In his lone season in Des Moines, Medved righted the ship, leading the Bulldogs to a. He was then hired at Drake for the 2017-18 season, coincidentally inheriting another 7-24 team. He took a Paladins team that was 7-24 the season before he gained control and eventually turned the program into a 20-game winner. However, when Tim Miles was hired at CSU, he plucked up Niko Medved and brought him onto his first staff in Fort Collins.Īfter six seasons on the Rams’ bench, including consecutive NCAA Tournament trips in 20, Medved was hired as the head coach at Furman ahead of 2013-14 season.
After two seasons there, he spent seven more as an assistant at Furman before returning to his alma mater to be an assistant for the Gophers. Medved got his first head coaching gig at Division III Macalester College in St. Medved is an alumnus of the university, and started his career as a student manager under longtime Gophers coach Clem Haskins. Medved’s name was floated as a possibility for the opening left at Minnesota by now-head coach of New Mexico, Richard Pitino. The Rams could enter the season as a fringe Top 25 team thanks to the dynamic duo of Stevens and Roddy, which is all the more reason for CSU athletic director Joe Parker to lock up his rising star. This past offseason, the Rams managed to flip the commitment of Division II All-American Chandler Jacobs, who had originally chosen Texas Tech. He has excelled in the recruiting department, most notably bringing in Isaiah Stevens and David Roddy, both of whom were instant stars under Medved. Medved’s first season was bumpy, with the team posting a dismal 12-20 record, but once the Minneapolis native had more time to put his stamp on the program, the success followed close behind. After inheriting a program in disarray, with former skipper Larry Eustachy resigning during the 2017-18 season following an internal investigation by the school into his conduct, Medved has quickly turned things around for the Rams. The Rams finished second in the Mountain West last year, and though the team narrowly missed the NCAA Tournament, CSU did reach the NIT semifinals. The extension comes on the heels of back-to-back 20-win seasons for Medved at Colorado State.
Conversely, if the school were to fire Medved without cause prior to the expiration of the deal, the institution would owe Medved 75% of the remaining base salary.įor now, though, neither side appears eager to end the relationship. If Medved breaks the contract early, he would owe 25% of the remaining base salary to Colorado State. The terms of Medved’s contract buyout remain unchanged.
Included in the agreement is a “retention bonus” of $75,000, which the contract stipulates should be paid to Medved for “results achieved by the men’s basketball program in the 2020-21 season and national interest in Medved as a potential head coach at other institutions.” The new deal also includes additional funds for hiring assistants to fill out the staff, as well as for providing assistants with incentive-based bonuses. According to a report from The Coloradoan, the annual salary for Medved in the final season of the current deal will jump from $750,000 to $775,000. The deal reported today would stretch that out one year further, through the 2026-27 campaign. In November, Medved signed an extension through the 2025-26 season. Jwplayer RLZxebBM-sNi3MVSU] Medved is 52-40 over his three seasons in Fort Collins Coming off a promising season, and with another on the way, Colorado State has locked up Niko Medved for the long haul.Ĭolorado State has signed fourth-year head coach Niko Medved to a long-term deal that will keep him in Fort Collins through the 2026-27 season, according to a report from Jeff Goodman of Stadium.