Zach Spiker

Zach Spiker

Spiker coaching at Army in 2011
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Drexel
Conference	CAA
Record	56–86 (.394)
Biographical details
Born	(1976-09-30) September 30, 1976 Morgantown, West Virginia
Playing career
1996–2000	Ithaca
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2002	Winthrop (GA)
2002–2004	West Virginia (admin. asst.)
2004–2009	Cornell (asst.)
2009–2016	Army
2016–present	Drexel
Head coaching record
Overall	158–198 (.444)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Patriot League Coach of the Year (2013) Skip Prosser Award (2016)

Zachary John Spiker (born (1976-09-30)September 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach for the Drexel Dragons. A native of Morgantown, West Virginia, Spiker played college basketball at Ithaca College. He was previously the head coach at Army. He attended The Hill School.

In the 2012–13 season, Spiker lead Army to its first overall winning record since 1984–85 (a drought of 28 years), and also the Black Knights' first ever winning record in the Patriot League. For his efforts, Spiker was named 2012-13 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the first Army head coach in eleven years to win the award.

Spiker has joined Bob Knight and Mike Krzyzewski as the only coaches in Army history to win at least 65 games in their first five seasons.

In 2013–14, the Black Knights set a school record for wins in the Patriot League (10), had only their second season with a winning conference record, and had their first ever back-to-back seasons with winning conference records - all under Spiker.

Finally, under Spiker, Army had its first four-year streak of 15 plus wins (2012–16) since 1920–24.

On March 25, 2016, Spiker was hired as head coach of Drexel to replace former head coach Bruiser Flint. His first year at Drexel concluded with a 9-23 record.

On February 22, 2018, Spiker led Drexel to a 34-point comeback win over Delaware, the largest comeback win in Division 1 history.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Army Black Knights (Patriot League) (2009–2016)
2009–10	Army	14–15	4–10	8th
2010–11	Army	11–19	3–11	8th
2011–12	Army	12–18	5–9	6th
2012–13	Army	16–15	8–6	4th
2013–14	Army	15–16	10–8	5th
2014–15	Army	15–15	6–12	10th
2015–16	Army	19–14	9–9	4th	CIT First Round
Army:		102–112 (.477)	45–65 (.409)
Drexel Dragons (Colonial Athletic Association) (2016–present)
2016–17	Drexel	9–23	3–15	10th
2017–18	Drexel	13–20	6–12	T–7th
2018–19	Drexel	13–19	7–11	T–6th
2019–20	Drexel	14–19	6–12	8th
2020–21	Drexel	7-5	2-3
Drexel:		56–86 (.394)	24–53 (.312)
Total:		158–198 (.444)
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

External links

• Drexel Dragons profile