Tim Deidrick

Sport: Men's Basketball
Year: 10th Season
Position: Assistant Coach

Tim Deidrick is his tenth year as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs.

At Truman, Deidrick is actively involved in every aspect of the Men’s Basketball program. With his on-the-floor coaching duties, he serves as the recruiting coordinator, scouts upcoming opponents, leads individual skill development and attends to the everyday organizational activities of coaching.

Coach Deidrick has been integral in the program’s success. After recruiting and helping develop the team that reached the national tournament in 2005-06, Deidrick has helped rebuild this squad to hopefully compete at the same level.

Deidrick is entering his 15th year coaching full-time at the collegiate level. He started his coaching career at Truman (1992-1995) under former head coach Willard Sims, serving three years as a student and graduate assistant while earning his M.A. in Education and his B.S. in Accounting.

Deidrick returned to Truman in 2000 after spending five years coaching at the junior college level. From 1997-2000, he coached at Scottsdale Community College. At Scottsdale, he helped take a program that had not had a winning record in 15 years to three straight regional playoffs and compiling three twenty-win seasons. During the time that Deidrick served as the recruiting coordinator at Scottsdale C.C. and at St. Louis C.C. (1995-1997), these teams sent eighteen players on to play at NCAA institutions (10 Division I and 8 Division II players).

During his career, Deidrick explored other interests by teaching college and junior high math courses, serving as an academic advisor and working as a Sports Information Director.

In his spare time, he likes to jog, hike, be with his family and watch sports. Deidrick is married to Kathleen Keely McCann Deidrick who is a Pediatric Neuropsychologist at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is also an alumnus and former swimmer for the Bulldogs. They have a four year old son named Reece.