Josh Eilert (born December 2, 1980) is an American

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coach who was most recently an interim head coach at

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. He previously served as the interim head coach of the

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in the

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Playing career

Eilert started his playing career at Cloud County Community College where he earned academic All-America honors as a sophomore, where he also averaged six points and five rebounds. Eilert would then walk on to

Kansas State Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public inst ...

. In his time with Kansas State, Eilert played in eight games, where he totalled two points, four rebounds, and a block.

Coaching career

Eilert started his coaching career at Kansas State where he was a graduate assistant for three years. Eilert then headed to West Virginia as the team's video coordinator where he served for seven years. He was then promoted to Director of Basketball Operations, a position he held for ten years. After that Eilert was promoted to Assistant Athletics Director for Basketball Operations for one year. In 2022, West Virginia promoted Eilert to assistant coach. On June 24, 2023, Eilert was promoted to be the Mountaineers' interim head coach after former coach

Bob Huggins Robert Edward Huggins (born September 21, 1953), nicknamed "Huggy Bear", is an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at Walsh, Akron, Cincinnati, Kansas State, and West Virginia. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial ...

resigned. After finishing the season 9–23, Eilert was not retained as head coach. On June 6, 2024, Eilert was hired as an assistant coach under Craig Smith at

. On February 24, 2025, Smith was relieved of his duties as head coach and Eilert was named interim head coach for the remainder of the 2024–25 season.

Head coaching record

References

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