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Men's Basketball Coaches

Brian Hancock
Head Coach
(618)545-3362
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.

Chase Smith
Asst. Coach
(618)545-3089
CSmith@kaskaskia.edu

Coach Smith spent the 2008-2009 season as an Assistant Basketball Coach at the University of Indianapolis. Smith contributed to all facets of the program: game and practice coaching, recruiting, scouting, off-season strength and conditioning, and summer camps. He also handled all of the team’s travel arrangements and video editing.

Prior to last season, Coach Smith resided in Chicago, IL. There he worked as a broker for the logistics firm AFN LLC along with coaching at Deerfield High School for 2 years. Smith was the boys’ freshman basketball coach for the 2007-2008 season.

Before moving to Chicago, Coach Smith was a varsity assistant under his father, Brian Smith, for the 2005-2006 season at Mt. Vernon Sr. High School in Mt. Vernon, IN.

Smith is a 2001 graduate from Mt. Vernon Sr. H.S.; he played 2 seasons at Parkland College in Champaign, IL (2001-2003), and he earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from DePauw University in 2005.