Men's Basketball Coaches

Head Coach: Steve Ryan

Coach Steve Ryan has been the Men’s Head Basketball Coach at MCC since 2001. He has collected 127 victories, and guided the Scots to recognition both locally and nationally. Under his leadership, MCC was the only school to achieve back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA Region IV District Championship game in 2005 and 2006. Since 2004, the Scots have been to the Championship game 3 times. The Scots earned a national ranking of #10 in the 2005-2006 campaign and won the school’s first-ever ISCC Championship in 2008.

Head Basketball Coach Steve Ryan

Head Coach Steve Ryan

The most successful Men’s Basketball Coach in MCC history, Ryan’s past five years have been particularly successful:

  • His teams averaged over 21 wins per season.
  • In 2005-2006, Ryan’s team set a school record with 26 wins.
  • His program has produced two NJCAA All-Americans, forward Melvin Beasley (05/06) and shooting guard Jasmin Neal (07/08).
  • Ryan has seen several of his former players continue on to play at senior colleges or universities.

Prior to coaching at MCC, Ryan served as the Boy’s Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at Woodstock High School from 1997 through 2000. He received his B.A. in physical education from Western Illinois University in 1997 and his M.A. in learning and discipline from Saint Xavier University in 2001. Ryan is a physical education teacher at Mary Endres Elementary in Woodstock. He and his wife Chris have two children and reside in Algonquin.

Assistant Basketball Coach Jason Robinson

Assistant Coach Jason Robinson

Assistant Coach: Jason Robinson

Coach Jason Robinson began coaching the men's basketball team under Head Coach Steve Ryan in the 2007-2008 season. Prior to coaching at MCC, he was the Leland High School Head Boys Basketball Coach in 1997 and 1998. He went on to coach at Marengo High School as assistant coach in 1999 and then head coach from 2000 through 2004. He is looking forward to helping continue the recent successes of Scots' basketball.

Robinson graduated from Clark College with a B.A. degree and received his M.A. from Nova Southeastern University in Florida.

Head Coach: Steve Ryan

Assistant Coach: Jason Robinson

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3/24/09