Coach Kemp

Jason is in his first season as an assistant coach with the men's basketball team at Ohio University. Prior to our stint in the Athens area, Coach Kemp played at the Wisconsin-La Crosse where he was a four-year letter-winner in basketball. He tells me that during his junior year he decided that he wanted to go into coaching...

It seems that you can never fully plan your destiny because a phone call by his former coach, Stu Engen, current Athletic Director and Head basketball Coach at North Dakota State College of Science, had him packing his small apartment in La Crosse to head to the foreign northern city of Moorhead, MN. Only 9 months later, did another opportunity come knocking on Coach Kemp's door when he was approached by then Graduate Assistant (GA) and current Head Coach, Dave Richman,  to join the NDSU staff as their new GA under Tim Miles, current Head Coach for Nebraska.

In his second year as an assistant coach, the Bison men participated in the 2009 NCAA tournament. It was this event that reunited Jason and Michelyn! Michelyn was visiting her best friend and fellow BAP (Black American Princess) in Philly when they were shopping and took a bathroom break, very typical. Upon leaving the store, Michelyn looked up to see the Bison men's basketball team playing the University of Kansas (Michelyn's father's alma mater, nontheless).





Prior to re-joining Saul Phillips, Jason spent one year at the University of Toledo. After only about 9 months at UT, he got a call from his former boss, Coach Phillips, to join him at the MAC rival, Ohio University! We are now writing the next chapter of our lives in Athens, OH with our adorable dog, Prince!

You can read about our story here. Also, check out his frequent entries with the National Coaches' Diary Series.

The Kemp File
Age: 34
Birthdate: February 11
Hometown: Madison, WI
Education: Bachelor's degree in exercise science and sports science, Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2004; master's degree in sport and recreation management, North Dakota State, 2006.

Season	School	Position
2004-05	Minnesota State Moorhead	Assistant Coach
2005-06	North Dakota State	Graduate Manager
2006-07	North Dakota State	Graduate Manager
2007-08	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2008-09	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2009-10	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2010-11	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2011-12	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2012-13	North Dakota State	Assistant Coach
2013-14	University of Toledo	Assistant Coach
2014-15	Ohio University	Assistant Coach