# Josh Schertz

Josh Schertz is an American basketball coach who is the currently the head coach at Saint Louis University.

## Coaching career

Schertz's coaching career began as a student assistant with Florida Atlantic for the 1999–2000 season. He then moved on to Lynn, where he was an assistant for two seasons before a two-year assistant coaching stop at Queens University in North Carolina. In 2003, Schertz would follow Queens' head coach, Bart Lundy, to High Point, where he stayed until 2008 when he accepted the head coaching position at Lincoln Memorial.
In his 13 years coaching, the Railsplitters posted 11-straight 20-win seasons, including four 30-win seasons, en route to 10 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament appearances. Schertz was also named South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year a record seven times, while also having the highest overall winning percentage among all active NCAA head coaches at any level in a 10-year period.
On March 17, 2021, Schertz was named the 26th head coach in Indiana State history, replacing Greg Lansing.
On April 6, 2024, it was announced that Schertz had been hired as the head coach for the St. Louis Billikens, replacing Travis Ford.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters (South Atlantic Conference) (2008–2021) ||||||
| 2008–09 | Lincoln Memorial | 14–14 | 8–8 | 5th | |
| 2009–10 | Lincoln Memorial | 20–9 | 9–7 | 4th | |
| 2010–11 | Lincoln Memorial | 27–3 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA DII First Round |
| 2011–12 | Lincoln Memorial | 26–6 | 14–4 | 2nd | NCAA DII Second Round |
| 2012–13 | Lincoln Memorial | 25–6 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA DII Second Round |
| 2013–14 | Lincoln Memorial | 28–3 | 20–2 | 1st | NCAA DII Second Round |
| 2014–15 | Lincoln Memorial | 30–3 | 21–1 | 1st | NCAA DII Second Round |
| 2015–16 | Lincoln Memorial | 34–3 | 22–0 | 1st | NCAA DII Runner-Up |
| 2016–17 | Lincoln Memorial | 30–6 | 19–3 | 1st | NCAA DII Final Four |
| 2017–18 | Lincoln Memorial | 32–2 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA DII Sweet Sixteen |
| 2018–19 | Lincoln Memorial | 20–9 | 14–6 | 3rd | |
| 2019–20 | Lincoln Memorial | 32–1 | 22–0 | 1st | NCAA DII Canceled |
| 2020–21 | Lincoln Memorial | 19–4 | 14–3 | 1st | NCAA DII Final Four |
| Lincoln Memorial: | Lincoln Memorial: | 337–69 (.830) | 214–39 (.846) | | |
| Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (2021–2024) ||||||
| 2021–22 | Indiana State | 11–20 | 4–14 | 9th | |
| 2022–23 | Indiana State | 23–13 | 13–7 | 5th | CBI Quarterfinals |
| 2023–24 | Indiana State | 32–7 | 17–3 | 1st | NIT Runner-up |
| Indiana State: | Indiana State: | 66–40 (.623) | 34–24 (.586) | | |
| Saint Louis Billikens (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2024–present) ||||||
| 2024–25 | Saint Louis | 19–15 | 11–7 | T–5th | NIT first round |
| Saint Louis: | Saint Louis: | 19–15 (.559) | 11–7 (.611) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 422–124 (.773) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||