Kurt Kanaskie

Who is Kurt Kanaskie?

Kurt Kanaskie, is an assistant head men's basketball coach at Virginia Tech. Prior to coaching the Hokies, Kanaskie held head coaching positions at Penn State, Drake, Indiana and Lock Haven.

Previously, Kanaskie served as the head coach at Drake for seven seasons and was one of the most successful Division II head coaches in Pennsylvania history.

At Drake, Kanaskie inherited a program on NCAA probation with few scholarship players returning. Under Kanaskie, Drake posted the two worst records in the history of the school, 2-26 in 1996-97 and 3-24 in 1997-98. During those 2 seasons, Kanaskie was 0-36 in Missouri Valley Conference games. Kanaskie was forced out at Drake in April 2003 after having compiled an overall record of 62-136, including 31-95 in the MVC,

He was the 2000-01 MVC Coach of the Year runner-up.

Prior to his tenure at Drake, Kanaskie was head coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for eight seasons. Kanaskie inherited an IUP program that had posted four straight losing seasons and, after a first year of building a solid foundation, posted seven straight winning records. In 1993, IUP made the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference semifinals for the first time in 16 years.