Augustana College Athletics

In 21 seasons at the helm of Augustana men's basketball, head coach Grey Giovanine firmly established his program as one of the best in all of NCAA Division III. The school's all-time winningest coach, he has earned national Coach of the Year honors from Basketball Times in 2015 and 2019 and D3hoops.com in 2017 and led Augustana to national championship game appearances in 2015 and 2017. He compiled a record of 433-150 (.743) in 21 seasons with the Vikings.
 
For five seasons, from 2014-19, the Vikings went 131-26 and advanced at least as far as the Sweet 16 each year. Augustana also became the first program ever to be ranked in D3hoops.com's final top five for five consecutive years. Giovanine's 2018-19 squad went 26-4 and captured an unprecedented fifth straight CCIW championship. His 2017-18 outfit finished 25-6 and reached the Division III quarterfinals. In 2016-17, Augustana finished 24-9 and fell by one point in the national title game. His 2015-16 team posted a 29-2 record—equaling the most wins in school and conference history—and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Division III Tournament. His 2014-15 squad's 27-5 season included a trip to the national championship game. The Vikings' 17 NCAA Tournament wins over those five seasons were the most by any program at any level of NCAA competition.
 
In CCIW play, Giovanine's teams posted a 214-88 (.709) record. His 10 regular-season titles are the second-most in conference history and he currently ranks third all-time in wins and fourth in winning percentage (minimum of two seasons). His six conference tournament championships are the most in league history.
 
Giovanine was named the CCIW's "Coach of the Year" from 2006-08, in 2011 and from 2015-19. He earned Illinois Basketball Coaches Association NCAA Division III "Coach of the Year" honors in 2002, 2003, from 2006-08, in 2011 and from 2015-18.
 
In addition to his three national "Coach of the Year" awards, he was also D3hoops.com's Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2011 and Central Region Coach of the Year in 2017. Since 2008, Giovanine's teams were ranked in the final D3hoops.com Top 10 seven times, including second in 2015, third in 2016 and 2017, fifth in 2018 and fourth in 2019.
 
Giovanine retired from Augustana in May of 2020.