COLBY, Kan. — Colby Community College will host a press conference to introduce new men’s basketball coach Rusty Elmore at 10 a.m. Wednesday in room 108 of the Robert Burnett Student Union.
Elmore will take questions from the media and be available afterward to visit with the public.
The event will be streamed on Open Spaces Sports. For more information, contact CCC Athletic Director Mike Saddler at 460-5548.
Elmore comes to Colby after being an assistant to Pat Smith at Moberly Area Community College in Moberly, Mo. for the past year. Prior to Morberly Area, Elmore was at Vincinnes University
Coach Elmore arrived at Vincennes after being on the staff at Kentucky Wesleyan, where he helped the Panthers qualify for the 2015-16 NCAA Div. II National Tournament. Kentucky Wesleyan also claimed the Great Midwest Athletic Conference’s regular-season and tournament titles. The Panthers were ranked ninth nationally in last season’s final NCAA Div. II poll. At Kentcuky Wesleyan he worked for legendary coach Happy Osborne.
Prior to being named to the Kentucky Wesleyan staff, Coach Elmore served in an assistant coaching capacity at Union College. During his one-year stint at Union, the Bulldogs racked up 30 wins to post the best season in the program’s history. That historic campaign included a NAIA National Tournament appearance, as well the Appalachian Athletic Conference’s regular-season and tournament crowns. Union completed the 2014-15 in the 11th slot in the NAIA national rankings.
Coach Elmore began his college coaching career at Lindsey Wilson College from 2010-14. He contributed to the Blue Raiders reaching the 2012 and 2013 NAIA Div. I National Tournaments, plus a Final Four appearance and No. 3 national ranking in the final poll of 2012-13 (the program’s most successful season ever). Those seasons also held back-to-back Mid-South Conference regular season champions.
As a player at Shoals Community College, Coach Elmore played for his father, Glen Elmore. During his prep playing career, he earned First-Team All-State honors at Florence Christian Academy. Coach Elmore then earned a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State and his master’s degree in athletic administration from Western Kentucky.
Elmore worked 8 years as an executive with Chicago White Sox Radio Network,WGN-TV, NBC Atlanta and ABC Asheville before he started his coaching career.
Coach Elmore is married to the former Katie Sheahan of Milwaukee,WI. They have two daughters Elise and Nora.