Josh Schertz (born July 5, 1975) is an American basketball coach who is the currently the head coach at Saint Louis University.

Coaching career

Schertz's coaching career began as a student assistant with Florida Atlantic for the 1999–2000 season. He then moved on to Lynn, where he was an assistant for two seasons before a two-year assistant coaching stop at Queens University in North Carolina. In 2003, Schertz would follow Queens' head coach, Bart Lundy, to High Point, where he stayed until 2008 when he accepted the head coaching position at Lincoln Memorial.

In his 13 years coaching, the Railsplitters posted 11-straight 20-win seasons, including four 30-win seasons, en route to 10 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament appearances. Schertz was also named South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year a record seven times, while also having the highest overall winning percentage among all active NCAA head coaches at any level in a 10-year period.

On March 17, 2021, Schertz was named the 26th head coach in Indiana State history, replacing Greg Lansing.

On April 6, 2024, it was announced that Schertz had been hired as the head coach for the St. Louis Billikens, replacing Travis Ford.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters (South Atlantic Conference) (2008–2021)
2008–09Lincoln Memorial14–148–85th
2009–10Lincoln Memorial20–99–74th
2010–11Lincoln Memorial27–316–21stNCAA Division II First Round
2011–12Lincoln Memorial26–614–42ndNCAA Division II Second Round
2012–13Lincoln Memorial25–615–31stNCAA Division II Second Round
2013–14Lincoln Memorial28–320–21stNCAA Division II Second Round
2014–15Lincoln Memorial30–321–11stNCAA Division II Second Round
2015–16Lincoln Memorial34–322–01stNCAA Division II Runner-Up
2016–17Lincoln Memorial30–619–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
2017–18Lincoln Memorial32–220–01stNCAA Division II Sweet 16
2018–19Lincoln Memorial20–914–63rd
2019–20Lincoln Memorial32–122–01stNCAA Division II Canceled
2020–21Lincoln Memorial19–414–31stNCAA Division II Final Four
Lincoln Memorial:337–69 (.830)214–39 (.846)
Indiana State Sycamores (Missouri Valley Conference) (2021–2024)
2021–22Indiana State11–204–149th
2022–23Indiana State23–1313–75thCBI Quarterfinals
2023–24Indiana State32–717–31stNIT Runner-up
Indiana State:66–40 (.623)34–24 (.586)
Saint Louis Billikens (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2024–present)
2024–25Saint Louis19–1511–7T–5thNIT First Round
2025–26Saint Louis29–615–3T–1stNCAA Division I Round of 32
Saint Louis:48–21 (.696)26–10 (.722)
Total:451–130 (.776)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion