Current Boys Basketball Head Coach at Mentor High School
Bob Krizancic, better known as “Coach K,” has devoted his life to the sport of basketball. He played as a youth and in high school through college at Youngstown State University, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology with minors in math/science and subsequently received a master’s degree in secondary administration. He has recently received CPC certification as a graduate of the World Coach Institute.
Coach K worked to organize basketball “feeder” programs for his hometown of Girard, Ohio. He was assistant head coach with the Youngstown Pride in the World Basketball League, which had five teams in the US and five teams in Canada. The World Basketball League was a summer professional basketball league running from May to August (1988 to 1992). He has gained experience and an expertise that is relatively unmatched among his peers.
Bob has served as head coach of two high school boys’ basketball teams—Girard High School and Mentor High School—for a total of thirty-nine years to date. He is one of four high school coaches in the state of Ohio to win state titles at different schools and received five Hall of Fame Awards as well. He currently has 679 career wins and 6th in Ohio high school history. In the past three seasons the Mentor High school record is 68-10.
Coach K is a pioneer in his field. He implemented the first drug-testing program while head coach at Girard High School in 1985. Bob has coached teams in New Zealand, Australia, Hawaii, and Europe and is currently one of only a select few high school coaches to be included on the panel of presenters at Nike’s annual fall and spring Coaches’ Clinics. He has also been a featured speaker numerous times at business events in Ohio.
