Jeremy Tiers enters his third season with the men's basketball program at UIndy.
In 2010-11, Tiers helped the Greyhounds reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2005. Overall, UIndy has put together a 39-17 mark in his two seasons wearing the Crimson and Grey.
In his second season (2011-12), he helped lead the Greyhounds to their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and first NCAA Tournament victory since 1996. UIndy also won 20 games (20-9) for the first time since 2003-04, while being ranked in the NABC Division II Top 25 for five weeks during the season. The Greyhounds defeated the nation's top team twice with a 99-94 overtime home win vs. No. 1 Bellarmine and 80-77 road win at No. 1 Kentucky Wesleyan. Overall, UIndy won five games against Top 25 teams, including a 4-2 mark against top 10 teams.
Tiers has worked with a pair of UIndy All-Americans in guards Darius Adams (2011) and Adrian Moss (2012) as both players also were selected to play in the prestigious Reese's Division II College All-Star Game.
Tiers came to UIndy from NCAA Division II Bemidji State University in Bemidji, Minn., where he spent four seasons (2006-10). His responsibilities included coordinating recruiting efforts, compliance, scouting, coordination of summer camps and player development. In each of his four seasons at BSU, Tiers helped the program improve on its previous years’ win total.
During the 2009-10 season, Tiers helped senior guard Seth Haake make the Second-Team All-NSIC. Haake finished his career at BSU with 1,202 career points, which stands 10th on BSU’s career scoring chart. Haake also earned a prestigious academic award that year, as the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named him to their NABC Honors Court.
Prior to Bemidji State, Tiers spent two seasons (2004-06) as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn. In addition to recruiting coordinator while at Hamline, he also spent six years working for well-known recruiting analyst Bob Gibbons and his All-Start Report scouting service.
Prior to his jump to college basketball, Tiers was an assistant coach (1999-2004) at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Park, Minn. He began his coaching career in 1998 as an assistant at his alma mater, Nelson High School.
A Burlington, Ontario, native, Tiers played at Nelson High School and is a graduate of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont. He received his honors bachelor’s degree in history in 1998.
Tiers, and his wife Jen, have a three-year old daughter, Olivia.
