Dick Peth
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWartburg
ConferenceAmerican Rivers
Record400–288 (.581)
Biographical details
Alma materIowa
Playing career
1975-1978Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980-1985Denver (assistant)
1985-1997Denver
1997-PresentWartburg
Head coaching record
Overall621–411 (.602)
Tournaments4-5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x Colorado Athletic Conference Regular season (1994, 1996)

3x Colorado Athletic Conference Tournament (1992, 1994, 1996)

3x IIAC/ARC Regular Season (2001, 2005, 2006)

2x IIAC/ARC Tournament (2001, 2017)
Awards
2x IIAC Coach of the year (2001, 2005)

Dick Peth is the head coach for the Wartburg Knights men's basketball program, in his 27th season at Wartburg and 39th year as a college head basketball coach.[1] He is an alumnus of the University of Iowa, 1979.

Playing career

Dick Peth played high school basketball at Tomah High School in Tomah, Wisconsin. In high school, he was a 3 time first-team all-conference player and finished his career with 1,331 points which ranks second on the LaCrosse Tribune's all-time boys' basketball list.[2] In 2013, Peth was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame.[3] After high school, he went on to play basketball at the University of Iowa from 1975 to 1979 for legendary Iowa head coach Lute Olson.[4] Peth was a 4-year member of the basketball program. During his senior season he was named team co-captain and started for the Big Ten champion 1978–79 Iowa team. To date this is the last regular season championship Iowa has won.

Coaching career

Denver University

Peth began his coaching career in 1980 as an assistant for Denver University. He was elevated to head coach in April 1985 following the death of then head coach Floyd Theard, who passed away from a heart attack following the 1985 season.[5] Peth went on to coach for the Denver for 12 seasons. During his tenure he lead them to 221 wins and 3 NCAA tournament appearances. He was inducted into Denver University's athletic hall of fame in 2020[6] and is still the winningest coach in the program history.[7]

Wartburg College

Dick Peth took over the Wartburg men's basketball program in 1997. During his current tenure at Wartburg he has lead them to 3 regular season Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships, including back to back in 2005 and 2006. In 2017 his Wartburg Knight basketball team shocked the conference by winning the IIAC tournament as the tournament's 6th seed.[8] They would go on to reach the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, upsetting #10 Benedictine College and #4 UW-River Falls in the first and second rounds.[9] In December 2021, Peth entered the 600 win club following Wartburg's 82–70 win against University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.[10]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
University of Denver Pioneers (Colorado Athletic Conference) (1985–1997)
1985–86 Denver 17-12
1986–87 Denver 20–9
1987–88 Denver 19-9
1988–89 Denver 18-12
1989–90 Denver 16-12
1990–91 Denver 19-10
1991–92 Denver 26-6NCAA Second Round
1992–93 Denver 15–11
1993–94 Denver 17-131stNCAA First Round
1994–95 Denver 18-10
1995–96 Denver 22-71stNCAA First Round
1996–97 Denver 14-12
Denver: 221-123 (.642)
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–2018)
1997–98 Wartburg 16-913-7
1998–99 Wartburg 13-1211-10
1999–00 Wartburg 12-1210-10
2000–01 Wartburg 24-417-11stNCAA Second Round
2001–02 Wartburg 20-814-42nd
2002–03 Wartburg 21-714-42nd
2003–04 Wartburg 20-811-5T–2nd
2004–05 Wartburg 23–515-11st
2005–06 Wartburg 19-612-41st
2006–07 Wartburg 11-155-116th
2007–08 Wartburg 6-109-167th
2008–09 Wartburg 15-138-84th
2009–10 Wartburg 15-128–86th
2010–11 Wartburg 10-145-118th
2011–12 Wartburg 11-145-117th
2012–13 Wartburg 15-128–64th
2013–14 Wartburg 13-137-7T–5th
2014–15 Wartburg 15-136-85th
2015–16 Wartburg 16-118-6T-2nd
2016–17 Wartburg 21-108–8T–5thNCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18 Wartburg 17-109-7T-4th
Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2018–Present)
2018–19 Wartburg 17-911-53rd
2019–20 Wartburg 12-157-9T-5th
2020–21 Wartburg 4-72-47thPostseason not held due to COVID-19
2021–22 Wartburg 16-109-7T–4th
2022–23 Wartburg 11–158-85th
2023–24 Wartburg 2–92-2
Wartburg: 400–288 (.581)242–188 (.563)
Total:621–411 (.602)

      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

References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". stats.ncaa.org.
  2. ↑ Rundio, Steve. "Peth inducted into Wisconsin basketball hall of fame". La Crosse Tribune.
  3. ↑ "Wartburg's Peth inducted into Wisconsin hall of fame". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
  4. ↑ "Hlas: From Iowa's '79 champs, Peth still chases titles". www.thegazette.com.
  5. ↑ "University of Denver basketball coach Floyd Theard, whose Pioneers... - UPI Archives". UPI.
  6. ↑ "Denver Announces 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Class". University of Denver Athletics.
  7. ↑ "Denver Pioneers Basketball History".
  8. ↑ "2016-17 Iowa Conference Men's Basketball Tournament - American Rivers Conference". rollrivers.com.
  9. ↑ "College men's basketball: Wartburg on to Sweet 16, 76-43". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
  10. ↑ "Peth nets 600th win". December 10, 2021 – via www.d3hoops.com.
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