Patrick Eberhart
Patrick Eberhart was named assistant men's basketball coach on July 17, 2024, bringing over 30 years of coaching experience to Daytona Beach. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Eberhart joined the Wildcats after two seasons with South Dakota as assistant coach. During his time with the Coyotes, Eberhart coached four All-Summit League players.
Prior to his time with South Dakota, Eberhart spent 11 seasons in Omaha as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Mavericks. While at Omaha, Eberhart aided in the recruitment of eight all-league selections, three all-newcomer team honorees, the 2015-16 Summit League Transfer of the Year in Tra-Deon Hollins, three Summit League defensive players of the year, and the 2019-20 Sixth Man of the Year in Marlon Ruffin. He has also had three consecutive academic all-Americans from 2019-21. Eberhart was the primary recruiter for five of UNO’s 1,000-point club scorers and had 13 players sign professional contracts. Eberhart’s duties at Omaha included developing and implementing individual player workouts, providing individual skill instruction, managing substitutions, and preparing written and verbal scouting reports on opponents.
Prior to his stint at Omaha, Eberhart was the head men’s basketball coach for Colorado State University-Pueblo from 2005-2011. Eberhart rejoined CSU-Pueblo after serving as an assistant coach there from 1997-2001 under previously named University of Southern Colorado. The ThunderWolves compiled a 76-89 record and made back-to-back trips to the semifinals of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament in 2009 and 2010.
Between his two stops at CSU-Pueblo, Eberhart joined Colorado State University in 2001 and served as an assistant coach for three seasons while adding recruiting coordinator to his title in 2004. While he was at Colorado State, the Rams claimed a Mountain West Conference Tournament championship and an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament in 2003. Eberhart’s most notable signee for the Rams was Jason Smith. Smith went on to win the 2004-05 Mountain West Conference Freshman of the Year award and eventually was a first round draft pick in the 2007 NBA Draft.
Eberhart’s coaching career began in 1990 as a student assistant on the Adams State men’s basketball team. From there, he spent four years as an assistant coach at two high schools in Denver, Colorado, before earning his first collegiate coaching job as the assistant men’s basketball coach and assistant to the athletic director at Colorado Christian University in 1995.
Eberhart was a standout guard for Adams State from 1986-91. He led the Grizzlies in scoring both his junior and senior years and was a two-time RMAC all-conference selection. Eberhart still holds the Adams State record for most three-point field goals in a game with nine.
Eberhart obtained his bachelor’s in business administration and education from Adams State in 1991 and later went on to receive his master’s in education curriculum instruction and design from Colorado Christian University in 1997.
Eberhart and his wife, Teresa, have a daughter, Emma