Scott Drew

Scott Homer Drew (born October 23, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach at Baylor University, a position he has held since 2003.

Drew began his coaching career as an assistant for Valparaiso under his father Homer Drew. Following his father's retirement in 2002, Drew would serve as the head coach of Valparaiso for one season before being hired by Baylor in 2003. Drew took over Baylor as a program in ruins, following decades of mediocre-to-poor performance and a public scandal that resulted in numerous NCAA sanctions. After four seasons rebuilding the program, Drew turned Baylor from a program with only one NCAA tournament appearance since 1950 into a perennial tournament contender; since their first tournament under Drew in 2008, they have made it back eleven further times as of 2024. The team won their first basketball championship under Drew with the 2013 National Invitation Tournament. In 2021, Drew would lead Baylor to a Big 12 regular season championship (their first conference title in 71 years), a 28–2 record and their first ever NCAA championship. Drew's turnaround at Baylor is considered by many to be one of the best in the history of college sports.

Coaching career

Valparaiso

Drew graduated from Butler University in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts. While at Butler he was a member of Delta Tau Delta International Fraternity. Although he never played college basketball at the varsity level, Drew spent two years as a student assistant for the men's basketball team, and also played on the men's tennis team but did not earn a letter.