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Head Coach John Baines John Baines enters his third season as University of St. Francis head men’s basketball coach in 2012-13. In his inaugural campaign in 2010-11, the Fighting Saints finished the year with a 21-10 overall record. The 21 wins were an improvement of 13 games from the previous season, which ranked as the second-biggest improvement in the NAIA that year. The Saints’ .677 winning percentage also ranked as the sixth-best in school history and marked USF’s best record in 21 years. With their successful season, the Fighting Saints also gained national recognition by being ranked as high as No. 24 in the NAIA Division I coaches’ poll during the year. Baines became just the third head men’s basketball coach in the 41-year history of the St. Francis program. He replaced 34-year veteran Pat Sullivan, who retired at the conclusion of the 2009-10 season. Baines, 37, is a native of Bloomington, Ill., and played basketball at Illinois Wesleyan University for Hall of Fame coach Dennie Bridges. As a four-year player for Bridges and the Titans, he was part of teams that compiled an overall record of 103-14, participated in two NCAA Division III Final Fours, three Elite Eights and four Sweet Sixteens. The Titans won the Division III national championship in 1997 after placing third in the nation one year earlier. Baines began his coaching career in 1998 as the sophomore basketball and baseball coach at Bloomington (Ill.) High School. He moved to Elmhurst two years later where he began a 10-year association with Bluejays’ head basketball coach Mark Scherer. During his 10 seasons under Scherer, Baines helped the Bluejays compile a 160-99 record. Additionally, Elmhurst posted the five best won-lost records in school history and reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division III tournament in one of two national tourney appearances during that time. In his first season at Elmhurst in 2000-01, Baines helped Scherer direct the Bluejays to a school-best 22-5 record and the only College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) title in the program’s 63-year history. The team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Division III tournament that year and was ranked as high as sixth nationally during the course of the season. That marked just the first of six times in a 10-year span when Elmhurst placed either first or second in the prestigious CCIW. The Bluejays added two more seasons with 20 or more wins - 21-6 in 2006-07 and 20-8 in 2008-09 - and returned to the national tournament again following the 2008-09 campaign. As the chief recruiter on Scherer’s staff, Baines helped lure 16 Illinois All-State players to Elmhurst. All of his fouryear and transfer recruits either graduated or were on track to earn their degrees from Elmhurst upon his departure. Emphasizing academics as well as basketball, Baines helped to oversee an Elmhurst team that posted a cumulative 3.00 grade point average for most of his tenure. Baines’ duties at Elmhurst were not limited to coaching basketball. During his decade at EC, Baines served at various times as assistant to the athletic director (2006-2010), head women’s golf coach (2003-06) and head men’s tennis coach (2000-04). He coached a pair of All-CCIW golfers in his three seasons with the women’s golf program and directed the men’s tennis squad to its second-best record in school history in 2004. Baines has been a part of successful high school and small college basketball programs ever since he enrolled at University High School in Normal, Ill. Over the course of the last 20 years, Baines has a record of 405-175 as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. Baines graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a minor in secondary education. He earned a master’s in sports administration from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2003. Baines, who also serves as USF’s assistant women’s golf coach, is single and resides in Chicago. 2 2012-13 USF Fighting Saints Men’s Basketball
Assistant Coaches John Ford John Ford brings more than a decade of international playing experience to his new role as a member of the St. Francis coaching staff this season. Ford spent the previous eight years playing professional basketball in Bordeaux, France, following stints in Finland as well as in the Continental Basketball Association, American Basketball Association and the Independent Basketball Association in the U.S. He retired as a player in 2011. A native of Joliet, Ford graduated from Joliet West High School in 1996 before attending Colorado State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts in 2000. Ford resides in Joliet with his wife Debra, son John and daughter Khali. Steve Kollar Steve Kollar joined the St. Francis coaching staff in 2010-2011, where he was reunited with thennew USF head coach John Baines. Kollar was a guard at Elmhurst College from 2001-04 during Baines' 10-year tenure as an assistant coach. He played high school basketball at Wheaton North High School before moving on to Elmhurst. Kollar began his coaching career in the fall of 2005 as the freshman "B" team baseball and basketball coach at Wheaton North High School. He spent the next year coaching football there, tutoring the freshmen quarterbacks and serving as the freshmen team’s assistant offensive coordinator. He then moved on to South Elgin High School where he coached both the freshman "A" team and the sophomore squad over the next two seasons. He coached the freshmen at West Aurora High School in 2009-10. Kollar earned his bachelor's degree in physical education from Elmhurst and his master's in education from Aurora University. He resides in Wheaton. Jesse Woods Jesse Woods begins his second season as an assistant to head coach John Baines. Upon graduation from Shawano (Wis.) Community High School in 2002, Woods attended University of St. Thomas (Minn.) from 2002-06. He competed for the Tommies for two seasons (2002-04) before a recurring injury sidelined him for the remainder of his tenure at U<strong>ST</strong>. Woods maintained a 3.67 GPA while earning degrees in English, French Literature and Spanish. In 2010, Woods completed his master of arts degree from McGill University (Montreal, Quebec). He walked on to the 12-man roster and competed for the Redmen from 2008-10. During that time as a two-year starter, Woods served as the team co-captain and helped MGU to an overall record of 8-8 in his final campaign. Woods resides in Chicago. Student Assistant Lukas Zebrauskas Following a highly-successful four-year playing career at St. Francis, Lucas Zebrauskas joins the staff as a student assistant coach this season. Zebrauskas earned All-CCAC accolades each of the past two seasons. He capped his playing career in 2011-12 by finishing among the league’s top eight in three separate statistical categories. In 10 league games, he ranked third in rebounding (8.1 rpg), fifth in field goal percentage (.536) and eighth in scoring (12.5 ppg). In all games, Zebrauskas tallied 12.0 points per game and pulled down 6.8 rebounds per contest. Zebrauskas graduated this past spring with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is pursing an MBA at St. Francis. 2012-13 USF Fighting Saints Men’s Basketball 3
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