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Russell Springmann
American basketball coach (born 1969)
Russell Springmann (born September 24, 1969) is an American college basketball coach for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oral Roberts |
| Conference | Summit League |
| Record | 12–19 (.387) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1969-09-24) September 24, 1969 (age 54) Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Salisbury State ('90) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1992 | Salisbury State (assistant) |
| 1992–1996 | Mardela HS |
| 1996–1998 | Florida (graduate assistant) |
| 2001–2015 | Texas (assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | San Diego (assistant) |
| 2018–2023 | Oral Roberts (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Oral Roberts |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1998–2001 | Texas (administrative assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 12–19 (.387) |
Springmann played college basketball at Salisbury State where he was a two-time team captain.[2]
After graduation, Springmann assisted his alma mater for two seasons before becoming the head boys' basketball coach at Mardela High School from 1992 to 1996. He'd join the college ranks in an administrative role under Billy Donovan at Florida before joining Rick Barnes's staff at Texas in an administrative capacity from 1998 to 2001, before being elevated to assistant coach, a role he'd serve in until 2015.[2] From 2015 to 2017, Springmann was an assistant at San Diego, and served one year as a scout for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.[3][4]
In 2018, he'd join Paul Mills's staff at Oral Roberts and was on staff for the Golden Eagles' 2021 Sweet 16 run. When Mills accepted the head coaching position at Wichita State, Springmann was elevated to head coach on March 22, 2023.[5][6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (Summit League) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Oral Roberts | 12–19 | 5–11 | T–8th | |||||
| Oral Roberts: | 12–19 (.387) | 5–11 (.313) | |||||||
| Total: | 12–19 (.387) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "RUSSELL SPINGMANN". Texas Sports. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- "RUSSELL SPRINGMANN". San Diego Torroes Athletics. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- World, Kelly Hines Tulsa. "Russell Springmann on promotion to ORU head coach: 'This is a new beginning'". Tulsa World.
- Haisten, Bill. "Bill Haisten: ORU names Russell Springmann as head coach — shades of 1997". Tulsa World. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- Sinclair, Savannah. "Oral Roberts announces Russell Springmann as new men's basketball head coach". KTUL. Retrieved 14 April 2023.