BA: Augustana University, 2012
Cody Schilling enters his first season at the helm of the Mount Marty College Lancer men's basketball team.
A native of Ellsworth, Minnesota and a 2012 graduate of Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where he was a four-year starter on the men's basketball team, Schilling's college playing career demonstrates his skill and commitment to the game. While at Augustana, he was three-time NSIC First Team All-Conference, three-time First Team All-Central Region, two-time Division 2 Honorable Mention All-American and finished his senior season as the program's all-time leading scorer. Schilling's success on the college court was a continuation of his basketball career at Ellsworth High School in Ellsworth, Minnesota, where he was four-time All-Conference, named the 2008 AP Minnesota Player of the Year and graduated as the state's all-time leader in career points and career assists.
Schilling comes to MMC from Avera Sports Specialists in Sioux Falls, where he served as lead sports trainer for Warwick Workouts. In addition to coordinating and conducting various camps and clinics for Warwick Workouts, his time there included work on skill development, teaching and training with coaches, athletes and administration from more than 350 high schools and colleges in and around the region. During this time, Schilling also served as director of Avera Select Basketball, where he organized and implemented the traveling basketball program and directed/coached more than 13 teams during a four-month season.
Prior to his role at Avera, Schilling gained coaching experience at Dell Rapids St. Mary in Dell Rapids, South Dakota, and served as a basketball trainer at TIBBS Basketball Academy in Sioux Falls, where he conducted basketball camps in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska and worked under current Portland Trailblazers assistant coach Nate Tibbetts.
Schilling and his wife Erica currently reside in Vermillion, SD.
