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Mike Davert took over the head coaching position for the KWU Coyotes prior to the start of the 2007-08 basketball season.. Davert is no stranger to Kansas Wesleyan University, as he served as assistant coach for former coach and athletic director Jerry Jones for two seasons in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Davert succeeded Tommy DeSalme, who coached the Coyotes this past season, leading Wesleyan to its first KCAC Championship since the 1999-2000 season, and the school’s first-ever berth to the NAIA Division II National Championships, while setting a school record for wins in a season with 28. Davert comes to KWU after spending the last three seasons as head coach at Southeast of Saline High School, where compiled a 48-19 overall record, and led the Trojans to the 2006-07 KSHSAA Boys’ Class 3A State tournament, finishing with a 22-2 record. Davert said his coaching philosophy will be to move the ball up the floor, and play with a high level of intensity on both ends of the floor. “The style of game I would like to play is full court. The teams I have coached have always pressed full court and gotten after it defensively,” he said. “It starts with defense, night in and night out the defensive pressure has to be there. There will be nights when your offense will struggle and you have to go into each game knowing that you can rely on your defense to get yourself some easy baskets.” “We will definitely be a fun team to watch.” Davert is a native of Escondido, Calif., and after starring at San Pasqual High played one season at Palomar Community College in San Marcos, Calif., before moving onto Marymount (Kan.) College, where he graduated with a degree in secondary education in 1985. After Marymount, Davert played professionally in Dublin, Ireland, for one year, where he was also a coach. He continued onto Emporia State (Kan.) University as a graduate assistant coach for legendary Hornet head coach Ron Slaymaker for three years while completing his master degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation. After Emporia State, he was an assistant coach for one season at Central Missouri State. Davert spent two seasons as assistant boys’ coach at Orange Glen High School in Escondido, Calif., before Jones asked Davert to return to Kansas as an assistant with the Coyotes in 2004. He lives in Salina with his wife Kelly. |
The Davert File PERSONAL Hometown: Escondido, Calif. EDUCATION M.S. Emporia State University (1990) B.S. Marymount College (1985) BASKETBALL PLAYING EXPERIENCE Marymount (Kan.) 1981-85 BASKETBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE Kansas Wesleyan University Southeast of Saline High School Orange Glen High School (Calif.) Central Missouri State University Emporia State University (Kan.) Dublin, Ireland Professional Team
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Brandon Lesovsky returns to Kansas Wesleyan as assistant men's basketball coach after two stints at Cowley College and Neosho County CC the previous two seasons. Lesovsky, a native of Cuba, Kan., came to KWU after graduating from Hillcrest High School in 1997. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan in history in 2001, and completed his MBA degree in 2004 also at KWU. Coach Lesovsky led the State of Kansas in assists his senior year at Hillcrest High School in North Central Kansas with 7.7 per game. He was a three-sport letterman at HHS, earning numerals in football, basketball and track. A little publicized fact is that Brandon holds the number two all-time Kansas record in football for rushing yards in a single game with 483. His combined passes and catches in that contest also placed him number two all-time in total offense at the tine, 1994. In the Kansas Eight-Man All-State Football Game his senior year, Brandon was named the Most Vaulable Player. Coach Lesovsky went on to earn a football letter as a wide receiver at Kansas Wesleyan University. During his first stint at KWU, Lesovsky worked with former coach Jerry Jones as an assistant coach, responsible for all aspects of the program, from recruiting to game day operations. He was also head coach of the KWU tennis programs from 2003 until 2006. After leaving Wesleyan following the 2005-06 season, Lesovsky spent one season at Cowley College in Arkansas City as assistant coach for the Tigers program. Last season, Lesovsky was an assistant coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, working under former Kansas Wesleyan player Jeremy Coombs, who assumed the head coaching position for the Panthers prior to the start of the 2007-08 season. Under the direction of Coombs and Lesovsky, Neosho improved from a 5-25 record in 2006-07 to a 14-15 record and fourth place finish in the Jayhawk East last year. Lesovsky returned to Wesleyan this summer to return to the coaching ranks with coach Mike Davert, reuniting the coaching duo that were both assistants under Jones in 2005-06. |
The Lesovsky File PERSONAL Hometown: Cuba, Kan. EDUCATION M.B.A. Kansas Wesleyan (2004) B.A. Kansas Wesleyan (2001) BASKETBALL COACHING EXPERIENCE Kansas Wesleyan University Neosho County Community College Cowley College Kansas Wesleyan University
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Jeff Baron enters his first season as Graduate Assistant Coach for the Coyotes after spending last season as a student assistant. Prior to picking the clipboard, Baron starred on the court for the Coyotes for two seasons, being a key component of the 2006-07 Wesleyan team that won its first KCAC title since the 2000 season and made school’s first-ever berth to the NAIA Division II National Tournament. While playing at KWU, Baron averaged 12.5 points and 7.6 rebounds per game in his two seasons. He averaged just over 44 percent from the field, and 43 percent from three point range, making him one of the most accurate long rangers shooters in KWU history. He earned Honorable Mention All-KCAC honors as a junior, and earned First Team All-KCAC honors last season before being named Honorable Mention NAIA All-American. Before Kansas Wesleyan, Baron played two seasons at Phoenix College in Phoenix, Ariz., where he finished his sophomore campaign ranked 20th in NJCAA Division II in three point field goal percentage. In high school, at Phoenix North, Jeff set the school record for consecutive free throws at 55. He averaged 16.5 points and was named Metro League Player of the Year as a senior. After being named Arizona honorable mention all-state, he was selected to the North-South All-Star game.
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