Timothy Robert Jankovich (born June 4, 1959) is an American former

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coach and former head coach at

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. During his first year (2007–08) at Illinois State, Jankovich led the Redbirds to a 13–5 second-place finish in the

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– even though pre-season polls voted the team to be a fifth-place finisher. He was an assistant basketball coach at

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for four years, and served under current Kansas head coach

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at Kansas and

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. He has also served as an assistant coach at

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, Colorado State,

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and Vanderbilt. He played

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and

. 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

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. 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

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, but played his freshman season at

. 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, SMU announced Jankovich as its associate head coach and coach-in-waiting, and 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

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Head coaching record

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Junior college

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