Tom Schuberth - Men's Basketball Coach

Tom Schuberth

Title:
Assistant Coach

Tom Schuberth brings 30-plus years of coaching experience
to the Golden Eagles, while helping teams appear in 11
NCAA Tournaments. He joined Southern Miss after spending
four seasons at Jacksonville State under former Southern
Miss head coach James Green.
Prior to JSU, Schuberth served one season as the athletic
director and head coach at Paris (TX) Junior College. He
guided the Dragons to a 27-6 record and the 2010 Texas
Eastern Conference title. PJC posted a 16-3 conference
mark and finished the year ranked No. 14 in the nation.
Before joining PJC, he was the head coach at UT-Pan
American from 2006-09, where he went 42-45, the best
winning percentage by a UTPA coach since 1982. He was
named the 2007-08 Division I Independent Coach of the
Year after putting together an 18-13 record and winning the
Division I Independent Championship.
He took over a UTPA program that had won just six games
the previous year and hadn’t had a winning season since
1994.
Schuberth is no stranger to Conference USA. He served
one year as an assistant at UAB (2001-02) before helping
to guide UCF from the Atlantic Sun Conference into C-USA
from 2002-06. While at UCF, he helped the Knights to an
84-41 record, as well as A-Sun titles and NCAA Tournament
appearances in 2004 and 2005.
He served as an assistant at Memphis from 1992-97,
helping take the Tigers from the Great Midwest Conference
into Conference USA. While at Memphis, Schuberth helped
UM to three NCAA Tournaments, including a Sweet 16
appearance in 1995.
Schuberth began his coaching career as an assistant at
North Alabama in 1983 before moving to Louisiana-Monroe,
where he served as an assistant from 1983-1992.
Schuberth began his playing career at UNLV, where he
lettered on the Runnin’ Rebels 1977 Final Four squad. He
then transferred to Mississippi State, where he was an
Academic All-SEC and Honorable Mention Academic All-
American. Schuberth earned his degree from MSU in 1981.