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Men’s Basketball Coaching Greats

The Legacies of our Tradition

Eddie Sutton

  1966 -1967 33-4, National AAU Tournament
  1967-1968 24-6
  1968-1969 27-4

Southern Idaho's first head coach. Compiled an 84-14 record at CSI. After coaching here, Sutton made the move to the NCAA Division I level. Sutton has been named National Coach of the Year four times and conference coach of the year seven times. He is the only coach in NCAA history to lead four different schools to the NCAA Tournament. Currently the head coach at Oklahoma State University. Inducted into the CSI Hall of Fame on Dec. 12, 2000.

  1969-70 Coach Jerry Hale, 32-5, won regionals, NJCAA national tournament participant
  1970-71 Coach Hale, 36-3, won regionals, second at NJCAA national tournament
  1971-72 Coach Hale, 29-4, won regionals, fourth at NJCAA national tournament
  1972-73 Coach Hale, 30-5, won regionals, NJCAA national tournament participant
  1973-74 Coach Hale, 33-5, won regionals, NJCAA national tournament participant

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Boyd Grant

  1974-1975 27-3, won regionals, 2nd at NJCAA National Tournament
  1975-1976 34-1, won regionals, won NJCAA National Championship
  1976-1977 32-2, won regionals, NJCAA National Tournament Participant

The Golden Eagles third men's basketball coach. Brought home the school's first national championship. Coached at Fresno State and Colorado State, winning an NIT Championshionship in 1983 and competing in five NCAA National Tournaments while at those two schools. Grant was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in1988 and into the CSI Hall of Fame in December 11, 1999.

  1977-78 Coach Mike Mitchell, 27-6
  1978-79 Coach Mitchell, 28-6, won regionals
  1979-80 Coach Tom Weirich, 16-14
  1980-81 Coach Dave Campbell, 28-6, won regionals
  1981-82 Coach Campbell, 28-6, won regionals, NJCAA National Tournament participant
  1982-83 Coach Campbell, 24-7

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Fred Trenkle

  1983-1984 25-7
  1984-1985 26-5
  1985-1986 35-3, won regionals, 4th at NJCAA National Tournament
  1986-1987 38-1, won regionals, won NJCAA National Tournament
  1987-1988 31-4, won regionals, NJCAA national tournament participant
  1988-1989 37-2, won regionals, 7th at NJCAA National Tournament
  1989-1990 35-3, won regionals, 2nd at NJCAA National Tournament
  1990-1991 32-3, won regionals, NJCAA National tournament participant
  1991-1992 34-4, won regionals, 3rd at NJCAA National Tournament
  1992-1993 36-2, won regionals, 7th at NJCAA National Tournament

Fred Trenkle coached at the College of Southern Idaho longer than any men's basketball coach, bringing home national championship hardware in 1987. He was named NJCAA National Coach of the year in 1987 as well. While here, he won 10 conference championships and earned eight trips to the national tournament, competing in the final four 4 times. Trenkle was inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1996 and the CSI Hall of Fame on December 11, 1999.

  1993-94 Coach Steve Irons, 23-7
  1994-95 Coach Irons, 33-5, won regionals, 4th at NJCAA National Tournament
  1995-96 Coach Irons, 25-7
  1996-97 Coach Jim Thrash, 18-13
  1997-98 Coach Thrash, 28-4, third at regionals
  1998-99 Coach Kevin Jones, 21-12, second at regionals
  1999-00 Coach Derek Zeck, 29-7, won regionals, NJCAA National Tournament participant
  2000-01 Coach Zeck, 29-4, second at regionals
  2001-02 Coach Guy Beach, 26-6, third at regionals
  2002-03 Coach Beach , 26-6, third at regionals
  2003-04 Coach Gib Arnold, 24-9, won regionals, NJCAA National Tournament participant
  2004-05 Coach Arnold, 33-3, won regionals, 3 rd at NJCAA National Tournament
  2005-06 Coach Barret Peery, 25-10, won regionals, NJCAA National Tournament participant

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