Portland State has promoted assistant coach Tyler Geving to head coach. Geving replaces Ken Bone, who left the Vikings to take Washington State’s head coaching position. A university press release announced Geving as the defending Big Sky Conference champions’ head coach.
His selection as the 12th Head Coach in Viking basketball history comes after four seasons as the number one assistant to former coach Ken Bone, and the last two seasons as Associate Head Coach.
Geving takes over a program that has had back-to-back 23-10 seasons, Big Sky Tournament Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. The 35-year-old native of Burien, WA played a major role in those successes as the team’s recruiting coordinator and defensive coach. Geving’s hiring is the culmination of 14 years as an assistant and one season as a co-Head Coach at the junior college level.
“It was important that we not make the easy choice, but that we make the right choice,” said Director of Athletics Torre Chisholm, “and Tyler Geving is the right choice for this program. He takes this position with the support of the players, the boosters and the administration.”
