SAN ANTONIO – UTSA men's basketball associate head coach Mike Peck has been selected as one of 12 participants around collegiate men's and women's basketball for the "Next Up" Head Coaches Training Initiative, announced by The Rising Coaches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Alliance on Tuesday.
Peck, in his sixth year as UTSA's associate head coach, is a member of the Asian Coaches Association, which is one of 12 organizations that make up the DEI Alliance. The member organizations each nominated two coaches – who are each poised to become head coaches – to represent their groups in the Next Up Initiative. Of the nominees, 12 coaches were selected by a DEI committee to participate in the Next Up Training Initiative in late October.
Peck, who is charged with assisting in all aspects of the management of the Roadrunner program, works directly as UTSA's guard player development coach, a role that helped in the careers of standouts Jhivvan Jackson and Keaton Wallace. The guard duo became the top two scorers in program history, also ranking as the second-highest scoring pair from any single recruiting class in NCAA history.
Peck joined the Roadrunners alongside sixth-year head coach Steve Henson in 2016-17 after a diverse coaching resume accrued at all levels of basketball. He spent five years as the head coach at prep powerhouse Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., posting a combined 157-8 (.950) record as the winningest head coach in program history, including a perfect 33-0 season in 2009 and three ESPN National High School Championships (2009, 2010, 2012) and a national runner-up finish (2008). He then served as the head coach of the NBA D-League's Idaho Stampede, an affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers, from 2012-14. He also served as an assistant coach at Santa Clara (2015-16), UNLV (2003-06), Saginaw Valley State (1998-03) and Northwood University (1997-98).
The workshop will be led by founder and CEO of Renaissance Search and Consulting, Herb Courtney, who has led a number of national collegiate head coaching searches. The inaugural Next Up Initiative in 2020 was led by Katy Young Staudt of Turnkey Search.
The mission of the DEI Alliance is to use its platform as leaders in sports to impact change in the profession and their communities.
Next Up Head Coaches Training Initiative in 2021
Jamal Brown – Norfolk State – Minority Coaches Association
Tasha Butts – Georgia Tech – Women of Color Coaches Network
Ashley Davis – Arizona – Women of Color Coaches Network
Surina Dixon – Cincinnati – Women of Color Coaches Network
Gregg Gottlieb – Grand Canyon – Jewish Coaches Association
Hana Haden – Moberly Area Community College – embRACEus
Corry Irvin – Illinois – Be Ready
Marcus King – Siena College – Coaches 4 Change
Jason Ludwig – Santa Clara – Latino Association of Basketball Coaches
Mike Peck – UT San Antonio – Asian Coaches Association
Jesse Pruitt – Stanford – Black Coaches Association
Kevin Sutton – Florida Gulf Coast – Rising Coaches
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