Northwest Missouri State University’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach has announced the hiring of Bryston Williams and Zach Schneider to the position of Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach.
“Bryston brings a great amount of energy and contagious enthusiasm to our program,” said McCollum. “He was here at the start of my head coaching career and was a big part of getting the program to where it currently is. He will bring fresh ideas that will help our program continue to improve. We are very excited to announce the hiring of Bryston Williams.”
Williams was part of McCollum’s first recruiting class at Northwest in 2009. As a player, Williams has played on two MIAA Conference Championship teams along with playing in a Sweet Sixteen his senior year. Following his playing career Williams was a Graduate Assistant at Northwest under McCollum, where he was part of two more MIAA Conference Championships and two more Sweet Sixteens. Williams has spent the past two seasons in the Memphis Grizzlies’ organization as an Assistant and Player Development coach with the Grizzlies’ G-league Team, The Memphis Hustle.
“Zach is well on his way to being a great assistant coach. He has an unmatched work ethic. Zach will also bring a great deal of knowledge on how our program works to the current players. We talk a lot about having “winners” in our program, Zach is the definition of this. We are excited to announce the hiring of Zach Schneider.”
Schneider graduated from Northwest Missouri State in the Spring of 2017 following a four year playing career under coach Ben McCollum. During his four year career, Schneider was part of four MIAA Regular Season Championships, two MIAA Tournament Championships, four NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances, and the 2017 NCAA DII National Championship Team. He was a MIAA Scholar-Athlete during his senior season. After his playing career, Schneider remained with the team for the 2017-2018 season as a Graduate Assistant. He was also a Graduate Assistant with the Student Athlete Success Program, monitoring the academics of Northwest student-athletes from multiple sports.
“The hiring of these two will help keep our program moving forward and continue to improve our culture. I look forward to working with them.”
