Bio

Jerry Schmutte has enjoyed remarkable success as both a coach and administrator in a career that has spanned over four decades. His overall record in a 22-year career as a collegiate head men's basketball coach was 368-210 for an impressive .637 winning percentage.

Schmutte complied a 194-135 record in a 12 year-run as Morningside's men's basketball head coach and established Morningside career records for victories and winning percentage (.590). He is one of only three men's basketball coaches in Morningside history to have a winning record with more than two seasons at the helm.

Schmutte's greatest season at Morningside came in 1994-95 when he directed the team to a 24-8 record en route to an Elite Eight finish in the NCAA II post-season tournament. One of Schmutte's greatest coaching victories came that season when Morningside upset defending National Champion Fort Hays State 85-82 on the Tiger's home court in the NCAA II North Central Regional Championship Game.

Schmutte assumed the role of Morningside's athletic director in 2001, at a pivotal juncture in the college's history when it made the transition from NCAA Division II to NAIA affiliation and gained membership in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) starting with the 2003-04 academic year. During Schmutte's time as athletic director, Morningside added men's and women's swimming, wrestling, men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, men's soccer, and cheer and dance to its slate of varsity sports.

He was named the 2007-08 Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Athletic Director of the Year by vote of his GPAC peers. Morningside's athletic teams thrived during the Schmutte era. Under Schmutte's watch the Mustangs won three NAIA Division II National Championships in women's basketball and made 10 consecutive national tournament appearances in that sport.