Sam Waniewski is in his first season as an assistant at Midland College after assisting Vincennes University to a 30-0 regular season record and 33-2 overall record. Prior to Vincennes, he was the Director of Basketball Operations at Furman.
A native of Woodland, Calif., Waniewski spent one season as video coordinator at Colorado State University prior to his arrival in Greenville. During his time in Fort Collins, Colo., the Rams earned an NCAA Tournament berth and advanced past Missouri before falling to eventual national champion Louisville. Waniewski joined the Rams staff after working as a graduate assistant under first-year Colorado State coach Larry Eustachy at Southern Miss during the 2011-12 season.
Prior to his stint at USM, he spent the 2010-11 season as a graduate assistant at Concordia University Nebraska, where he directed the program’s operations, while coordinating recruiting efforts and film exchange.
Waniewski earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in coaching and administration from Chico State University in 2009. While at Chico State, he was a member of the Wildcat’s basketball program.
He was recruited to Chico State after a standout prep career at Woodland Christian High School where he set the school’s single-game record with nine three-pointers in a game.
During his time at Chico State, Waniewski coached for two AAU programs, the Golden Valley Bears (2007), and the Chico Blazin’ Heat (2009-10), and held stints as an assistant coach at Pleasant Valley High School (2005-10), and as the head coach at Chico Country Day Junior High (2009-10). During the summer of 2010, Waniewski also worked as an assistant coach at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, Calif., before ascending to the NAIA ranks at Concordia and NCAA DI level at Southern Mississippi.
In addition, Waniewski has worked extensively at summer camps at UCLA (2005-10), Stanford (2005-10), and Chico State (2005-09).
