Thomas More University men’s basketball head coach Justin Ray, announced the promotion of Spencer Berlekamp to the Associate Head Coach with the Saints.
Berlekamp is entering his sixth season on the Thomas More staff. He joined the Saints’ staff in June 2019.
During Berlekamp’s time on staff he has helped the Saints navigate through two transitions from NCAA Division III to NAIA in 2019 and again from NAIA to NCAA Division II in 2023. Since 2019, the Saints have had the most successful stretch in program history. The Saints have a 106-43 record and a .741 win percentage with Coach Berlekamp as the top assistant. He helped the team earn a trip to the 2022 NAIA Fab Four appearance going 31-5 and captured the program’s first Mid-South Conference regular season championship finishing 19-2 in MSC play. In 2023, the Saints made history earning the program’s first #1 national ranking. In his first four seasons, the Saints were ranked in the Top 25 each year and earned four consecutive trips to the national tournament. In the 2023-24 season, the Saints competed in the NCAA Division II Great Midwest Conference finishing fourth overall out of 13 teams. The Saints finished the year as the GMAC tournament runner-up winning 19 games in their inaugural DII season.
In five seasons, Berlekamp has recruited and developed 3 All-American selections, 2 conference player of the year selections, 2 freshman of the year selections, 2 Bevo Francis Top 50 nominees and 14 all-conference selections. In 2022, Berlekamp was voted the Mid-South Conference Assistant Coach of the Year.
Berlekamp promoted to Associate Head Basketball Coach at Thomas More
