Six Valley Assistant Coaches Honored

Editor: The following is part of a press release from Silver Waves Media.

(St. Louis, MO) – Six Missouri Valley Conference assistant coaches have been honored. Silver Waves Media has announced their ‘50 Impactful Mid Major Assistants‘ list and the Valley is well represented. Six of the 50 coach in the MVC. A portion Silver Waves’ bio of each Valley honoree is listed below.

SilverWavesMedia.com has the entire list.

Drew Adams – Bradley 

Adams has spent the last five years at Bradley helping the program progress from just five wins in 2015-2016 to conference champions and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament just three years later.. He has helped bring in three All-MVC honorees and five MVC All-Freshman recipients in four years, two more than any other team in the league during that span.

Larry Blunt – Drake

Blunt just completed his first season at Drake, finishing 20-14.

P.J. Hogan – Northern Iowa

Hogan has been a part of consistent success at Northern Iowa over the past 17 years with the program. During his time with the Panthers, they have advanced to seven NCAA Tournaments including one Sweet Sixteen. The team has compiled a 374-205 (.646) overall record during that span.

Brendan Mullins – Southern Illinois

Mullins just completed his first season with the Salukis under his brother, Bryan Mullins, after spending the previous two seasons at Illinois State under Dan Muller. The Redbirds advanced to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game in 2018. He was quickly hired by the Redbirds after Muller caught the eye of what he was able to do with in-state rival UIC.

Martin Richter – Drake

Richter was an applauded hire by Drake after spending two previous years as the head coach at Florida Southwestern. Richter was extremely successful in those two years amassing a 56-10 record and advancing to the Elite 8 of the NJCAA Tournament.

Drew Valentine – Loyola Chicago

Highly regarded as one of the rising stars in the business by multiple people, Valentine got his start at Oakland. He moved on to Loyola. He made an immediate impact in his first year as the Ramblers recorded a school-record 32 victories, won four games against nationally ranked opponents, claimed the outright sweep of titles for the league, advanced to the NCAA Final Four, and finished No. 7 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. In his three seasons at Loyola, Valentine has helped the Ramblers win consecutive regular season conference titles for the first time in program history, has reached back-to-back postseasons, and produced back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year award winners.

Editor: Former Valley assistants Ali Farokhmanesh and David Ragland were also honored.