Coach Perdas begins his first season prowling the KWU sidelines this winter. He comes to the Coyotes after three years as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at NCAA Division II Alderson Broaddus University in West Virginia. Perdas’ time at AB was highlighted by an upset over the fourth seeded Davis and Elkins College Senators in the 2013 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament. It was the program’s first postseason victory in 14 years.
Prior to Alderson Broaddus, Perdas spent the 2009-10 season as an assistant coach with the men’s team at Kentucky Christian University. Though his time at KCU was brief, the team experienced a great deal of success. They finished the year ranked sixth in the country in NCCAA Division II with an overall record of 20-12 and a 9-1 mark in region play. That was good enough to earn the Knights an at-large bid to the national tournament in Missouri where they advanced to the second round.
However, Perdas’ greatest successes came during his four year run as an assistant for Hall of Fame Coach Robin Hagen-Smith at NAIA national powerhouse Shawnee State University (Ohio). From 2005-2009, SSU won 80% of their games, 78% of their conference games, and two conference championships. They also qualified for the ’06, ’08, and ’09 NAIA Division II national tournaments, finishing ranked inside the top ten of the polls each year. His final season (2008-09), the Bears put together an incredible 29-0 record! It is the first and only time in Shawnee State’s illustrious history that the team has gone undefeated. And if that wasn’t enough, the squad proved that you can indeed combine outstanding athletics with great academics as they were named an NAIA Scholar Team with a 3.17 GPA.
Perdas spent four seasons as an assistant coach in the high school ranks before making the jump to the collegiate level at Ohio University Southern in 2004. Over the course of his 13 year career, Perdas has helped mentor 15 All Conference players, 10 Scholar Athletes, 4 All Americans, and 2 Conference Players of the Year. During the summers, when he’s not on the road recruiting, Perdas travels the country working various basketball camps at places like Michigan State University, Wisconsin University, and the University of Notre Dame.
The South Webster, Ohio native is a proud graduate of Ohio University where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Middle Childhood Education.
