Baylor Basketball Coaching Staff

Scott Drew

Scott Drew starts his 19th season as Baylor's head coach. After taking over one of the toughest rebuilding jobs in college basketball history in 2003, he has Baylor basketball on solid, consistent footing as a top 25 program. The Bears have been ranked in the top 25 13 of the last 14 seasons and have made post season in 12 of those years. He has led the Bears to the NCAA tournament 9 times(including a national title, final 4, three Elite 8s and five Sweet 16s). He also made the NIT final twice and took home the NIT title in 2013. At age 51, he has already amassed 392 career wins.

Alvin Brooks III

Alvin Brooks III is in his sixth season at Baylor. Prior to Baylor, he spent 4 years at Kansas State where he was considered the staff's top recruiter. He helped land guys like Wesley Iwundu and Marcus Foster out of the state of Texas for the Wildcats. Brooks is the son of Alvin Brooks II who has coached for over 30 years and is currently the head coach at Lamar University.

John Jakus

John Jakus joins the Baylor staff for the second time in the last 8 years after a 3 year stint at Gonzaga. Jakus is known for his offensive innovation, player development and advanced statistical analysis.

Jared Nuness

Jared Nuness is the director of player development for Baylor. He played for Scott Drew at Valpo and joined the staff at Baylor in 2009. He's a Minnesota native and a bright young coaching prospect.

Bill Peterson

Bill Peterson joined the Baylor staff in 2017 after years of coaching experience at the collegiate level and as an NBA assistant for the Dallas Mavericks and Milwaukee Bucks. Peterson was recently the head coach of the Orlando Magic's D-League team.

Ty Beard

Ty Beard is a graduate of Baylor and spent years as a graduate assistant before joining Jason Beschetta at John Brown University as a full time assistant. Beard rejoined the Baylor staff in the summer of 2017.

Jason Smith

Jason was a former GA for Baylor basketball who was an owner in D1 Design Group before joining Scott Drew's staff full time focusing on recruiting services

Tweety Carter

Luke Simmons