Mott Community College: Coach Schmidt Named Junior College Coach Of The Year 

Press release from Mott Community College:

Dawn Hibbard

May 19th, 2021

Steve Schmidt, MCC Men’s Basketball Coach, has been named the 2021 Men’s Junior College Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM). Awards will be conferred during the BCAM Hall of Fame Banquet in Pontiac in October.

Coach Schmidt led the Mott Bears to a 14-4 record and won the NJCAA Great Lakes District B Championship this season. The victory earned MCC a spot in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division II tournament in Danville, Ill. This year’s national tournament will mark the Bears’ 10th appearance under Schmidt, whose 750 victories in 30 years are the most by any men’s coach in Michigan college basketball history. MCC has won four national championships under Schmidt, the most recent in 2012.

All BCAM awards are listed at https://www.bcam.org/2019-bcam-awards-published/

The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan is focused on the betterment of basketball in the state of Michigan.  The organization is known nationwide for being a leader in clinics, academic awards, scholarship programs, websites, award programs for players and coaches, official/coach relationships, and as a policy setter for national concerns.

This press release was produced by Mott Community College. The views expressed here are the author’s own.