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Edgewood College alumnus Lukas Thein is entering his second season as the Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach for the Edgewood College men's basketball team. Thein has previously served as the men's basketball assistant (2013-14), graduate assistant (2014-16), and now recruiting coordinator for the Eagles. Thein '13 is a former four-year player for the Eagles where he was a team captain as a senior, a two-time NACC Conference champion, and helped the Eagles to their first NCAA tournament berth in 2012. Outside of Edgewood, Thein is currently coaching the Wisconsin Swing, an AAU basketball team, since 2014. The Appleton, Wis. native has also run many skills and drills sessions and camps around Madison for high school athletes. Thein attended Kimberly high school where he was a two-time Varsity basketball captain, a 2007 state basketball semifinalist, and 2008 state football champion.

Josh Mills is in his 12th season as an assistant coach for Ripon's Men's Basketball team where he has worked under both Bob Gillespie and current head coach Ryan Kane. Mills has had high school basketball coaching stints at Laconia, Ripon and Green Lake. His coaching career highlights include two trips to the WIAA state tournament as an assistant coach with Laconia and Ripon High School. Mills earned his B.A. in Elementary Education from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, where he played football for the Red Raiders.    In addition to his coaching duties at Ripon College, Mills serves as a special education teacher at Berlin High School. Josh and his wife Andrea live in Ripon with their two children, Isaac and Erika. 

On May 4, 2012, Ryan Kane was named the 26th head coach in the history of the Ripon College men's basketball program. In his seven seasons as head coach, Kane has led Ripon to a 111-61 overall record, which includes an 88-38 Midwest Conference record. The Red Hawks appeared in the four-team MWC Tournament in each of Kane's first six seasons, winning the Tournament in 2017, which marked the program's first MWC Tournament Championship in 15 years. That season also saw Ripon advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002 with what was the seventh 20-win season in program history. The Red Hawks have won at least 15 games in six consecutive seasons. They have compiled a 54-20 home record during Kane's tenure, making Weiske Gymnasium one of the toughest places to play in the MWC. In just seven years, Kane has already coached four MWC Players of the Year (Taylor Koth and Ty Sabin (three times), a Central Region Rookie of the Year (Sabin), three All-Americans (Koth and Sabin (twice), and 10 All-Conference selections. During his tenure at Ripon, Kane's teams have set single season school records for points (2,126), 3-pointers made (218), and free throw percentage (.797). In the 2016-17 season, Ripon led all 416 NCAA Division-III men's basketball teams in both field goal percentage (.516) and 3-point percentage (.452). A native of Green Bay, Wis. and a Pulaski High School product, Kane came to Ripon after spending four years as the top assistant coach at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he coordinated all aspects of the recruiting process and was instrumental in the development of seven All-Conference selections and one All-Region performer. Prior to his time at Loras, Kane spent one year as an assistant coach at MWC-rival Lawrence University and a five-year stint at Dominican University in River Forest, Ill., while also coaching one year at Ashwaubenon High School. Kane is a 1999 graduate of fellow MWC school St. Norbert College, where he earned a B.A. in Communications with a minor in Leadership Studies, while participating on the Green Knights' basketball and golf teams. As a senior, Kane earned the basketball team's Most Improved Player award, as part of a St. Norbert team that recorded their highest win total in 17 years. Kane was also a four-year member and two-year captain on the golf team, helping the team win four MWC North Division championships. Kane went on to receive his Master's Degree in Sports Administration from Valparaiso University in 2007. An NCAA Regional Advisory Council representative for the Midwest Conference, Kane also serves as a member of the Bevo Francis Award Committee and is a Certified Trainer for Impact Basketball Academy. Kane and his wife Paige currently reside in Ripon with their three daughters.

Vince Kmiec '14/M '17 joined the North Central College coaching staff prior to the 2015-2016 season as a graduate assistant coach for the Cardinals' men's basketball program. He remains on the staff since then and was promoted to the position of the program's top assistant coach prior to the 2018-2019 campaign. Kmiec was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter for North Central from 2010-2014, finishing his career as the program's all-time leader in steals (173) and free-throw percentage (.830) while ranking third in three-pointers made (167). As a junior, he set a North Central single-season record with 67 steals and earned Third Team All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) honors as part of a team which reached the semifinals of the NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship. As a senior, he received Second Team All-CCIW accolades as he averaged 15.0 points per game and led the conference in steals (55), three-pointers made (56) and minutes played (35.7 per game). A native of Palos Park, Illinois, Kmiec graduated from North Central in winter 2014 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. He graduated in spring 2017 with a master of leadership studies degree, with an emphasis in sports leadership.

Max Kunde began his coaching career at Platteville High School coaching Freshmen Boys Basketball and acted as an assistant for Varsity for two years in which the team won a Regional Championship during the 16-17 season. He then joined the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Men's Basketball program as an assistant and remains in the same position today. During his first year, the Pioneers won the regular season conference championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division 3 Tournament. The Pioneer Men's Basketball staff was awarded the "Staff of the Year" honor by the WBCA for the team's accomplishments. The next season, Platteville won the WIAC Conference Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Division 3 Tournament. Max also currently coaches for the Wisconsin Swing AAU program. During his summers, Max travels the Midwest fueling his passion for basketball coaching by coaching multiple basketball camps. He has helped coach with Breakthrough Basketball, coached events with West Coast Elite Basketball, and also coached camps at Wisconsin, Purdue, and Marquette. 

Ben Gardner is in his first season as a graduate assistant coach with the Elmhurst men's basketball team. Gardner joins the Bluejays after a stellar playing career at Hope College. A four-year starter, Gardner was named to the all-conference squad for three consecutive seasons and was named the MIAA's Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2016. Named an all-region selection as a senior, Gardner closed out his career ranked as the 17th highest scorer in Hope history with 1,295 points. He also ranked fourth in school history in free throws made and seventh in both assists and steals. He was recognized as finalist for the Josten's Trophy, named a CoSIDA Academic All-American and was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Good Works Team. 

Ochoa, MBA, is a business development strategist and Corporate Manager at Old Dominion Freight Lines.  He is a keynote speaker for Supply Chain challenges and a featured contributor to "How to Build Trust", proven strategies for managing sales relationships. His work has been featured in "Selling Power" and the "Strategic Account Management Association". Coach just completed his fifth year coaching at Harper College for the Men's Basketball program. Ochoa brings over 130 games of college experience to the program. Mark played basketball at the Air Force Academy and lettered in athletics at DePaul University.  He is the founder of a successful, high intensity basketball training initiative at Harper College called " MO'Basketball Training". He is also the founder of "Northwest Gym Rats" , a successful AAU program. Coach O's teams have made Sweet Sixteen appearances in the ESPN Summer Classic basketball tournament.  An avid reader, Coach O spends his free time designing and learning new basketball skill training techniques. Mark Ochoa Assistant Men's Basketball Coach Mark Ochoa, MBA, is a business development strategist and Corporate Manager at Old Dominion Freight Lines.  He is a keynote speaker for Supply Chain challenges and a featured contributor to "How to Build Trust", proven strategies for managing sales relationships. His work has been featured in "Selling Power" and the "Strategic Account Management Association". Coach just completed his fifth year coaching at Harper College for the Men's Basketball program. Ochoa brings over 130 games of college experience to the program. Mark played basketball at the Air Force Academy and lettered in athletics at DePaul University.  He is the founder of a successful, high intensity basketball training initiative at Harper College called " MO'Basketball Training". He is also the founder of "Northwest Gym Rats" , a successful AAU program. Coach O's teams have made Sweet Sixteen appearances in the ESPN Summer Classic basketball tournament.  An avid reader, Coach O spends his free time designing and learning new basketball skill training techniques.

Im representing South Suburban College in South Holland, IL. I previously coached at Orr High School where we just won 2A State Title. I also have coached for the Mac Irvin Fire 15u & 17u.  I played professionally as well in Lithuania & Czech Republic. 

Assistant coach at Trinity Christian.

Although Pryor is entering his first season with the Rams, he is no stranger to City Colleges of Chicago basketball as he served as an assistant coach at Malcolm X College from 2012-17.

 The 2018-19 season will be Todd Kellys fifth season at the helm of the Illinois Tech mens basketball program. The programs turnaround under Kelly has been nothing short of outstanding, as the Scarlet Hawks have gone from a zero-win team just five seasons ago to 42-13 over the past two years. The last two campaigns have included two straight USCAA Tournament appearances, several school records, and five different players named USCAA All-American (Samuel Rarick, Anthony Mosley Jr., Malik Howze, Jake Digiorgio, Max Hisatake). Kelly was also named the USCAAs Mens Basketball Division I Coach of the Year for the 2017-18 season. During the 2016-17 season, Kelly led the team to school record 23 wins in the NCAA Division III era, guiding the team to the USCAA Championship. Along with setting a school record for wins, the team also went a perfect 11-0 in the Keating Sports Center. This was the Scarlet Hawks first winning season in the Scarlet Hawk record book (dating back to 2003-04) and the first time the program went undefeated at home. The 16-17 season also saw the Scarlet Hawks crown a new all-time leading scorer in Samuel Rarick, whom Kelly help develop into a three-time USCAA All American. Prior to Illinois Tech, Kelly was the Associate Head Coach and recruiting coordinator at North Central College. During his time at North Central, the program enjoyed its best five-year period in team history, going 91-46. Kelly help lead the team to back-to-back College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) conference championships and back-to-back CCIW Tournament championships. In addition, the team went to back-to-back NCAA Division III Tournament Sweet 16s and advanced to the 2013 Final Four. As recruiting coordinator, Kelly recruited players that earned 14 all-conference selections, four all-region, and one all-American selection. No stranger to the high school ranks, Kelly also previously served as the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Providence St. Mel in Chicago. During his three-year tenure, the Knights went 42-42, including 22-7 his final season. In addition, during the 2008-09 season, the Knights reached the Regional Championship for the first time since 2001. As a result of leading the team to the Chicago Prep Conference Championship, Kelly was named 2009 Conference Coach of the Year. At St Mel, Kelly developed three players who went on to play NCAA Division I basketball. Prior to Providence St. Mel, Kelly also coached at Bushnell Prairie City High School and Du Sable High School. In addition to his basketball duties, Kelly also serves as Director of Student-Athlete Career Services. Kelly, his wife Adrianne, and daughter Amelia reside in Bolingbrook.