Portland State University announced Wednesday that Head Basketball Tyler Geving will not return for the 2017-18 season. Geving, the Vikings’ Head Coach for the past eight seasons, had two years remaining on his current contract.
“I want to thank Coach Geving and his staff for their contributions to the development of our men’s basketball program, the department, and university throughout the years,” said Director of Athletics Valerie Cleary. “Coach Geving did outstanding work in recruiting great student-athletes and changing the culture of academic success amongst the team. These decisions are always difficult, and especially in this case due to the outstanding character of Coach Geving.”
Geving will leave Portland State after 12 years on the Park Blocks. He was an assistant coach from 2005-09 under Head Coach Ken Bone. The Vikings had their two finest seasons in program history while Geving was the Associate Head Coach in 2007-08 and 2008-09. PSU won the Big Sky Conference each season and played in the NCAA Tournament, compiling matching 23-10 records.
Geving took over as Head Coach in 2009-10 when Bone moved on to be Head Coach at Washington State. In eight seasons, Geving had a 112-133 record with the Vikings. His teams reached the Big Sky Tournament semifinals three times. Geving’s two best seasons were 17-15/10-6 in 2011-12, and 17-15/11-9 in 2013-14. Portland State played in the Collegeinsider.com post-season tournament in 2014.
This season the Vikings were 15-16 overall, 7-11 in the Big Sky Conference. After winning a first-round game over Northern Arizona, PSU lost to eventual Big Sky Champion North Dakota.
Director of Athletics Valerie Cleary informed Geving of the decision on Wednesday morning. Portland State will begin an immediate search for a new Head Coach.
