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St. Andrews
Men's Basketball Coaching Staff


 
 

Richie Schueler
Head Coach

 

Richie Schueler enters his fourth season as the head coach of the St. Andrews men’s basketball program. Throughout his reign, Schueler has guided the program to improved records in each season while boasting a 100% graduation rate.

Schueler’s rebuilding efforts led the 2010-11 Knights program to its best season since 2000, nearly doubling their win total from the 2009-10 campaign. With a fifth place finish in Conference Carolinas and a high-powered scoring offense, the Knights set three school records in a 136-126 OT win versus Pfeiffer University. In another impressive victory, the Knights upset regionally ranked Queens University with an 80-68 win, snapping a 13-game winning streak against a nationally ranked scoring defense.

At St. Andrews, Schueler has coached four All-Conference selections and six Conference Players of the Week. He has also coached several professional players, two NCAA statistical champions (Richard Stone, Marcus Connor), and two 1,000 point scorers (Taiwon Grooms, Joseph Gripper) in a Knights uniform.

Schueler has expanded his coaching livelihood into the summers, most recently serving as head coach for two USA Athletes International (USAAI) tours of Europe. Schueler is a licensed FIBA approved coach (International Basketball Federation) and a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). He has actively instructed in nearly 30 basketball camps.

Previous to his tenure as head coach, Schueler was the Knights’ top assistant coach for four years, helping steer the program to impressive victories over a pair of nationally ranked opponents as well as the defending national champions during the 2007-08 season finale. Additionally, he served as assistant coach for Wilmington College (Ohio), where his contributed recruiting efforts led to a No. 17 ranking in the 2006 NCAA Top 25 national poll, and as graduate assistant at Austin Peay State University, winning the conference championship en route to competing against Louisville in the 2003 NCAA Tournament.

The Cincinnati, Ohio native earned his Master of Science (Health & Human Performance) degree from Austin Peay State University in 2003. At the University of Evansville, where he earned his Bachelor of Science (Special Education) degree in 2000, Schueler walked onto the men’s basketball team under Hall of Fame coach Jim Crews. Furthermore, he played on two tours with Athletes in Action and was selected to play for the Svjetlost Brod A1 Pro Basketball League in Croatia.

Schueler teaches in the Sports Studies Department and resides in Laurinburg, NC.

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Andrew Brown
Assistant Coach

 

Andrew Brown is entering his first season as an Assistant Coach with the St Andrews Men’s Basketball Program after being hired in the summer of 2011.

Coach Brown will be helping with player recruitment, player development, team community functions, opponent scouting, as well as other administrative functions as a part of the basketball program at St. Andrews.

Brown spent the 2010/2011 season as an assistant coach at Wallace State Community College in Hanceville, Alabama. Before being hired at Wallace State CC, Brown gained valuable coaching experience at the D-I level while he was a Graduate Assistant Coach at Mercer University for two seasons (08/09 and 09/10).

Prior to coaching at Mercer, Brown aided the Bears of Mercer University (Macon, GA) on the court for three seasons by leading his team in scoring and assists with season averages of 15.5 and 2.1 per game respectively. Brown played one season at Owens Community College (Toledo, OH); where he played an instrumental role in his team finishing 28-6 during the regular season.

The Pontiac, Michigan, native had a brief professional career when he played in Germany in the 2 nd league division and when he toured overseas to the Czech Republic and Bulgaria with Athletes In Action in 2008. Since his collegiate career, Brown has been heavily involved with numerous careers; working for FOX 24 News and serving as a Special Education Teacher at Woodfield Academy in Macon, GA, during the 2007/2008 school year.

Brown holds a BA in Communications and an M.Ed., both of which he earned at Mercer University. Brown Currently resides in Laurinburg, NC.

 


 
 
 

Drew Zimbro
Assistant Coach

 

Drew Zimbro begins his second season as an assistant coach for the St. Andrews men’s basketball program after being hired during the summer of 2010.

Zimbro will help in all aspects of the Knights men’s basketball program with his primary responsibilities including recruitment, team travel, individual workouts, strength & conditioning, scouting, fundraising, community relations, and academics. Zimbro will also help with on-the-floor coaching with an emphasis on post player development.

Coaching wise, Zimbro has developed a strong relationship over the years with the University of Florida as he has worked as a counselor at several of their camps during the past seven summers. In addition, he has returned to his former high school to assist with camps and a guest speaker as a positive influence to children from his local area.

Athletically, Zimbro began his playing career at Jacksonville University where, during the 2006-2007 seasons, the Dolphins had the best single-season turnaround in NCAA history. After spending two years at Jacksonville, Zimbro transferred to St. Andrews to finish his playing career under current Knights Head Coach Richie Schueler.

The Citrus Springs, Florida native graduated from St. Andrews in May of 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts with concentrations in Physical Education and Psychology. Zimbro currently resides in Laurinburg, NC.

 
 
 
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