Timothy Robert Jankovich (born June 4, 1959) is an American former college basketball coach and former head coach at Southern Methodist University. During his first year (2007–08) at Illinois State, Jankovich led the Redbirds to a 13–5 second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference – even though pre-season polls voted the team to be a fifth-place finisher. He was an assistant basketball coach at Kansas for four years, and served under current Kansas head coach Bill Self at Kansas and Illinois.

He has also served as an assistant coach at Kansas State, Colorado State, Oklahoma State, Texas and Vanderbilt. He played college basketball at Washington State and Kansas State.

While at Colorado State, his teams posted three consecutive winning seasons en route to the best period of college basketball in school history. He also served for four years as the head basketball coach at North Texas. The team had gone 5–22 the previous season, but Jankovich engineered the second-largest turnaround in the nation that year.

Biography

At Kansas State, Jankovich remains one of the winningest players in school history, playing under coach Jack Hartman. He was a four-year starter at point guard, but played his freshman season at Washington State. A three-time academic All-American and honorable mention All-Big Eight player, Jankovich finished his career at Kansas State in the school's top-10 in nine categories, including first in season free-throw percentage (.917) and eighth in career field-goal percentage (.510). In addition, he holds the Big Eight tournament record for single-game assists (14).

On April 26, 2012, SMU announced Jankovich as its associate head coach and coach-in-waiting, and he was announced as head coach on July 8, 2016. On March 7, 2017, Jankovich was selected as the coach of the year for USBWA district VII. On March 9, 2017, he was named American Athletic Conference Coach of the year.

On March 22, 2022, Jankovich announced his retirement.

Jankovich and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Michael. The family resides in Dallas, Texas.

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
North Texas Mean Green (Southland Conference) (1993–1996)
1993–94North Texas14–159–94th
1994–95North Texas14–139–94th
1995–96North Texas15–1312–62nd
North Texas Mean Green (Big West Conference) (1996–1997)
1996–97North Texas10–165–115th (East)
North Texas:53–57 (.482)35–35 (.500)
Illinois State Redbirds (Missouri Valley Conference) (2007–2012)
2007–08Illinois State25–1013–52ndNIT second round
2008–09Illinois State24–1011–73rdNIT first round
2009–10Illinois State22–1111–73rdNIT first round
2010–11Illinois State12–194–14T–9th
2011–12Illinois State21–149–9T–3rdNIT second round
Illinois State:104–64 (.619)48–42 (.533)
SMU Mustangs (American Athletic Conference) (2016–2022)
2015–16SMU9–00–0
2016–17SMU30–517–11stNCAA Division I Round of 64
2017–18SMU17–166–129th
2018–19SMU15–176–12T–9th
2019–20SMU19–119–97thNo postseason held
2020–21SMU11–67–44thNIT first round
2021–22SMU24–913–42ndNIT second round
SMU:125–64 (.661)58–42 (.580)
Total:282–185 (.604)141–119 (.542)
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

Junior college

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Hutchinson Blue Dragons (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) (1997–1999)
1997–98Hutchinson27–612–43rd
1998–99Hutchinson23–810–6T–3rd
Hutchinson:50–14 (.781)22–8 (.733)
Total:50–14 (.781)22–8 (.733)

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