Scott Gernander
Phone: (281) 478-1847
scott.gernander@sjcd.edu

University of Minnesota at Duluth (1969), University of Minnesota (1980)
Overall collegiate record: 586-148 (22 seasons)
Overall high school record: 153-51 (nine seasons)

Head coach Scott Gernander enters his 23rd season at the helm of the San Jacinto College men’s basketball program, and his intensity and passion for coaching hasn’t changed. Entering the 2009-10 season, Gernander owns a 586-148 overall record, amounting to an astounding .800 win percentage. Gernander’s record as San Jac’s all-time winningest coach offers evidence of his success. He’s taken his teams to the national tournament on eight different occasions, finishing as the national runner-up twice. Dozens of players have moved on to NCAA Division I institutions, and many have gone pro following their collegiate career.

Last season, Gernander led his squad to the Region XIV quarterfinals and a 20-12 overall record. Three players went on to NCAA Division I institutions – Maurice McNeil (University of Houston), Devin McDonald (University of New Orleans), and Andrew Gonzalez (Houston Baptist University) – a sign of Gernander’s success as a head coach.

The 2008-09 season was no exception for Gernander, as he guided his team to the Region XIV semifinals, completing the season at 23-9, and outscoring opponents an average of 86-77. Five players went on to earn scholarships at NCAA institutions. The highlight of that season came before a single game was ever played, as Gernander was inducted into the University of Minnesota at Duluth (UMD) Athletic Hall of Fame, his alma mater. He is also a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Hall of Fame, and is an eight-time NJCAA Region XIV coach of the year.

Gernander’s protégé’s include former NBA All-Stars Steve Francis and Sam Cassell. Francis spent over 10 years in the NBA, helping the Houston Rockets to back-to-back championships, while Cassell also won a championship with the Rockets, and most recently with the Boston Celtics. He is now an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards. Gernander couldn’t be more proud of their accomplishments.

Gernander began his coaching career at Tower Soudan High School (Minnesota) where he coached for seven years. He then made his way to Texas as the head coach at South Houston High School. In 1908 he was hired as an assistant coach at San Jacinto College, and was named head coach prior to the 1987-88 season.

A four-time letterwinner in both football and basketball at UMD, Gernander led the Bulldogs on the hard court in points per game as senior with 11.7. That season, he was named the UMD men’s basketball most valuable player and outstanding senior athlete.

Gernander holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Minnesota-Duluth, and a master’s degree in education from the University of Minnesota. He and his wife, Bernie, have six children: Marc, Lee (deceased), Bridget, Andrea, Paige, and Scott Robert, who is in his second year as an assistant coach with San Jac.

The Gernander File
Career Record: 586-148

• 2008-2009: 20-12, Region XIV quarterfinals
• 2007-08: 23-9, Region XIV semifinals
• 2006-07: 23-8, Region XIV quarterfinals
• 2005-06: 24-12, NJCAA tournament qualifier
• 2004-05: 31-3, conference champion
• 2003-04: 27-4, conference champion
• 2002-03: 28-10, NJCAA national champion runner up
• 2001-02: 30-2, conference champion
• 2000-01: 30-6, NJCAA tournament qualifier
• 1999-2000: 30-5, NJCAA tournament qualifier
• 1998-99: 25-7, conference co-champion
• 1997-98: 26-4, conference champion
• 1996-97: 36-1, NJCAA national champion runner up
• 1995-96: 24-7, state qualifier
• 1994-95: 17-14, state qualifier
• 1993-94: 14-15, state qualifier
• 1992-93: 24-6, conference champion
• 1991-92: 25-9, NJCAA tournament qualifier
• 1990-91: 27-4, conference champion
• 1989-90: 34-4, 7th at NJCAA tournament
• 1988-89: 35-4, 3rd at NJCAA tournament
• 1987-88: 32-2, conference champion

Scott R. Gernander
scottr.gernander@sjcd.edu

Sam Houston State University (2005, M.A. 2008)

After spending a season as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Sam Houston State University, Scott R. Gernander returned in 2008 to the school where his collegiate playing days began to serve as an assistant coach under his legendary father. This season marks his second as an assistant coach on the San Jac sideline.

As a graduate assistant at Sam Houston State from 2005-2008, the younger Gernander coached on teams that recorded a combined 66-27 record, and had three 20-win seasons in the Southland Conference.

The 26-year-old Gernander played as a guard at SHSU from 2003 to 2005, averaging seven minutes a game as a top reserve. The Bearkats were 31-27 during his time on the hard court. Prior to playing at Sam Houston, Gernander was a member of the San Jacinto College men’s basketball team, where he played on teams that went 57-12, won two conference titles, and were national junior college runners-up. He averaged 8.1 points per game while at San Jac.

Before playing at San Jac for his father, the younger Gernander was a first team All-District and second team All-Region guard for Coach Boyce Paxton at Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena. He averaged 17.8 points as a senior.

Gernander received his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Sam Houston State in 2005 and a Master of Arts in Kinesiology in 2008. He married Amanda Crabtree in June of 2008.

 

 

Tom Sewell	1961-1967	141-89
Ron Rucker	1967-1969	88-5
Dean Evans	1969-1974	165-32
Wayne Ballard	1974-1977	103-18
Ronnie Arrow	1977-87	301-43
Scott Gernander	1987-current	586-148
Total	1961-2008	1,384-335