Former Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt

[Da Coach]

Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt, who just completed his second season at Bradley, is leaving to take the head coaching job at Panola College, a junior college in Carthage, Texas (Panola County).

https://twitter.com/PanolaMBB/status/1524040790296645633

Mike Nesbitt's bio-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-nesbitt/3320

Congratulations Mike!

[houstonbrave]

Panola is where Duke Dean played his first year before going to Troy.

[Da Coach]

Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt, who just completed his second season at Bradley, is leaving to take the head coaching job at Panola College, a junior college in Carthage, Texas (Panola County).

https://twitter.com/PanolaMBB/status/1524040790296645633

Mike Nesbitt's bio-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-nesbitt/3320

Congratulations Mike!

Bradley promoted Mike Black to the Director of Basketball Operations for the men's team. He was previously the Coordinator of Player Development and Video Operations. And Bradley has hired Patrick Althoff as the new Coordinator of Player Development and Video Operations.

Patrick Althoff spent the last year as an assistant coach at Howard College, a junior college in Big Spring, Texas. Prior to that, he was a graduate assistant at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida for 2 seasons. And prior to that, he was a student manager at University of Illinois for 4 years. He is originally from Bloomington, Illinois, and graduated from the University of Illinois, and he has a Masters degree from Jacksonville U..

Welcome to Bradley, Patrick!

[Nashville Cat]

Any relation to former BU player Tim Althoff?

[Da Coach]

Any relation to former BU player Tim Althoff?

I wondered that, too. For those a bit younger than Nashville Cat and me, Tim Althoff was from McHenry, Illinois and was a star basketball player for Marian Central Catholic High School (Woodstock, IL). He was recruited by Joe Stowell, and played for Bradley from 1971 to 1974-

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tim-althoff-1.html

He was a teammate of Tom Les, who played at Bradley from 1972-1975-

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tom-les-2.html

Tom Les married Tim's sister, Betsy Althoff, and after graduating from Bradley, Tom went to work for the Althoff family business, and is still listed as their CFO
https://www.althoffind.com/about/staff (scroll down)

Sadly, Tim Althoff died at the young age of 49 in 2001-

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/timothy-althoff-obituary?id=2300928

According to Patrick Althoff's LinkedIn page, he graduated from St. Teresa High School in Decatur, Illinois, in 2015, and from the University of Illinois in 2019. According to my search, there appears to be a number of Althoffs in central and southern Illinois, in addition to northern Illinois. I can't find any source that links him to Tim Althoff, so if anyone knows, let us know.

[Nashville Cat]

Thanks, Coach!

[BraveBird]

Good info Coach. I know this young man’s mother, as I worked in the same department with her at State Farm for a few years. Good family!
On another note since you brought up Tom Les, back in the late 70’s I taught and coached in the far (at that time) northwest suburbs. I was coaching at the Jr. High level then and at that time Tom was coaching for a year or so at the Catholic grade school in McHenry. We were in the same conference, so I had the opportunity to coach against him early in his coaching career. Great guy and you could see even at that time that he was going to be a great coach.
Thanks for stirring up some old memories. Happy at my age I can remember some things from that long ago!!

[LongTimeFan]

At our age, old memories are easier to recall than new ones.

[Da Coach]

Bradley Basketball announces the addition of Patrick Althoff to the staff-

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/1534988704132919296

Bio- https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/stat...88704132919296

[Da Coach]

Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt, who just completed his second season at Bradley, is leaving to take the head coaching job at Panola College, a junior college in Carthage, Texas (Panola County).
https://twitter.com/PanolaMBB/status...40790296645633

Mike Nesbitt's bio-
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...e-nesbitt/3320

Congratulations Mike!

Former Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt (corrected) is now the head coach at Panola College, a junior college in Texas.
https://www.panolaathletics.com/spor.../coaches/index



His team is off to a 10-2 start, and they average over 83 points per game-
https://www.panolaathletics.com/spor.../panolacollege

Here are his team's individual stats-
https://www.panolaathletics.com/spor...eup&r=0&pos=sh

Looks like his team is quite guard-heavy already (roster lists 12 guards)-
https://www.panolaathletics.com/spor...2022-23/roster

.... so maybe not the best juco for a midyear guard to transfer to?

[PhiAlphaBoy]

Maybe Nesbitt can help add another potential pipeline for recruits. We need guards and Marcus Greene at Panola seems to provide some of the characteristics that we need.

[houstonbrave]

DC-In your post you say Mike Black is Coach at Panola but have a pic of Nesbit.Nesbit is the coach at Panola-Mike Black is still with us. Also just to note that before Duke Went to Troy last year he spent a year at Panola.

[Da Coach]

DC-In your post you say Mike Black is Coach at Panola but have a pic of Nesbit.Nesbit is the coach at Panola-Mike Black is still with us. Also just to note that before Duke Went to Troy last year he spent a year at Panola.

Yeah, that was a brain fart. We had too many "Mikes" on the staff Mike Bargen, Mike Black, and Mike Nesbitt. Thanks for the correction.
I meant Mike Nesbitt (I even quoted myself from an earlier post about Nesbitt ). He was the DBO who left Bradley to take that head coaching spot at Panola, and Mike is doing a good job.

[egib52]

Yeah, that was a brain fart. We had too many "Mikes" on the staff Mike Bargen, Mike Black, and Mike Nesbitt. Thanks for the correction.
I meant Mike Nesbitt (I even quoted myself from an earlier post about Nesbitt ). He was the DBO who left Bradley to take that head coaching spot at Panola, and Mike is doing a good job.

You seriously confused me, I thought we had some coaching pipeline started with Panola

[Da Coach]

Bradley Director of Basketball Operations Mike Nesbitt, who just completed his second season at Bradley, is leaving to take the head coaching job at Panola College, a junior college in Carthage, Texas (Panola County).

https://twitter.com/PanolaMBB/status/1524040790296645633

Mike Nesbitt's bio-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-nesbitt/3320

Congratulations Mike!

After a successful season as the head coach at Panola College (28-5), former Bradley DBO Mike Nesbitt is on the move again. He was just hired as an assistant coach at D1 High Point University in High Point, North Carolina. They are members of the Big South Conference, and after several poor seasons under Tubby Smith, and then under his son G.G. Smith, High Point just hired Creighton assistant Alan Huss. Huss was the head coach at La Lumiere Prep school a decade ago when Mike Nesbitt played there his senior year of high school.
Congratulations Mike!