Washington University in St. Louis

Pat Juckem enters his ninth season as the head men's basketball coach at Washington University in St. Louis. Juckem was named the 24th coach in program history on May 1, 2018.

In 2025, the Bears finished 23-7 after reaching the Final Four for the first time since 2009 and the fourth time in program history. After beating Franklin College in the regional final, the Bears topped Wisconsin Lutheran and UW-La Crosse to reach the Final Four.

At the Final Four, sophomore Lucas Vogel was the first person to wn the Elite 90 Award. The Elite 90 is proudly awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 championships.

For the second season in a row, senior Hayden Doyle was named an All-American, picking up third team honors for both d3hoops.com and the NABC. Additionally, Doyle was named a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy.

For the 13th-straight season, WashU earned the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award. The Bears have earned this award every year since its inception in 2012-13.
 
Juckem led the Bears to the NCAA sectional for the second time since taking the reigns and the first since 2020. WashU finished the season 20-8 with a 15-1 record at home including a perfect 7-0 UAA home slate. The Bears began the season by winning the 39^th Annual Lopata Classic, defeating Babson 77-62 in the final.
 
Junior Hayden Doyle became the program’s 11^th NABC All-American, earning a spot on the second team. Doyle was also a first team all-district selection and earned his third-straight All-UAA honor with a first team nod. Sophomore Yogi Oliff picked up second team All-UAA honors and sophomore Calvin Kapral was an honorable mention.
 
Seven Bears were named to the Winter Academic All-UAA team. Junior Will Grudzinski and Oliff earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors.
 
Following the 2022-23 season, Juckem received the 2023 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Guardians of the Game Award for Leadership. He was chosen for this prestigious award following his leadership of the Bears during the 2021-22 season through Justin Hardy’s battle with stomach cancer. He guided WashU to a post-season run in the NCAA Tournament while supporting Justin and the Hardy family.
 
WashU finished the 2022-23 season with a 20-7 record, earning hosting rights to the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
 
Graduate student Charlie Jacob repeated as the UAA Defensive Player of the Year, the only player in program history to do so. Jacob also earned second team honors along with sophomores Hayden Doyle and Drake Kindsvater.
 
Academically, 10 men’s basketball players were named to the Academic All-UAA team. Jacob and sophomore Jake Wolf were also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
 
The Bears collected a 19-8 record in 2021-22, earning a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. WashU was ranked as high as No. 4 in the nation throughout the duration of the regular season, as WU led the UAA and ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense for the year.
 
The Bears placed four on the All-UAA Team. Jack Nolan and Justin Hardy were chosen to the First Team, while Charlie Jacob was named Defensive Player of the Year and named to the Second Team All-UAA. Hayden Doyle collected Rookie of the Year honors.
 
Nolan was named to the D3hoops.com and NABC All-America Team, while also earning CoSIDA Academic All-American honors. In addition, Hardy received the Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award.
 
Hardy inspired the country with his story of battling Stage IV stomach cancer while competing for the Bears. Diagnosed in April 2021 with no thoughts of continuing his basketball career, Hardy did the unimaginable by making a comeback to the court for his senior season and earning a spot in the starting lineup for the Bears.
 
In his second season leading the Bears, WashU recorded a 22-5 overall record and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the seventh time in school history. WashU won its 16th University Athletic Association (UAA) title and finished the season ranked No. 9 in the D3hoops.com Top-25 Poll.
 
Jack Nolan earned D3hoops.com and NABC Third-Team All-America honors, and was named the D3hoops.com Central Region and UAA Player of the Year. For his efforts, Juckem and assistant coaches Kevin Dux, Jason Jabbari and Steve Wilcutt were named the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
In his first season, Juckem led the Bears to a 17-8 overall record and finished in a tie for second place in the UAA standings with a 10-4 mark. The Bears had four all-conference selections, including UAA Rookie of the Year Justin Hardy.
 
Juckem arrived on the Danforth Campus after spending six seasons as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He guided the Titans to a 25-8 overall record in 2017-18, and an appearance in the NCAA Division III Championship game.
 
Juckem compiled a 95-73 (.565) record at UW-Oshkosh, including three-straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. He was named the 2018 recipient of the Jack Bennett Man of the Year award by CollegeInsider.com after tying the single-season record for most wins in program history.
 
Juckem led UW-Oshkosh to three consecutive top-three Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) finishes for the first time since 1966-68. The Titans played in the WIAC Tournament Championship game in 2015, 2016 and 2017, winning the title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2016.
 
He won his 200th career game in the Titans' 73-57 victory over Ramapo College in the 2018 national semifinals. 
 
Juckem was the head men's basketball coach at Coe College from 2006-12, compiling an overall record of 104-80 (.565). He led the Kohawks to the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) championship in both the 2006 and 2012 seasons.
 
Juckem was also an assistant men's basketball and football coach at Lawrence University from 1999-2005 and the head boys basketball coach at Manitowoc Roncalli High School from 1996-99.
 
He earned his bachelor's degree at Lawrence University in 1995. He and his wife, Elissa, are the parents of Emmett and Gavin.