Justin Wieck | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Minnesota Duluth |
Current Conference: | NSIC |
Current Record: | 122–49 |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1984 |
Player Years1: | 2002–2004 |
Player Team1: | Kirkwood CC |
Player Years2: | 2004–2006 |
Player Team2: | Iowa |
Coach Years1: | 2006–2008 |
Coach Team1: | Iowa (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2008–2010 |
Coach Team2: | Iowa (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2010–2012 |
Coach Team3: | Northern State (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2012–2014 |
Coach Team4: | Jamestown |
Coach Years5: | 2014–2018 |
Coach Team5: | MSU-Moorhead (assistant) |
Coach Years6: | 2018–present |
Coach Team6: | Minnesota Duluth |
Overall Record: | 147–87 |
Championships: | NSAA Regular Season (2014) NSAA Tournament (2014) NSIC North Division (2022) |
Awards: | NSAA Coach Of The Year (2014) |
Justin Wieck (born July 10, 1984) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.[1]
A native of North Liberty, Iowa, Wieck attended Kirkwood Community College from 2002 to 2004, where he played basketball and earned a bachelor's degree in finance. In 2004, he transferred to the University of Iowa where he was on the All-Academic Big 10 team. He graduated with a master's degree in athletic administration. After graduating, Wieck served as a graduate assistant for Iowa from 2006 to 2008, then he was hired as an assistant and served as Iowa's video coordinator. In 2010, he left his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach at Northern State University under head coach Paul Sather from 2010 to 2012. During his two seasons with the Wolves, they went 25–28. In 2012, Wieck was hired as the head coach for the Jamestown Jimmies.[2] During his two years there, the Jimmies went 25–38, winning one NSAA regular season championship and one NSAA tournament championship during the 2013–14 season. During the 2012–13 season, several games were forfeited due to an ineligible player. Wieck was named the NSAA coach of the year in 2014. In 2014, Wieck left Jamestown to serve as an assistant coach at Minnesota State University Moorhead.[3] During his four years there, the Dragons achieved a record of 96–38 and won two NSIC regular season championships, and made three NCAA tournament appearances.
In 2018, Wieck left MSU-Moorhead to become the head coach for the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs.[4] Over the last two years, he has achieved a record of 39–19.
He has a wife named Laura, a son named Jordy, and two daughters named Anya and Ella.