 Drew in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Baylor |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Record | 446–244 (.646) |
| Annual salary | $2,768,154[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 23, 1970 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Butler ('93) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1993 | Butler (student manager) |
| 1993–2002 | Valparaiso (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Valparaiso |
| 2003–present | Baylor |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 466–255 (.646) |
| Tournaments | 20–11 (NCAA Division I) 10–3 (NIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I Tournament (2021) NCAA Division I Regional — Final Four (2021) NIT (2013) 2 Big 12 regular season (2021, 2022) Mid-Con regular season (2003) | |
| Awards | |
| 3× Big 12 Coach of the Year (2020–2022) | |
Scott Homer Drew (born October 23, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach at Baylor University, a position he has held since 2003.
Drew began his coaching career as an assistant for Valparaiso under his father Homer Drew. Following his father's retirement in 2002, Drew would serve as the head coach of Valparaiso for one season before being hired by Baylor in 2003. Drew took over Baylor as a program in ruins, following decades of mediocre-to-poor performance and a public scandal that resulted in numerous NCAA sanctions. After four seasons rebuilding the program, Drew turned Baylor from a program with only one NCAA tournament appearance since 1950 into a perennial tournament contender; since their first tournament under Drew in 2008, they have made it back eleven further times as of 2024. The team won their first basketball championship under Drew with the 2013 National Invitation Tournament. In 2021, Drew would lead Baylor to a Big 12 regular season championship (their first conference title in 71 years), a 28–2 record and their first ever NCAA championship. Drew's turnaround at Baylor is considered by many to be one of the best in the history of college sports.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ Charity Navigator- Baylor Basketball
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