Doug Novak

Doug Novak is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Army Black Knights basketball team. Novak was previously the interim head coach of the Mississippi State women's basketball team from 2021 to 2022. He was elevated to interim head coach of Mississippi State following the resignation of Nikki McCray-Penson due to health concerns.[1] Novak has been head coach before, coaching the Bethel Royals, Iowa Western Reivers, and the Anderson Trojans.

Doug Novak
Current position
TitleAssociate head coach
TeamArmy Black Knights
ConferencePatriot League
Biographical details
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee '90
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1995Roane State (assistant)
1995–1998Iowa Western
1998–1999Francis Marion (assistant)
1999–2006Anderson
2006–2010The Citadel (assistant)
2010–2013Tulane (assistant)
2013–2021Bethel
2021–2022Mississippi State (interim women's HC)
2022–presentArmy (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall146–82 (.640)

College

Novak attended Tennessee University from 1987 to 1990 where he majored in psychology. While at Tennessee, Novak played tennis and was a part of the Tennessee tennis team that was ranked number one at the collegiate level.[2][3][4]

Coaching career

After serving as an assistant tennis coach at Clemson University,[2] Novak coached as an assistant for various colleges, most notably The Citadel and Tulane University. Novak was also the head coach at Anderson University and Bethel University. Following an eight-year tenure for Bethel, he became an assistant coach for Mississippi State University women's basketball.[5][6] He was later elevated to the position of interim head coach following the resignation of Nikki McCray-Penson.[7][8][9] Following his season as interim head coach, Novak was hired as the associate head coach for the Army Black Knights men's basketball team.[10]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bethel (men) (MIAC) (2013–2021)
2013–14 Bethel 14–139–116th
2014–15 Bethel 19–913–74th
2015–16 Bethel 18–1912–85th
2016–17 Bethel 21–715–5T-1stNCAA D3 Round of 64
2017–18 Bethel 21–714–63rd
2018–19 Bethel 19–815–53rd
2019–20 Bethel 16–1013–74th
2020–21 Bethel 3–53–3T-3rd
Bethel (men): 131–68 (.658)94–52 (.644)
Mississippi State (women) (SEC) (2021–2022)
2021–22 Mississippi State 15–146–10T–10th
Mississippi State (women): 15–14 (.517)6–10 (.375)
Total:146–82 (.640)

      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

References
  1. Andy Kostka (28 October 2021). "'You can't skip steps': How Doug Novak is handling Mississippi State women's basketball's interim role". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. "Doug Novak - Men's Basketball Coach". Bethel University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
  3. "COACH NOVAK". coachdougnovak.
  4. Bob Sansevere (2 March 2017). "Bethel basketball coach finds contentment despite less money, more snow". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. Andy Kostka (7 September 2021). "Nikki McCray-Penson adds Doug Novak to Mississippi State women's basketball staff". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  6. Sydney Wicker (8 September 2021). "Mississippi State names new associate head coach". WTOK-TV. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. Andy Kostka (12 October 2021). "Who is Mississippi State women's basketball interim coach Doug Novak?". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Knox News. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  8. "Doug Novak's Life Has Changed at Mississippi State". www.secsports.com.
  9. Colin Damms (1 November 2021). "Novak, Bulldogs need time to get to know each other". The Commercial Dispatch. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  10. "Army to hire former Mississippi State interim coach Novak as associate head coach".
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