Edmund C. Schilling Jr. (born January 4, 1966) is an American college basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Grand Canyon Antelopes. Previously he served as the head coach of the Wright State Raiders.
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Grand Canyon Antelopes | |
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Position | Assistant coach |
League | Western Athletic Conference |
Personal information | |
Born | (1966-01-04) January 4, 1966 (age 56) |
Nationality | American |
Career information | |
High school | Lebanon Senior (Lebanon, Indiana) |
College | Miami (Ohio) (1984–1988) |
NBA draft | 1988 / Undrafted |
Position | Point guard |
Coaching career | 1989–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
1995–1996 | UMass (assistant) |
1996–1997 | New Jersey Nets (assistant) |
1997–2003 | Wright State |
2003–2005 | Memphis (assistant) |
2013–2017 | UCLA (assistant) |
2017–2019 | Indiana (assistant) |
2020–present | Grand Canyon (assistant) |
Schilling was a starting point guard at Miami (Ohio) for four years from 1984-88. He holds the program's career assists record with 629.[1] His teams made appearances in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament twice.
At age 22, Schilling began his coaching career in the high school ranks and has held three head coaching positions in high school. He was the head coach at Western Boone Junior-Senior High School from 1988-91.[2] The team had won one game the season before his arrival, and he posted records of 5-16, 11-10 and 15-7 in his three seasons. He moved to Logansport High School for 1991-95.[3]
He coached the United States for the McDonald's All-American Game in 1991 and was its youngest ever head coach.
Following stints in the NBA and as a college assistant and head coach, Schilling returned to high school coaching for 2009-13 at Park Tudor School.[4]
Schilling has spent 10 seasons on the bench of Division 1 programs including UMass, Wright State, Memphis, UCLA, Indiana and Grand Canyon. Schilling worked under John Calipari at UMass.
Schilling was the first assistant coach hire on the staff of new New Jersey Nets head coach John Calipari for the 1996-97 season. At 30 years old, he was the youngest coach in the NBA and one of the youngest people in the Nets' locker room.[5]
Schilling was hired to lead the Wright State program on March 19, 1997, taking over for Ralph Underhill.[6] He was the head coach for six seasons and went 75-93 in his six seasons. He was dismissed in 2003 with three years remaining on his contract.[7]
Newly-hired Grand Canyon head coach Bryce Drew added Schilling to his staff on April 1, 2020.[8] In the staff's first season, the program won its first conference title at the Division 1 level and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament.[9]
Schilling's father, Ed Sr., played college basketball at Butler and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2002. Schilling's wife, April, was a former assistant coach for the Indiana Fever.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Wright State Raiders (Midwestern Collegiate Conference) (1997–2001) | |||||||||
1997–98 | Wright State | 10-18 | 3-11 | 7th | |||||
1998–99 | Wright State | 9-18 | 4-10 | 7th | |||||
1999–2000 | Wright State | 11-17 | 6-8 | T-4th | |||||
2000–01 | Wright State | 18-11 | 8-6 | 4th | |||||
Wright State Raiders (Horizon League) (2001–2003) | |||||||||
2001–02 | Wright State | 17-11 | 8-6 | T-4th | |||||
2002–03 | Wright State | 10-18 | 4-12 | T-6th | |||||
Wright State: | 75–93 (.446) | 33–53 (.384) | |||||||
Total: | 75–93 (.446) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Wright State Raiders men's basketball head coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |