Mount Mercy College - Men's Basketball
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Coaching Staff

Head Coach--Paul Gavin
18th year at Mount Mercy (261-267)
Alma Mater: Mount Mercy '88
M.B.A. Columbia Southern '06

Gavin, a basketball and golf standout during his collegiate career at Mount Mercy, has more victories than any other men's basketball coach in school history and is the first to reach the 200-win mark. His 2003 squad advanced to the championship game of the Midwest Classic Conference tournament, while his 2004-05 team reached the MCC Final Four.

Gavin also led the Mustangs to an MCC championship and their first-ever appearance at the NAIA Division II national tournament in 1996, where they made it to the Sweet 16. He has guided seven NAIA all-Americans and is a three-time MCC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997). Gavin was also the MCC Men's Golf Coach of the Year in 1998 and 2002.



Assistant Coach--Ted Oglesby
Fifth year at Mount Mercy
Alma Mater: Denver '63

Oglesby, who came to Mount Mercy in 2005, is a former head coach at Kirkwood Community College and Indian Hills Community College. His playing career included stints at Southwest Baptist Junior College (Mo.), where he is a member of the athletics Hall of Fame, and NCAA Division I Denver.