Men's Basketball Coaches Brian Hancock Head Coach (618)545-3362 (618)545-3028 fax bhancock@kaskaskia.edu Hancock’s coaching career began at North Idaho College where he was an Assistant Coach from 1991-1996 under NJCAA Hall of Fame Inductee Rolly Williams. Hancock played for NIC from 1986-1988. Coach Hancock spent the 1996-1997 season as an Assistant Coach at the University of Idaho where he worked with current Middle Tennessee State University Head Coach Kermit Davis. For the 1997-1998 season, Hancock was an Administrative Assistant Coach at Washiongton State University where he worked under current Boston Celtic Assistant Kevin Eastman. Brian spent five seasons (1998-2003) as an assistant at the College of Southern Idaho and saw 33 players sign with Division I programs. In his five years with the program, the Golden Eagles compiled a 131-31 record and had three players make NBA rosters (Tony Bobbitt - Lakers, William “Smush” Parker - Clippers, and Yakhouba Diawara - Nuggets). In 2003-2004, Hancock served one season as an Assistant Coach at Barton County Kansas Community College and helped lead the Cougars to a 25-9 season and a Region VI runner-up finish. The last four Years (2004-2008) Hancock served as a Division I Assistant Coach at the University of Northern Colorado and The University of Idaho. Last season’s Idaho squad finished sixth in the Western Athletic Conference and saw two players receive WAC Conference Awards. Hancock graduated from the University of Idaho in 1991 with a Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education. He earned his Masters Degree in Recreation from Idaho in 1998 and is originally from Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. He married the former Carrie Burkhart June 4, 2007 and first child, Jaxson, was born last November. Jimmie Holder Assistant Coach JHolder@kaskaskia.edu Jimmie Holder played one season under Mick Cronin at Murray State University before an injury ended his playing career. At that point, Coach Cronin (now Head Coach at the University of Cincinnati) gave him a student assistant position. The responsibilities of that position included assisting with film breakdown, individual workouts, game day responsibilities, film exchange, and recruiting mail outs. In that season, Murray State won the OVC Championship and lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to North Carolina. Holder spent one season working under Billy Kennedy (now the Head Coach at Texas AM) before accepting an assistant coaching position at Marshall County High School under Head Coach Gus Gillespie. Before joining the Kaskaskia College Blue Devils during the 2010-2011 season, Holder also worked as an assistant at Wabash Valley during the 2009-2010 season under Head Coach Dan Sparks. His duties as the Assistant Basketball Coach at Kaskaskia College include; scouting, film breakdown, recruiting, individual player improvement, strength and conditioning program, fundraising, and academic monitoring. Holder’s duties as Athletic Excel Coordinator in the Success Center on campus include academic tracking for all student athletes and scholarship students. He is in charge of distributing academic progress reports, assigning tutors, and monitoring study table hours. He is also a residential advisor for student athlete housing. Holder graduated from Murray State University in 2009 with a Bachelors Degree in Health and Physical Education.