Zachary Arthur Claus (born November 1974) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Idaho Vandals men's basketball team.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Idaho |
| Conference | Big Sky |
| Record | 18–67 (.212) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 1974 (age 47) Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1994 | Creighton |
| 1996–1998 | Eastern Washington |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | Nebraska Wesleyan (JV/assistant) |
| 1999–2000 | Austin College (assistant) |
| 2000–2002 | Portland State (assistant) |
| 2002–2005 | Sacramento State (assistant) |
| 2005–2015 | Nevada (assistant) |
| 2016–2019 | Idaho (assistant) |
| 2019–present | Idaho |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 18–67 (.212) |
Claus played college basketball at both Creighton and Eastern Washington.[2] He also spent a year at Nebraska, but did not appear in any games for the team.[1]
After his playing career, Claus began coaching first at then-NAIA Nebraska Wesleyan as an assistant coach and junior varsity head coach. He moved on to Austin College before two assistant coaching stops in Division I at Portland State and Sacramento State.[3] In 2005, Claus joined Mark Fox's staff at Nevada, where he'd stay for the next 10 seasons under both Fox and David Carter. In that span, the Wolf Pack captured three-straight WAC regular-season titles and made three appearances in the NCAA tournament.[4]
After Carter's firing from Nevada, Claus joined Don Verlin's staff at Idaho. Verlin was placed on administrative leave and subsequently fired from Idaho after the school concluded he had committed NCAA violations, and the school named Claus the interim head coach in June 2019.[5][6] On February 25, 2020, Idaho lifted the interim tag and gave Claus the full-time job.[7][8]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Idaho Vandals (Big Sky Conference) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Idaho | 8–24 | 4–16 | 11th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Idaho | 1–21 | 1–17 | 11th | |||||
| 2021–22 | Idaho | 9–22 | 6–14 | T–8th | |||||
| Idaho: | 18–67 (.212) | 11–47 (.190) | |||||||
| Total: | 18–67 (.212) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Idaho Vandals men's basketball head coaches | |
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# denotes interim head coach |
Men's basketball head coaches of the Big Sky Conference | |
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