Professional profile
Gary Grzesk will be in his fourth season as St. Norbert College's men's basketball and women’s golf coach in 2009-10.

St. Norbert is 39-29 in three years under Grzesk's supervision. The 2008-09 season was a highly successful season for the Green Knights, who finished 18-6 overall and 12-4 in the Midwest Conference. St. Norbert rose to as high as No. 11 in the D3hoops.com Top 25 and also topped No. 1-ranked UW-Platteville in the championship game of the Nicolet Bank Holiday Classic, the first win over a No. 1 foe for any sport in St. Norbert history.

In his second season at St. Norbert, Grzesk established the Green Knights as a contender in the Midwest Conference. St. Norbert finished 14-10 overall and went 10-6 in league play, and qualified for its first conference tournament in six years. The Green Knights also won their holiday tournament with a triumph over St. John's, defeated NCAA Division II foe Northern Michigan for the first time in a quarter century and lost a double-overtime contest to College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin champion Augustana. 

Grzesk’s first team at St. Norbert finished 9-13 overall and 8-8 in a tough Midwest Conference. The Green Knights were a half-game out of first place in the league race halfway through the season despite having just 10 players. St. Norbert also went 7-1 in the league’s unique Friday-Saturday double weekend format, including a 25-point win over conference champion Grinnell.

In three seasons at Lakeland from 2004 to 2006, Grzesk compiled a 51-31 record. The Muskies won the Lake Michigan Conference championship in 2006 and also captured the LMC Tournament title in 2004. Lakeland also appeared in the 2004 NCAA Division III Tournament.

Grzesk spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant at UW-Green Bay, his alma mater. Prior to returning to Green Bay, Grzesk was an assistant at Youngstown State (Ohio) University for six seasons from 1996-97 to 2001-02. Grzesk was an aide during Youngstown State’s first 20-win season as a Division I member when the Penguins went 20-9 in 1997-98.

A 1996 graduate of UW-Green Bay, Grzesk was a four-year letterwinner for the Phoenix. He earned the team’s Defensive Player of the Year award four times, helping Green Bay to three NCAA Tournament appearances. Grzesk is perhaps best known for guarding NBA lottery pick Jason Kidd in a 61-57 NCAA Tournament first-round win over California in 1994. Grzesk, who started in 107 of the 120 collegiate games he played in, was Green Bay’s captain his junior and senior seasons. He concluded his career with 450 points and 496 assists. The Phoenix was 74-19 in Grzesk’s final three seasons.

Grzesk, a Wauwatosa native, is married to the former Liz Hauger, herself a former college basketball coach at Youngstown State and UW-Green Bay. The couple has a son, Garrett, and a daughter, Gracie.

Location: Schuldes Sports Center
Room: 119
Phone: (920) 403-3137
Fax: (920) 403-3128

Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
100 Grant Street
Schuldes Sports Center, 119
De Pere, WI 54115-2099

gary.grzesk@snc.edu

Academic credentials:
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
M.Ed., Youngstown State University