Chris Pilz - Head Coach
	Phone: 314-516-5638
	E-mail:PilzC@umsl.edu

Missouri-St. Louis Head Coach Chris Pilz is entering his fifth season at the head of the men’s basketball program and is continuing to work on bringing it back to the prominence it once held during his playing career. His up-tempo style has brought excitement back to the Mark Twain Building during his first four years. Now he is looking to continue the program’s development and re-establish the Tritons as a team on the rise in the always competitive Great Lakes Valley Conference.

Pilz understands that this building process takes time, but it’s a road both his players and coaches are fully committed to seeing through to the end.

During the 2004-05 season, Pilz led the team to a bid to the GLVC Tournament after a 9-19 season that included a team with his first group of recruits. In his first season at UMSL, the Tritons finished with a 9-18 overall record, falling two games short of a bid to the GLVC Tournament.

Pilz came to UMSL having built a successful program at Hazelwood Central (Mo.) High School. In his six seasons at Hazelwood Central, Pilz led the team to a 107-55 record and never finished with a losing season. In 2001-02, Pilz led the team to the Elite Eight, going 23-6 on the year. In 1999, he guided the team to a Sweet 16 appearance in the state tournament. Prior to coaching at Hazelwood Central, Pilz was the head coach at Senath-Hornersville (Mo.) High School where he went 32-18 in two seasons. His coaching career began at Salem (Mo.) High School where he went 45-35 in four seasons.

As a player at UMSL, Pilz was one of the greatest to ever wear the red and gold uniform. A second team All-American selection in 1990-91, he holds the distinction of having played in more winning games – 72 – than any other men’s basketball player in school history. He was a member of the 1987-88 and the 1990-91 teams that both set the school record with 22 wins in a season. Pilz was also a member of the last UMSL team to qualify for the NCAA Division II Tournament during the 1987-88 season.

Pilz is the third all-time leading scorer in UMSL history with 1,673 points. He ranks first in school history in career steals (233) and is second in career assists (426). He was named to the MIAA All-Freshman team in 1987-88 and was conference Newcomer of the Year that same season. Pilz was named an all-conference selection three times and was a two-time all-region selection. In 2002, he was inducted into the UMSL Sports Hall of Fame.

Chris Pilz knows the true meaning of the phrase “there’s no place like home” after being named the UMSL men’s basketball head coach on August 18, 2003. He returned to the very gym where he once torched opponents on the hardwood, and now looks to add some fire to the program that he once represented as an All-American.

“I was very fortunate to get the opportunity to play here at UMSL,” he added. “I played on some great teams at UMSL and developed some great friendships with teammates. It was that excitement and love for the game that inspired me to become a head coach. It’s always been a goal of mine to be able to coach at the collegiate level and to have that opportunity here at UMSL is exciting.”

Pilz graduated from UMSL with a bachelor of science in secondary education in 1991, and went on to complete his master’s in educational administration from Lincoln University in 1995. He is a graduate of Obion County Central High School in Troy, Tenn., and resides in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife Angela, and their four children; Cameron (15), Ashton (9), Addison (7) and Aldon (5).

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COLLEGE HEAD COACHING RESUME:
University of Missouri-St. Louis - 41-68 (4 years)

HIGH SCHOOL HEAD COACHING RESUME:
Salem High School (Salem, Mo.) 45-35 (4 years)
Senath-Hornersville HS (Senath, Mo.) 32-18 (2 years)
Hazelwood Central HS (St. Louis, Mo.) 107-55 (6 years)
TOTAL HIGH SCHOOL RECORD: 184-108 (12 years)

COLLEGIATE PLAYER AT UMSL:
CAREER RECORDS (rank in school records)
Career Points: 1,673 - 2nd all-time
Career Assists: 426 – 2nd all-time
Career Steals: 233 – 1st all-time
Field Goals Made: 527 – 5th all-time
3-Point Field Goals Made: 168 – 2nd all-time
Free Throws Made: 455 – 2nd all-time

SEASON RECORDS (rank in school records)
Points: 574 (1990-91) - 4th
Assist: 131 (1990-91) – 2nd
112 (1987-88) – 5th
Steals: 86 (1990-91) – 1st
50 (1989-90) – 4th
49 (1988-89) – 5th

AWARDS – HONORS
1987-88: MIAA Newcomer of the Year; MIAA All-Freshman Team; Co-MVP of NCAA South-Central Regional
1988-89: MIAA Honorable Mention All-Conference; First Team All-Region Selection
1989-90: MIAA Second Team All-Conference; Second Team All-South Central Region Selection
1990-91: MIAA First Team All-Conference; Second Team All-American (National Association of Basketball Coaches)

NOTES:
- Played in more winning games than any other player in UMSL history (72)
- 2002 Inductee to the Missouri-St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame
- Member of 1987-88 (22-9) team and 1990-91 (22-6) teams that each hold the school record with 22 wins in a season
- Member of the last UMSL team to reach NCAA Tournament (1990-91)

	Deryn Carter - Assistant Coach
	Phone: 314-516-6734

The 2007-08 campaign will commence the fifth season for Deryn Carter on the Missouri-St. Louis men’s basketball staff after playing for the Tritons in the 2001-02 season.

Carter assists with on floor coaching in practices and in-game situations for the UMSL. His duties also include recruiting and helping assist head coach Chris Pilz in the building of the Tritons program. Carter handles some of the administrative duties within the program, including travel arrangements, film exchange and scouting.

As a player, Carter led the team in scoring during the 2001-02 season, averaging 16.7 points per game. He also led the team in assists (91) and steals (44). For his efforts, he was an honorable mention all-Great Lakes Valley Conference selection.
Carter also played one season at St. Louis University before transferring to UMSL. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from UMSL in 2002.

Carter and his wife, Claudia, have been married for three years.

	Charles 'Chico' Jones - Assistant Coach
	Phone: 314-516-6734

Charles (Chico) Jones enters his 29th season as an assistant coach with the Missouri-St. Louis men’s basketball team. His responsibilities include on the floor coaching and the team’s conditioning program.

Jones is a native of Memphis, Tenn., where he attended Manassas High School and Shelby State Community College. Jones completed his undergraduate work at Central Methodist College in Fayette, Mo., in 1978.

After receiving his bachelor of science degree, Jones served as a youth specialist at the Booneville Training Center for Boys before accepting a position as a health and physical education teacher at Normandy Junior High School in St. Louis, Mo., in 1979. Jones joined the Tritons staff as an assistant coach at that same time, and earned his master’s degree in secondary education from Missouri-St. Louis in 1983.

Jones and his wife, Jacqueline, have one son, C.J. (12).