A veteran of the coaching ranks, Rob Edmisson brings 17 years of head-coaching success and more than 350 wins to the bench in his third season at Oklahoma City University.
Last season, Edmisson led the Stars to the second round of the NAIA Division I tournament and to the title game of the conference tournament. It was the 10th national tournament and the eighth Sooner Athletic Conference tournament title game in a row OCU has been to.
In 2005-06, Edmisson led the Stars to a national quarterfinals finish, their seventh consecutive conference regular-season championship and the conference tournament title. Edmisson also coached the program’s first WNBA draftee, Mariam Sy, the conference player of the year.
Before OCU, Edmisson spent three years as an assistant at Oklahoma State. He helped bring in a top-20 recruiting class to OSU which included Big 12 newcomer of the year Nina Stone.
Edmisson was coach at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. In nine years, Edmisson went 192-89, finishing as Jayhawk West Conference runner-up in 1996 and 1998.
Edmisson produced nine all-Americans, 10 all-region picks, 25 all-conference selections and two conference freshmen of the year. Edmisson coached Hutchinson’s all-time leading scorer, Cian Carvalho. His teams were just as successful in the classroom, turning out 14 academic All-Americans and maintaining a team GPA of a 3.0 or above from 1993-2002.
Under his direction, the Blue Dragons finished in the top four in the conference each season and were ranked among the NJCAA top 25 six times. Edmisson’s squads reached the Region VI playoffs seven times. Statistically, Edmisson’s teams ranked in the top 10 in defense six times.
He has coached on two international touring teams. This summer he was assistant coach for the U.S. Jones Cup team. In 1990, he served as an assistant for the NJCAA-USA All-Star Team that won the gold medal during its tour of Taiwan.
As a high school head coach, Edmisson went 110-30 in six seasons at Ellinwood, Kan., and Fairfield, Kan. Edmisson directed Ellinwood (Kan.) High School from 1989-92, finishing as 1992 sub-state runner-up and winning the conference championship in 1991-92. At Fairfield (Kan.) High School, Edmisson guided the program to its first conference championship.
Edmisson started his coaching career at Doane College (Neb.), serving as an assistant in 1986-87.
Edmisson played at Pratt Community College (Kan.) and was team captain each season. Edmisson was the squad’s Most Inspirational Player. Edmisson’s alma mater is Bethany (Kan.).
He and his wife, Gina, have two children, Corbin and Cierra.
