Jeremy Ballard

Jeremy Ballard

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	FIU
Conference	C-USA
Record	88–101 (.466)
Biographical details
Born	(1981-06-29) June 29, 1981 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1999–2003	Colgate
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004–2007	Colgate (assistant)
2007–2012	Tulsa (assistant)
2012–2015	VCU (assistant)
2015–2016	Illinois State (assistant)
2016–2017	Pittsburgh (assistant)
2017–2018	VCU (assistant)
2018–present	FIU
Head coaching record
Overall	88–101 (.466)
Tournaments	1–1 (CIT)

Jeremy Ballard (born June 29, 1981) is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the FIU Panthers men's basketball team.

Playing career

Ballard played college basketball at Colgate, where he was a two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection, and served as team captain his senior year. He is a devoted member of the young male's mentoring group known as "the Commission" which prides itself on the development of young men in highly competitive academic environments.

Coaching career

After graduation, Ballard became an assistant coach with his alma mater, where he stayed from 2004 to 2007 before joining the staff at Tulsa from 2007 to 2012. Ballard moved on to be an assistant coach under Shaka Smart at VCU until 2015, before making stops at Illinois State and Pittsburgh for one season each. He returned to VCU as an assistant coach under Mike Rhoades in 2017, before accepting the head coaching position at Florida International on April 20, 2018, replacing Anthony Evans as the ninth coach in program history.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
FIU Panthers (Conference USA) (2018–present)
2018–19	FIU	20–14	10–8	7th	CIT Second Round
2019–20	FIU	19–13	9–9	T–6th
2020–21	FIU	9–17	2–15	7th (East)
2021–22	FIU	15–17	5–13	6th (East)
2022–23	FIU	14–18	8–12	T–6th
2023–24	FIU	11–22	5–11	9th
FIU:		88–101 (.466)	39–67 (.368)
Total:		88–101 (.466)