Armon Gates

Biography

Armon Gates joined Medved's staff in March of 2025 after a two-year tenure at Oklahoma. While with the Sooners, Oklahoma advanced to a NCAA tournament berth in 2025 for the first time in four years. Gates is no stranger to Big Ten play, having previously been an assistant coach at Oregon, Nebraska and Northwestern. Gates was an assistant at Oregon for the 2022-23 season. The Ducks finished 21-15 and were one of the final eight teams in the NIT. Gates spent four seasons (2019-22) as an assistant coach at Nebraska. He was instrumental in developing Dalano Banton and Cam Mack. Banton was selected in the second round of the 2021 NBA Draft and was only the second player in program history to notch a triple-double. Gates tutored Mack to 2019-20 All-Big Ten honors. Mack finished third on Nebraska's single-season assist chart. Prior to his time with the Huskers, Gates was at Northwestern for five seasons (2013-18). Gates helped the Wildcats tally a pair of 20-win seasons and reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history in 2017. The Wildcats recorded a top-30 recruiting class in 2014 and the 24th-ranked class by 247Sports in 2018. Gates coached All-Big Ten performers Bryant McIntosh, Vic Law, Scottie Lindsey, Tre Demps and Drew Crawford. McIntosh finished fifth on the Big Ten's career assist list. Gates also spent two seasons at Loyola Chicago (2011-13) during Porter Moser's first two seasons leading the program. During his time with the Ramblers, Ben Averkamp earne