updated thru 2007-08 season
2007-08 Coaching Staff Celebrate Historic Moment
On Saturday, January 12, 2008, the Flying Dutchmen posted the 600th alltime
victory
under coach Glenn Van Wieren. Coach Van Wieren became just the sixth NCAA
Division III men's basketball
coach to record 600 victories. His winning percentage
of .753 (618-203) is the highest of any in this elite
coaching fraternity.
 Hope
College basketball has thrived under the leadership of Glenn Van Wieren < gvanwieren@hope.edu > who has
developed one of the nation's most highly respected NCAA Division III
programs.
A product of the Hope basketball
program himself, Van Wieren has guided the Flying
Dutchmen to a record seventeen Michigan Intercollegiate
Athletic Association (MIAA) championships and appearances
in nineteen NCAA Division III post-season tournaments.
The Flying Dutchmen have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen
six times, to the Elite Eight four times and the final four three times,
most recently in 2008. Hope finished second in the nation twice (1996
and 1998) and was third in 2008.
The 2007-08 Flying Dutchmen posted
a 28-4 record to mark a school-record
28th consecutive winning campaign. Hope has won 15
or more games each
of the last 26 years. Hope has won 25 or more games
in a season six times under Van Wieren.
On January 12, 2008, Van Wieren became just the sixth coach in NCAA Division III men's basketball
history to achieve 600 victories. His 31-year record after an 80-71 win over Olivet was 600-201. His winning
percentage (.749) at that time was the best in this elite coaching group. He also has reached
600 victories faster than any other Division III coach (801st game). The previous
mark was by Glenn Robinson of Franklin & Marshall who won number 600 in his 821st
game. His career record through the 2007-08 season is 618-203.
Van Wieren has coached two teams
-- 83-84 and 94-95 -- through unbeaten regular season
campaigns. He
entered the 2007-08 season ranked the sixth winningest coach in NCAA
Division III history,
both in victories (590) and winning percentage (.748).
In 2006 Van Wieren was honored by the Grand Rapids Sports
Hall of Fame with the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. He was
inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Basketball Coaches Association
of Michigan in 2003.
The basketball court in the new DeVos Fieldhouse
on Hope's campus is named in honor of coach Van
Wieren, his coaching mentor Russ DeVette and
their wives, Jacquelyn (Jackie) and Doris.
The publication Basketball Times has twice named Van Wieren its
Division III national coach of the year, first in
1995 and again in 2008.
He was also voted the 1995 Great Lakes Region Division
III coach of the year by the National Association
of Basketball Coaches and the 1995 Michigan college
basketball coach-of-the-year by the Basketball Coaches
Association of Michigan.
Van Wieren stands as one of the outstanding
athletes in the history of Hope College. A 1964 graduate,
he earned 11 letters during his four years at Hope
and on four occasions was awarded all-conference
honors by the MIAA. He was a four-year letterman
in both basketball and baseball and a letterwinner
in cross country three seasons. He ranks among the
top scorers in Hope basketball history.
While at Hope, Van Wieren has also
coached baseball, cross country and soccer. He is among the
winningest coaches in America's oldest collegiate conference with a total of
18 MIAA championships. In addition to 16 in basketball, he has coached conference champions in baseball and soccer.
He holds the academic rank of Professor of Kinesiology. Prior to joining the Hope faculty
he taught and coached at Grand Haven (Mich.) High
School. He holds the M.A. degree from Western Michigan
University and the Ed.D. degree from Brigham Young
University. He is active in Young Life and is a member
of Christ Memorial Church in Holland. He is a member
of the board of directors of the Basketball Coaches
Association of Michigan.
His wife Jacquelyn (Nyboer) is a
1967 Hope College graduate. The Van Wierens have
four daughters, Gretel, Heidi, Kuria and Rebekah,
and six grandchildren.
Milestone Games Under Coach Van Wieren
Victory #1 - at Hope 87, Concordia, Ill. 53, 12-3-77
(Also his 1st game as coach)
Victory #100 - at Hope 96, Concordia, Mich. 62, 2-4-84 (150th game)
Victory #200 - Hope 82, at Olivet 79 (ot), 2-15-89 (282nd game)
Victory #300 - at Hope 83, Kalamazoo 71, 1-29-94 (403rd game)
Victory #400 - at Hope 96, Alma 78, 1-21-98 (523rd game)
Victory #500 - Hope 61, at Albion 48, 3-1-03 (672nd game)
Victory #600 - Hope 80, at Olivet 71, 1-12-08
(801st game; fastest in DIII history)
First Game Coached - at Hope 87, Concordia, Ill. 53, 12-3-77
First Win in MIAA - Hope 81, at Olivet 67, 1-18-78
First Win vs. Calvin - at Hope 65, Calvin 57, 2-6-80
Clinched First MIAA Title - at Hope 85, Albion 82,2-24-82
First NCAA Tournament Win - at Hope 77, Wittenberg 60, 3-5-82
Became Winningest Hope Coach (#324) - Hope 95, at Kalamazoo 84, 1-28-95
First NCAA Final Four Appearance - Hope 76, Franklin & Marshall 57, 3-15-96
First National Championship Game - Rowan 100, Hope 93, 3-16-96
Second NCAA Final Four Appearance - Hope 81, Wilkes, Pa. 61, 3-20-98
Second National Championship Game - Wisc.-Platteville 69, Hope 56, 3-21-98
First DeVos Fieldhouse Game - at Hope 70, Elmhurst 53, 11-19-05
Third NCAA Final Four Appearance - Washington, Mo. 89, Hope 74 / Hope 100, Ursinus, Pa. 86, 3-21/22-08
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