Abilene Christian University Men's Basketball

COACHING ACCOLADES 4 All-WAC Players 19 Academic All-WAC Selections 2 Postseason Tournament Appearances (2022 CBI Semifinals, 2024 CIT Quarterfinals) Brette Tanner was named ACU’s 17th head men’s basketball coach on April 14, 2021. ACU (2013-2021 assistant coach, 2021-present head coach) Brette Tanner enters his fifth season as ACU's head men's basketball coach -- and his 13th overall with the program -- in the 2025-26 season. Tanner was the Wildcats' associate head coach for eight years (2013-2021) under head coach Joe Golding, and was promoted to head coach following ACU’s incredible victory over the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA Tournament. Tanner has led the Wildcats to a WAC Basketball Tournament championship game, reached the semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational, and coached four players to All-WAC honors. In the classroom, Tanner has coached 19 Academic All-WAC selections. 2024-25: The Wildcats finished the regular season with seven wins in their final nine games to earn the No. 4 seed in the WAC Basketball Tournament – their best seed since joining the league for the 2021-22 season. Tanner guided Dontrez Williams to the WAC All-Freshman team. Senior Hunter Jack Madden earned the WAC Player of the Week honor for the week of December 2, 2024. Madden was the first Wildcat to earn a weekly conference award since January 2023. ACU led all of Division I with 10.3 steals per game. The Wildcat defense had 331 steals for the season. They forced just over 17 turnover

Cameron Henderson enters his third season as an ACU men's basketball assistant coach in 2025-26. He joined the Wildcats' staff in May 2023. Henderson brings ...

Danny Young was hired by Abilene Christian in July 2025 and enters his first season as an assistant men's basketball coach. Young comes to ACU from Samford, ...

Doug Karleskint enters his third season as an ACU assistant men's basketball coach for the 2025-26 season. Karleskint joined ACU in April 2023 following a ni...

Noah Ellis is in his first season as a graduate assistant with the ACU men's basketball team in 2025-26. Ellis spent the 2024-25 season as a varsity assistant, and head junior varsity coach at Williams Baptist University, an NAIA school in Walnut Ridge, Ark. Ellis began his career in college basketball as a student-assistant at NCAA Division II member Henderson State from 2021-24. During his time with the Reddies, he assisted in clipping and breaking down game film, recruiting, and player development. Ellis coached Central Arkansas Elite Junior High teams from 2022-24, and trained over 150 high school athletes in the Central Arkansas area. Ellis also helped train athletes at various basketball camps, including Nike camps in Little Rock and Fayetteville, and NextGen Sports Camps with Anthony Black and the Orlando Magic. Ellis, a Glen Rose, Ark. native, graduated from Henderson State with a bachelor's degree in integrated studies specializing in health and physical education.

Ted Crass enters his fourth season in this stint, and his eighth overall, as an assistant coach at ACU for the 2025-26 season. Crass returned to Abilene in the spring of 2022 after two successful years as a junior college head coach. Crass worked as an assistant on the Wildcats' staff from 2016-2020 before taking over the program at Otero College (Kan.). During his two seasons, his teams posted a 39-12 overall record and back-to-back regular season Region IX South Champions. In his first year at Otero College, the Rattlers finished the season with the most wins in the region (15-5) and were regular season conference co-champions (9-3). The team had 2 All-Conference players and 1 Academic All-American. Five different players from that team went on to 4-years schools on Full Scholarships. In his second season at Otero, the Rattlers won an outright regular season Region IX Title, were ranked in the national top 25 polls and reached the Regional Championship game before being upset on a buzzer beater. That team had an honorable mention NJCAA All-American, two All-Conference players (Including former Wildcat player Hunter Jack Madden), and six players moved on to 4-year schools on full scholarship. During his first stint at Abilene Christian, Crass helped lead the Wildcats to the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Southland Tournament Championship and the most wins in school history (27) in his third season as an assistant coach with the program. Crass joined ACU in April 2016 as an assistant