Directof of Operations
Jerry Krause JERRY KRAUSE returned for his second stint with Gonzaga University’s men’s basketball program in the summer of 2001, this time as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations for head coach Mark Few. His first stint with the Bulldogs was an 8-season run from 198592 when he served as a part-time assistant coach. He returned in the summer of 2001 from a 5-year civilian term at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was a professor of sport philosophy and director of instruction for the department of physical education. “Jerry is an integral part of our success because he does so many things behind the scenes most people don’t see,” Few said. “He has a passion about basketball that is second to none and often times is the voice of reason on our staff.” Krause is no stranger to basketball in the Inland Pacific Northwest. He had a 17-year career as head coach at Eastern Washington University. During that span, Eagle teams posted a 262-196 record for a .572 winning percentage. He took a sabbatical from EWU to assist the late Ralph Miller at Oregon State University from 198283, then returned to EWU to lead the Eagles from the NAIA and into the NCAA Division I ranks. He was inducted into the EWU Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 1, 2005. Prior to becoming head coach at EWU, Krause had been an assistant at Northern Colorado for three years, and also had stints at Loveland, Colo., High and Adair-Casey Community High in Iowa. Krause was a long-standing member of the NCAA Rules Committee, was on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches and served on the Selection Committee of the National Basketball Hall of Fame. He still serves as Research Chair of the NABC. He is also a member of the NAIA Basketball Coaches and National Association for Sports and Physical Education Halls of Fame. He received his bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College (Neb.) in 1959. He received his master’s degree in 1965 and his doctorate degree in 1967, both from Northern Colorado. In 2001 he was honored by UNC with an Alumni Achievement award for Contribution to Sport. The award is for alumni who have excelled in mentorship or role modeling while working with students in sports. In 2009 Krause was inducted into the UNC Athletics Hall of Fame. He was an assistant coach on the 1965-66 Bears basketball team that joined the UNC Athletics Hall of Fame. The NABC also honored him at the 2003 Final Four with its Guardians of the Game for Advocacy award for his research in developing a standardized rim testing program. In 1998 he received the NABC’S Cliff Wells Appreciation Award. In December, 2006, Krause was honored with the Baden Battle in Seattle basketball award. Gonzaga and Northwest Sports, promoter of the Seattle event, has chosen to use the annual Battle in Seattle event as a platform each year to honor a person who has made lifelong contributions to basketball in Washington and the Pacific Northwest. Krause has authored more than 30 books on coaching basketball, produced 31 instructional videos, six DVD’s, two CD’s and serves as a consultant to many athletic organizations. He is the most widely published coach in basketball history, surpassing the legendary Clair Bee. Among his duties at Gonzaga are to oversee the day-to-day operations of the men’s basketball office; scheduling; player, team and program evaluations, and video operations.
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