 record in four years. The final decision on his status at Wyoming came when he threatened not to coach unless he was given a contract extension. In May 2011, newly appointed UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball coach Dave Rice announced that he had signed Schroyer on as an assistant. Schroyer returned to head coaching when he accepted the position at the University of Tennessee at Martin on March 20, 2014. He stayed with the Skyhawks for two seasons, amassing a 41-28 record before leaving to take an assistant coaching position at North Carolina State under

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. The following season, Schroyer returned to BYU for his second stint as an assistant coach, joining Dave Rose's staff. On March 15, 2018, Schroyer was named the head men's basketball coach at McNeese State, replacing Dave Simmons. He stepped down in 2021 to become athletic director.

Head coaching record

References

External links

BYU bioNC State bioUT Martin bioPortland State bio
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