Josh Schertz is an American basketball

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who is the current head coach of the Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team.

Coaching career

Schertz's coaching career began as a student assistant with

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for the 1999–2000 season. He'd then move on to

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, where he was an assistant for two seasons before a two-year assistant coaching stop at

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in North Carolina. In 2003, Schertz would follow Queens' head coach

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to High Point where he'd stay until 2008 when he accepted the head coaching position at

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. In his 13 years coaching the Railsplitters posted 11-straight 20-win seasons, including four 30-win seasons en route to 10

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appearances. Schertz was also named South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year a record seven times while also having the highest overall winning percentage among all active NCAA head coaches at any level in a 10-year period. On March 17, 2021 Schertz was named the 26th head coach in Indiana State history, replacing

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Head coaching record

References

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