Andy Schmitt joined the Mean Green in October 2018 as the team's Director of Basketball Operations. He spent the previous year at New Mexico State where he helped the Aggies reach the NCAA Tournament and win the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.
Previously, Schmitt spent two seasons at Division II Texas A&M-Commerce, where he was an assistant coach under Sam Walker while also earning his second Master's degree, this one in secondary education. Schmitt helped the Lions reach the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history and saw two players named all-conference.
In his first season with A&M-Commerce, the Lions knocked off five top-25 opponents, three on the road, and set the school's single-game scoring record with 132 points against Houston-Tillotson.
Prior to joining the Lions, Schmitt served as a graduate assistant coach and director of basketball operations at Austin Peay while earning his Master's. Schmitt also oversaw team travel, film, scouting reports and monitored academics for the team.
Before his time in Clarksville, Tenn., Schmitt was a student assistant at Illinois. During his time there, the Fighting Illini went 60-42, twice reached the NCAA Tournament (2011, 2013) and earned a Maui Invitational title in 2013.
The Quincy, Ill., native received his bachelor’s degree in communications from Illinois in 2013 and then his masters in health and human performance with honors from Austin Peay in 2014.
Schmitt and his wife Jen have one daughter, Emersyn and will have a newborn this coming spring.