Coach Jaskiewicz begins his 18th year as head coach at the Coast Guard Academy after serving as an assistant coach for three years with the Bears. As a head coach, Kevin has a career record of 133-235
He has continued the Coast Guard Basketball tradition of developing players. In his time at the Academy, Coach Jaskiewicz coached 5 different All-NEWMAC performers, A NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, as well as four 1,000-point performers. In addition to that, his teams have produced several All-Academic performers.
In the 2019-2020 season, Jaskiewicz led the Bears to their first NEWMAC championship since 2008 as the Bears became the first NEWMAC team to win three road games in the tournament. The run to the title included a 25-point second half comeback in the championship game to earn the 4th ever NCAA bid in program history. Coach Jaskiewicz was selected as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Coach of the Year for the 2019-20 season.
During the 2018-19 season, Coast Guard finished 16-8, the most wins and first winning since the 2007'-08 season. The Bears 7-7 in the NEWMAC, the seven conference wins match the most NEWMAC wins in program history. Kevin brings a wealth of experience to the position. He has coached at every level of college basketball, from junior college to Division I, and has been an integral part of some remarkable rebuilding programs.
While an assistant at Connecticut College, he helped to recruit and to develop players who went on to earn All New England and All-American honors. In addition, he helped turn the program into a perennial winner. In fact, in his last four years as an assistant, the program was 85-20 and made consecutive trips to the Sweet 16 and an appearance at the Final Four in 1999. In the 1998-99 campaign, the team completed a perfect regular season (24-0) and was ranked number 1 in the nation.
In 1999, Coach Jaskiewicz moved to Brown University, and helped coordinate a national recruiting effort that resulted in the greatest four-year period in Brown University Men’s basketball history. The program posted a 63-45 overall record from 2000-2004, and also produced an Ivy League record of
39-17 in that same time frame, while also producing All Ivy and academic All-Ivy players. The 2002-2003 squad finished 12-2 which is the best Ivy league record in Brown history and made an appearance in the NIT.
As an assistant at Coast Guard, he was part of the coaching staff for three seasons before becoming head coach. Coast Guard won back-to-back NEWMAC Tournament championships in 2006-’07 and 2007-’08 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament in both those seasons. The Bears won a school-record 24 games, and advanced to the Elite 8 in 2007-’08.
Coach Jaskiewicz earned his B.A. in history from Eastern Connecticut State University and earned his M.S. in curriculum and instruction from Scranton University.
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