Sam Scholl

Sam Scholl

Scholl in 2017.
Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Montana State
Conference	Big Sky
Biographical details
Born	(1977-11-11) November 11, 1977 Gig Harbor, Washington, U.S.
Playing career
1996–1998	Tacoma CC
1998–2000	San Diego
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2007	San Diego (asst.)
2007–2015	Santa Clara (asst.)
2015–2018	San Diego (asst.)
2018–2022	San Diego
2023–present	Montana State (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2022–2023	San Diego State (advisor)
Head coaching record
Overall	50–66 (.431)
Tournaments	0–1 (NIT) 2–1 (CIT)

Samuel Elden Scholl (born November 11, 1977) is an American college basketball coach who is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of San Diego.

Playing career

Scholl started his playing career at Tacoma Community College for two seasons before transferring to the University of San Diego to complete his playing eligibility under Brad Holland with the San Diego Toreros.

Coaching career

After graduation, Scholl joined Holland's staff and stayed with the Toreros for seven seasons, where he was part of the team's 2003 NCAA tournament appearance. In 2007, Scholl joined Kerry Keating's staff at Santa Clara, where he stayed until 2015, and was a part of the school's 2011 CIT Championship and 2013 CBI Championship winning squads.

Scholl rejoined the Toreros staff under Lamont Smith. In February 2018, Smith was placed on leave pending a domestic violence charge against him, and resigned 10 days after his arrest, leaving Scholl to coach the team on an interim basis. Scholl coached the team in the 2018 CIT, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to eventual champion Northern Colorado.

On April 2, 2018, San Diego lifted the interim tag and named Scholl the permanent head coach, the 13th head coach in Toreros history.

On March 6, 2022, San Diego announced that Scholl would not return as head coach, ending his 4-season tenure.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
San Diego (West Coast Conference) (2018–2022)
2017–18	San Diego	2–2‡			CIT Quarterfinals
2018–19	San Diego	21–15	7–9	7th	NIT first round
2019–20	San Diego	9–23	2–14	9th
2020–21	San Diego	3–10	2–7	9th
2021–22	San Diego	15–16	7–9	7th
San Diego:		50–66 (.431)	18–39 (.316)	‡ Scholl coached final 4 games.
Total:		50–66 (.431)
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