Snow Valley Iowa Basketball Schools at Wartburg College

Most recently, Showalter coached over 50 NBA players including all stars Brad Beal, Jayson Tatum and 4 of the top 5 2021 draft picks - Which includes Evan Mobley, Jalen Suggs, Jalen Green, and Scottie Barnes.

In 2018, Showalter led the USA Basketball Men’s U16 National Team to a gold medal and 7-0 record at the 2018 FIBA U16 Tournament of the Americas. He was announced as the head coach of the 2017 USA Men's U16 National Team on March 2, 2017.

A high school coach for 42 years and a 10 time USA Basketball Developmental Coach of the Year award winner, Showalter owns a perfect 62-0 record at the helm of USA Basketball U16 and U17 teams.

Further, Showalter was the U.S. Olympic Committee 2012 Volunteer Coach of the Year.

In addition to winning gold medals for the USA, Showalter has returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado, for eight fall training camps to help prepare the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team for future competitions.

Showalter was the USA head coach in the 1998 Nike Hoop Summit and for the North Team in the 1998 USA Basketball Men’s Youth Development Festival. He was the coordinator for a youth clinic hosted by USA Basketball in New York in 2004, and he served as chair of the USA Basketball Cadet and Youth Committee (now the Developmental National Team Committee) from 2001-08.

Showalter compiled a 601-346 overall record (.635 winning percentage) during his 42 seasons as a high school head, including 16 district titles and six state tournament appearances.

In 2015-16, his fourth and final year at Iowa City High School, his team finished 13-10, was a co-champion of the Mississippi Division of the Mississippi Valley Conference, and Showalter was named the 2016 Mississippi Valley Division Coach of the Year in the MVC.

While at Mid-Prairie High School (Iowa) from 1984-85 to 2011-12, Showalter tallied a 446-202 (.688) record, and in eight seasons (1976-84) as the head coach at Central Elkader High School (Iowa), he totaled a 108-63 (.632) record.

Showalter earned the 2004 National Association of Basketball Coaches Advocacy Award. In 2009, he was honored by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association as the National Coach of the Year, and he was an Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Coach of the Year 10 times (1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2016).

Showalter has been recognized by numerous organizations for his dedication to the game. In 2004 he earned the NABC Advocacy Award. In 2009 Showalter was honored by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association as its National, Regional and State Coach of the Year after having been named the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association’s Coach of the Year nine times (1981, 1982, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2006-2008, 2010).

In addition to his high school coaching duties, Showalter was selected to coach in the 1999 McDonald’s High School All-America Game and the 2005 and 2012 Jordan Brand Classic All-Star Games. He has been a coach at the Nike Skills Academy and LeBron Academy and has also spoken at basketball clinics around the world, including in Australia, Belgium, Dubai, Egypt, England, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Spain (Canary Islands) and Switzerland.

He was a member of the McDonald’s All-American Game Selection Committee.

Showalter splits his time between Colorado Springs and Iowa City with his wife Vicky, with whom he has two children and four grandchildren.

Jerry was the former Cedar Falls and Fort Madison Head Coach, boasting over 500 wins. Coach Slykhuis was inducted into the Iowa High School & Ft. Madison Hall of Fames and named 12 times district & 2 times State Coach of the Year.

Coach Slykhuis coached basketball and golf for 40 years. He was named district and substrate coach of the year 12 times and was named 4A coach of the year twice, once in 1977 and agin in 1987. Jerry was a National High School Athletic Coaches Association finalist in 2008 and National Chairman for Men's basketball for the NHSACA 2009-2012. He also coached the North team in USA basketball festival in 2002, the Iowa select team in 1990-92, and led Fort Madison and Cedar Falls to the State Tournament 7 times.

During his tenure, Wartburg’s program has also captured three Iowa Conference championships (2000-01/2004-05/2005-06) and one Iowa Conference tournament championship (2017) and earned two NCAA Division III national tournament berths (2001 & 2017). He led the Knights to back-to-back Iowa Conference championships in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and a record-setting fifth consecutive season of 20-plus wins in 2004-05.The 2005 IIAC Coach of the Year, he has also earned other accolades at the helm of the program including the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association's Paul Maaske award in 2005 and 2000, D3News Coach of the Month honors in 2001-02, and the IIAC COTY award following the 2000-01 season.

He has compiled a 321-214 mark with the Knights, while his overall career record, which includes a strong 221-123 run at the University of Denver from 1985-1987, is 542-336. During his tenure, Wartburg’s program has also captured three Iowa Conference championships (2000-01/2004-05/2005-06) and one Iowa Conference tournament championship (2017) and earned two NCAA Division III national tournament berths (2001 & 2017). On Feb. 3, 2007, he became the 33rd active head coach to reach 400 wins in NCAA Division III and reached the 500 win mark on Jan. 17, 2015.

Before coming to Wartburg, Peth was head coach at the University of Denver, an NCAA Division II school, posting a 221-123 record in 12 years. He played for former University of Iowa men's basketball coach Lute Olson from 1975 to 1979, captaining the 1979 team that won the Big 10 title and made it to the NCAA postseason tournament. Peth was recently ranked second on a list of the top 10 greatest high school players ever in the La Crosse, Wisconsin, area by the La Crosse Tribune. He was inducted into the Wisconsin High School Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Oct. 5.

Schlabaugh was the lead assistant on Cornell’s staff during the 2016-17 season, helping guide the Rams to a third-place finish in the MWC and the program’s first postseason berth since 2009-10.

Schlabaugh carries more than 30 years of coaching experience at the high school and collegiate levels in the Hawkeye State.

Schlabaugh has been a lead instructor for Snow Valley Basketball School since 1999 and is actively involved with USA Basketball.

A 1992 graduate of Morningside College, Schlabaugh had a successful seven-year stint as head boys coach at Williamsburg High School from 2008-15. He compiled an overall record of 106-60, which included a 24-3 mark during his final campaign when the Raiders placed fourth in the Class 3A State Tournament.

Schlabaugh guided Williamsburg to WaMaC Conference championships in 2014-15 and 2010-11, while earning league Coach of the Year honors both seasons. He was named 2015 Class 3A District Coach of the Year by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA).

Schlabaugh’s coaching career began as boys’ assistant at Mid-Prairie High School (1984-88) under legendary Hall of Fame Coach Don Showalter. He then made stops as an assistant at Iowa Lakes Community College (1988-90), Morningside College (1990-96) and Mid-Prairie (2003-08) before taking the head job at Williamsburg.

At Morningside, he was part of the 1995 team that advanced to the Elite 8 of the NCAA Division II Tournament. While at Mid-Prairie, he was voted IBCA Class 2A Assistant Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2007. His 2006-07 Mid-Prairie squad finished runner-up in the state tournament.

Schlabaugh, a Mid-Prairie High School graduate, earned his associate’s degree in education from Iowa Lakes Community College and received his bachelor’s in physical education from Morningside.

Schlabaugh resides in Mt. Vernon with his wife Julie. They have four grown children: Lindsay, Zach, Carly and Gabe.