Jason Mishler has been named Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Tiffin University, taking over for departing coach Pam Oswald.
Mishler has spent the last four seasons as Head Coach at Malone University, where he guided the team to a 55-55 record. The team reached a high point in the 2013-14 season, in which Mishler guided the program to a 21-10 mark – the highest win total for the Pioneers since 2001-02.
Mishler also guided that Malone squad to Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament road victories over fourth-seeded Ashland University and top-seeded Wayne State (MI) University before narrowly missing out on an NCAA Division II National Tournament berth after falling to Northern Michigan University 53-49 in the GLIAC Tournament Championship Game.
"I am excited at the opportunity to coach at Tiffin," said Mishler. "The program is headed in the right direction, and I look forward to working with the whole TU family."
"I am excited that Jason Mishler is going to be Tiffin University’s next Women’s Basketball Coach. I have known Jason since he was an assistant here and have watched him progress through his career. Jason is a great family man that will mentor our student-athletes to be the best people that they can be. I am excited about the plan that Jason has and looking forward to many years of success," said Athletic Director Lonny Allen.
Mishler helped rebuild a Malone program that had went 12-48 in the two seasons prior to his arrival. He helped them increase their win total from 12 victories in 2011-12, to 14 wins in 2012-13 (3rd in GLIAC South) before posting the 21-10 record in 2013-14 (2nd in GLIAC South).
A 2005 Malone graduate with a degree in Secondary Education, Mishler was a three-year starter at point guard for the Pioneers. After graduating from Malone, Mishler worked for two seasons as the varsity assistant boys basketball coach and the head junior varsity boys basketball coach at Hiland High School. He then worked two seasons for Tiffin University as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball program, serving as Oswald’s first assistant coach.
In the fall of 2009, Mishler returned to serve as the varsity assistant boys basketball coach at Hiland for two more seasons. In four seasons as an assistant coach for the Hiland boys program, Mishler helped the program to a record of 73-18 and two appearances in the state final four, including a state title in 2011.
In addition, he worked as an assistant basketball skill development instructor for Sports City University in Huntington, West Virginia in the summer of 2009. He has also worked personally with Tom Jenkins, the owner of Ohio Girls Basketball Report, the nation’s number one single state recruiting service. Having trained hundreds of prospective female athletes at The Top 64 Basketball Camp in Dennison, Ohio, Mishler has also designed and executed hundreds of individual workouts with the top Ohio High School female athletes in recent years.
As a player, Mishler was an All-Ohioan and compiled a playing career record of 90-11 at Hiland High School while earning three consecutive berths into the D-IV state semifinals. At Malone, he earned All-AMC Second Team honors as a senior and Honorable Mention accolades in the two previous seasons.
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