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Dick Peth
Biographical details
BornTomah, Wisconsin
Alma materIowa
Playing career
1975-1978Iowa
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1980-1985Denver (assistant)
1985-1997Denver
1997-2024Wartburg
Head coaching record
Overall622–415 (.600)
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 a former men's basketball player and coach. In April 2024, Peth announced his retirement from Wartburg College after 27 seasons at the helm.[1][2] He is an alumnus of the University of Iowa, 1979.

Playing career[edit]

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.[3] In 2013, Peth was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame.[4] 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.[5] 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[edit]

Denver University[edit]

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.[6] Peth went on to coach for the Denver for 12 seasons. During his tenure he led them to 221 wins and 3 NCAA tournament appearances. He was inducted into Denver University's athletic hall of fame in 2020[7] and is still the winningest coach in the program history.[8]

Wartburg College[edit]

Dick Peth took over the Wartburg men's basketball program in 1997. During his current tenure at Wartburg he has led them to three 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.[9] 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.[10] In December 2021, Peth entered the 600 win club following Wartburg's 82–70 win against University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire.[11]

Head coaching record[edit]

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 26-6 NCAA Second Round
1992–93 Denver 15–11
1993–94 Denver 17-13 1st NCAA First Round
1994–95 Denver 18-10
1995–96 Denver 22-7 1st NCAA First Round
1996–97 Denver 14-12
Denver: 221-123 (.642)
Wartburg Knights (Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1997–2018)
1997–98 Wartburg 16-9 13-7
1998–99 Wartburg 13-12 11-10
1999–00 Wartburg 12-12 10-10
2000–01 Wartburg 24-4 17-1 1st NCAA Second Round
2001–02 Wartburg 20-8 14-4 2nd
2002–03 Wartburg 21-7 14-4 2nd
2003–04 Wartburg 20-8 11-5 T–2nd
2004–05 Wartburg 23–5 15-1 1st
2005–06 Wartburg 19-6 12-4 1st
2006–07 Wartburg 11-15 5-11 6th
2007–08 Wartburg 9-16 6-10 7th
2008–09 Wartburg 15-13 8-8 4th
2009–10 Wartburg 15-12 8–8 6th
2010–11 Wartburg 10-14 5-11 8th
2011–12 Wartburg 11-14 5-11 7th
2012–13 Wartburg 15-12 8–6 4th
2013–14 Wartburg 13-13 7-7 T–5th
2014–15 Wartburg 15-13 6-8 5th
2015–16 Wartburg 16-11 8-6 T-2nd
2016–17 Wartburg 21-10 8–8 T–5th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017–18 Wartburg 17-10 9-7 T-4th
Wartburg Knights (American Rivers Conference) (2018–Present)
2018–19 Wartburg 17-9 11-5 3rd
2019–20 Wartburg 12-15 7-9 T-5th
2020–21 Wartburg 4-7 2-4 7th Postseason not held due to COVID-19
2021–22 Wartburg 16–10 9–7 T–4th
2022–23 Wartburg 11–15 8–8 5th
2023–24 Wartburg 3–22 2–14 T–8th
Wartburg: 401–292 (.579) 242–204 (.543)
Total: 622–415 (.600)

      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[edit]

  1. ^ "Wartburg's Peth to retire". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. April 3, 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "NCAA Statistics". stats.ncaa.org.
  3. ^ Rundio, Steve. "Peth inducted into Wisconsin basketball hall of fame". La Crosse Tribune.
  4. ^ "Wartburg's Peth inducted into Wisconsin hall of fame". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
  5. ^ "Hlas: From Iowa's '79 champs, Peth still chases titles". www.thegazette.com.
  6. ^ "University of Denver basketball coach Floyd Theard, whose Pioneers... - UPI Archives". UPI.
  7. ^ "Denver Announces 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame Class". University of Denver Athletics.
  8. ^ "Denver Pioneers Basketball History".
  9. ^ "2016-17 Iowa Conference Men's Basketball Tournament - American Rivers Conference". rollrivers.com.
  10. ^ "College men's basketball: Wartburg on to Sweet 16, 76-43". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
  11. ^ "Peth nets 600th win". December 10, 2021 – via www.d3hoops.com.

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