Derek Schaub is entering his 12th season as a head coach at Lindenwood University in 2013. He has led three programs in men’s lacrosse, men’s ice hockey, and roller hockey. He will be coaching lacrosse for the fourth season in 2013, including his second straight year after taking over for the second time in 2012.
Last season, Lindenwood’s first against a NCAA schedule, Schaub led the team to a winning record at 8-7 and the Lions finished third in the WILA with a 4-4 conference mark. Lindenwood went 5-2 down the stretch including a victory over conference champion Colorado Mesa. Three of the team’s losses came by just a single goal, including versus nationally-ranked Pfeiffer.
Schaub coached eight players to all-conference honors in 2012, including first-team selections for Richard Wilson and Grame Hossack. Two others received second-team awards and four were named honorable mention.
Schaub also made a big impact off the field last season by directing the Lindenwood program into a new conference. Next season, the Lions will join the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). The new conference opponents for the team will be Alderson-Broaddus, Lake Erie, Mercyhurst, Ohio Valley, Seton Hill, Walsh, and Wheeling Jesuit.
Schaub began the men’s lacrosse program at Lindenwood in 2003 and was the head coach that first season. He led the Lions to an 8-0 conference record and a first-place finish in the GRLC Division B Tournament. In the championship game of that conference tournament, the Lions defeated Kansas State by a pair of goals, with the winning score coming with just 30 seconds left in the game. Among the players Schaub coached that year was Brian Smith who was named MVP of the GRLC Tournament.
After coaching ice hockey for the next seven seasons, Schaub returned to lacrosse in 2011. He led Lindenwood to a 16-7 overall record, including a perfect 12-0 mark at Hunter Stadium. Lindenwood won its conference tournament and advanced to the MCLA National Tournament.
Schaub has been a coach at Lindenwood since 2001-02, when he became the head coach of the Lindenwood roller hockey program. He had a 40-1-0 overall record in roller hockey and led Lindenwood to the 2002 and 2003 national championships. Those titles were the foundation for one of the school’s most dominating programs—roller hockey won eight national championships from 2002-2010.
After starting men’s lacrosse in 2003, Schaub began another program the next year when he became the head coach of the men’s ice hockey team. Over its first seven years, the Lions went 217-57-3 under Schaub. The program appeared in three national championship games and won back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010.
Schaub is also an Assistant Athletics Director at Lindenwood in charge of working with outside organizations on the scheduling of Lindenwood facilities.
