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The official Men's Basketball Coach List for the Ohio Wesleyan University Battling Bishops.
When former Ohio Wesleyan men’s basketball standout Nate Axelrod ’18 returned to OWU to become the Battling Bishops’ assistant men’s basketball coach under head coach Mike DeWitt ’87, it was perhaps the best career move he could have made.
Mike DeWitt is in his 26th season as men’s basketball coach at Ohio Wesleyan University having achieved the goal of returning the Battling Bishops to the North Coast Athletic Conference championship. Last season, Ohio Wesleyan finished with a record of 11-15.
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When the 1988 Ohio Wesleyan men’s basketball team became the first in OWU history to win an NCAA championship, Coach Gene Mehaffey called the win the biggest thrill he’d ever had. “It’s something that we will never forget,” he promised.
During stateside duty, he was player-coach of an Army team, going 44-3 and losing in AAU semifinals. He became the youngest player-coach in the NBL, for the Youngstown Bears, but when his contract was sold, Shannon decided that his family needed more security than pro basketball could offer.
Scott Tedder ’88 and the NCAA Division III National Championship-winning OWU men’s basketball team have been inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame. (Photo courtesy of OWU’s Office of Marketing and Communication)
