Ken DeWeese just completed his 22nd season as the Men's Basketball coach at the University of Mary Hardin Baylor. UMHB has advanced to the NCAA Division III National Championships six times in the last 14 seasons and became the first American Southwest Conference program to advance to the NCAA Division III National Championship Game in 2013 under DeWeese's direction. The Cru set a new school single season record for victories and the team's final ranking of #2 in the country also represented a new high-water mark for the program that year. DeWeese was named National Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com, DIII News and CaptainU.
DeWeese has guided the UMHB men to a pair of ASC Championships (2008, 2010) and six NCAA Division III National Championship appearances. The Cru also advanced to the NCAA Division III "Sweet 16" for the first time in program history during the 2010-11 season. DeWeese is 400-195 overall at UMHB and he has guided the Cru to postseason berths in 21 of his 22 years in Belton. Coach DeWeese reached a pair of coaching milestones in 2006-07 as he won his 100th game at UMHB and also topped 500 career head coaching wins as a collegiate head coach. He passed Richard Herbst to become UMHB's all-time leader on the career coaching victories list that season and is now the only head coach in the history of UMHB men's basketball to reach 400 career wins at the school. He also went over 800 combined collegiate head coaching victories during the 2019-20 campaign. DeWeese was voted ASC West Division Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2019.
DeWeese, who left MCC to become an assistant at Georgia State University in 1996, is only the third men's basketball coach in UMHB's history. Before leaving for Georgia State, he compiled an impressive 404-105 record in 16 years as MCC's head basketball coach from 1980-1996. During this time his team won 11 conference championships and he was named North Texas Junior College Conference Coach of the Year 11 times. In the 16 years that DeWeese was at MCC, they qualified for the playoffs 15 times. In 1992 and 1994, DeWeese was named the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Junior College Coach of the Year.
Coach DeWeese began his coaching career at Smiley High School in 1969. From there he coached at Aransas Pass High, Sinton High, and Thomas Jefferson High in Port Arthur before breaking into the collegiate ranks at The University of Texas at El Paso. DeWeese served as an assistant at UTEP from ‘75-'80 before taking the head job at MCC.
Ken and his wife Ann have a son, Kenny, and a daughter, Kelsey, and four grandchildren. Kenny and Kelsey are both graduates of UMHB. Coach DeWeese is also a contributor to BetterBasketball.com and the Basketball Coaches Journal. He is also a Review Board Member for the Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics Annual (ARCAA).
Ken DeWeese By The Numbers
804-300 Collegiate Coaching record
400-195 Record at UMHB
546-168 All-time conference record
49-36 Postseason Record
32 overall players to go pro
37 winning seasons
13 conference championships
36 years qualified for postseason
22 years of 20 or more wins
17 All-Americans
168 All-Conference players
11 Conference MVP's coached
1 Jostens Trophy Finalist Coached
19 time Conference Coach of the Year
18 years - nationally ranked
UMHB Year-By-Year Results
1998-99: 13-13 Midwest Regional Semi-Finalist
1999-00: 13-12 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2000-01: 16-9 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2001-02: 15-11 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2002-03: 13-12
2003-04: 18-8 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2004-05: 17-9 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2005-06: 18-9 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2006-07: 22-6 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier; NCAA Tournament
2007-08: 26-4 ASC Champions; NCAA Tournament Qualifier
2008-09: 19-8 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier
2009-10: 22-7 ASC Champions; NCAA Tournament Qualifier
2010-11: 23-8 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier; NCAA Sweet 16
2011-12: 25-3 ASC Championship Tournament Qualifier; NCAA Tournament
2012-13: 27-6 ASC Tournament Qualifier; NCAA National Runner-Up
2013-14: 17-9 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2014-15:Â 17-9 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2015-16:Â 10-16 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2016-17: 16-10 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2017-18: 17-9 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2018-19:Â 21-6 ASC Tournament Qualifier
2019-20:Â 15-11 ASC Tournament Qualifier
