Mount Mercy Men's Basketball
Coaching Staff
Head Coach--Paul Gavin
16th year at Mount Mercy College (235-235)
Alma Mater: Mount Mercy College
'88
M.B.A. Columbia Southern '06
Gavin, a basketball and golf
standout during his collegiate career at Mount Mercy College, 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
six 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--Aaron Jennings
Fourth year at Mount Mercy College
Alma Mater: Northwestern University
(Ill.)
Jennings joined the Mustang
staff prior to the 2004-05 season. As an assistant boys' basketball coach at
Benton Community High School in 2003-04, he was the Iowa Class 3A Assistant
Coach of the Year. Jennings prepped at Benton Community and was a first-team
all-state selection as a senior. He went on to play Big 10 basketball at
Northwestern University (Ill.), where he was a two-year captain for the
Wildcats. Jennings played professionally in Croatia after graduating from
Northwestern.
Assistant Coach--Ted Oglesby
Third year at Mount Mercy College
Alma Mater: University of 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 University of Denver.
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