Randy Baruth will begin his fifth season working with Head Coach Don Meyer as the Northern State University Wolves men's basketball assistant coach in 2008-09.
In 2007-08, the Wolves had one of the best runs in school history, posting the program’s second best record of 29-4 and placing second in the Northern Sun Conference with a 16-2 record. The Wolves were ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation for nearly the entire season and finished the year ranked #5. Also during the 2007-08 season, Head Coach Don Meyer became the winningest active coach in any division of the NCAA.
Baruth is a graduate of Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU), where he majored in elementary education and played basketball. He also taught fourth grade and was the assistant boys and girls basketball coach at Parkston High School in Parkston, S.D. In 2002, Baruth moved to North Dakota State University (NDSU) where he was a graduate assistant under former NSU assistant coach Tim Miles and earned his masters in education leadership. During his tenure at NDSU, the Bison achieved it’s tenth-ever 20-win season and the first in six years.
The Alpena, S.D. native has been on staff at NSU since April of 2004. He has helped plan and coach at the Don Meyer Coaching Academy for the past five years.
Baruth’s wife, Meghan, is a Ph.D candidate and a graduate research and teaching assistant in the Exercise Science department at the University of South Carolina. The couple makes their home in Aberdeen.
