Coach Mike Kress
EDUCATION
1986-87 Villanova University, Villanova ,PA.
1991 University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL.
Coaching Experience
2010 - present UBBC Herzogenburg
Head Coach Womens Team
2009 - 2010 AS Trikala Basketball Club, Trikala, Greece
Assistant Coach - Greek A1 Division
2006 - 2009 Kapfenberg Bulls Basketball Club, Kapfenberg, Austria
Head Coach U18, U20 & U22 Teams
Advanced scouting for the Bundesliga opponents
2002 - 2006 UKJ St. Pölten Basketball Club, St. Pölten, Austria
Assistant Coach – Bundesliga team
Head Coach & Coordinator of Youth Program
2001 – 2002 Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL.
Associate Head Basketball Coach
1991 - 2001 University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL
Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach
Head Junior Varsity Basketball Coach
1987 - 1991 St. Rita High School, Chicago, IL.
Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach
Head Freshman Basketball Coach
1988 - present Traveled America & Europe assisting and directing basketball camps:
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Milwaukee Bucks Basketball Camps, Milwaukee, WI.
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Salonica Basketball Camps, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Panionios Basketball Camp, Athens, Greece
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Michael Jordan “Flight School,” Elmhurst, IL.
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University of St. Francis Team Camp, Joliet, IL.
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Creighton University Basketball Camps, Omaha, NE
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UNLV Basketball Camps, Las Vegas, NV
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Texas A&M University Basketball Camps, College Station, TX.
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GYM RAT Inc. Basketball Camps, Chicago, IL.
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Skill Basketball Camps, Chicago, IL.
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Chicago Park District Basketball Camps, Chicago, IL.
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Full Package Athletics Basketball Camps, Chicago, IL. & Orlando, FL.
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Illinois State University Basketball Camps, Bloomington, IL.
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Ball State University Basketball Camps, Muncie, IN.
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Camps, Madison, WI.
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Hoopla Basketball Camps, Lake Forest, IL.
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St. Rita High School Basketball Camps, Chicago, IL.
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Richards High School Basketball Camps, Oak Lawn, IL.
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Princeville High School Basketball Camps, Princeville, IL.
BASKETBALL HIGHLIGHTS
- Directs camps in the USA, Austria and Greece.
- Speaks throughout America at various Basketball Camps & Clinics.
- Helped lead teams to the NAIA National Tournament in 1994 and 1996 while an assistant at the University of St. Francis, the only trips the program has made to the tourney in the history of the program.
- Led the team to the NJCAA Playoffs while at Kennedy-King College.
- Helped lead the Bundesliga team back to the 1st Division in just one year while assistant in St. Pölten, Austria
- Led youth teams to the Final Four of the Austrian National Tournament each of his four years in St. Pölten. (U16 National Champions in 2003 & 4th Place finish in 2006, U18 2nd Place finish in 2003 & 2005, U18 4th Place finish in 2004)
- Guided the U18 team to the Final Four of the Austrian National Tournament in each of his first two season in Kapfenberg, Austria. U18 National Champions-2007 and 2nd Place finish in 2008 (U20 Team 4th Place finish in 2008).
- Directed the Academy teams in Kapfenberg to the Final Four of the Austrian National Tournament on all levels in 2009 - (U16 team 2nd Place finish, U18 team 2nd Place finish, U20 team National Champions).
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