Eastern Washington University Athletics

An innovator, leader and teacher throughout his life in basketball, Krause was head men's basketball coach for the Eagles for 17 seasons from 1967-85, compiling a 262-195 record. Eastern was affiliated with NAIA for most of those seasons before the Eagles moved to NCAA Division II and eventually Division I in the early 1980's. His best season at Eastern was a 25-4 finish in 1976-77 as Eastern came one victory away from a berth in the NAIA Tournament. But the source of his greatest pride was as an educator as 81 percent of his players received their bachelor's degrees. In the 1993-94 season he also served as a volunteer assistant coach for former Eastern head coach John Wade. His impact on the sport of basketball reaches far beyond coaching. In 2003 he received a "Guardians of the Game for Advocacy Award" from the National Association of Basketball Coaches for his research in developing a standardized rim testing program. He was selected to the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2000, and the same year was inducted into the National Association For Sport and Physical Education Hall of Fame. He was chair of the National Association of Basketball Coaches research committee, which he served on for more than 30 years. He was formerly a long-standing member of the NCAA Rules Committee, served on the NABC Board of Directors and was on the selection committee for the National Basketball Hall of Fame. He has also authored 30 books, including a compilation of articles by the nation's top college coaches published as part of the 100th anniversary of basketball. During a sabbatical in the 1982-83 season, Krause completed two books while serving as an assistant for Ralph Miller at Oregon State University. In summer 2005, Krause completed "Lessons from the Legends," a capstone trio of books on Naismith Hall of Fame coaches. The book "Basketball Skills and Drills," originally published as "Better Basketball Basics" in 1983, is considered to be the most widely-used basketball fundamentals book in the world. He has also produced 31 instructional videos, six DVD's, two CD's and serves as a consultant to many athletic organizations. Most of his works are available at the website: http://coachjerrykrause.com. Krause spent nearly 30 years at EWU as a faculty member, then worked at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. He is now back in the Spokane area and since the summer of 2001 has served as Director of Men's Basketball Operations at Gonzaga, where he oversees the day-to-day operations of the men's basketball office, scheduling, coordinating on-campus recruiting, player evaluations and video operations. Krause received his bachelor's degree from Wayne State University in 1959, and both his master's degree (1965) and doctorate (1967) from the University of Northern Colorado. In 2001 he was honored by UNC with an Alumni Achievement Award for Contribution to Sport, an honor given to alumni who have excelled in mentoring or role modeling while working with students in sport.