Jared Swanson will enter his third season in 2022-23 as an assistant coach for the men's basketball program at Green Bay after an impressive season in 2019-20 on the sideline at Northern State. He helped lead the Wolves to both an NSIC Regular Season and Tournament Championship finishing with a 26-6 record. NSU also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament before it was canceled due to COVID-19.
Three Wolves earned NSIC All-Conference honors (Fox, King, Stark), with Parker Fox being named the NSIC Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Fox earned All-Region accolades from both the D2CCA and NABC.
In nine years at the Division I level, Swanson has mentored/developed 21 All-Conference award-winning student-athletes, including five all-first team honorees, three freshmen of the year, and one conference player of the year.
Prior to Northern State, Swanson spent five seasons on staff at Ohio University as an assistant coach (2017-19) and as the Director of Basketball Operations (2014-17). In 2015-16, the Bobcats produced the second-biggest turnaround in program history, going 23-12 overall with a trip to the CBI semifinals with Swanson and Ryan both coaching on the bench under Saul Phillips.
Before his time at OU, Swanson spent one season at San Jose State and two seasons at North Dakota State as the Director of Men’s Basketball Operations. The Bison went 41-24 in his two seasons, earning a berth into the College Basketball Invitational each year.
Swanson began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant at Boise State University. The Broncos went 22-13 overall and advanced to the semifinal round of the CBI. From 2008-10, Swanson spent time as an assistant coach at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Washington, and as the head coach at Payson High School in Payson, Arizona.
Before starting his coaching career, Swanson played four seasons of professional basketball in Australia, garnering two League-MVP awards, while leading the league in scoring for two years.
He is a 2003 graduate of Concordia College with a bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education, and a 2011 graduate of Idaho State University with a master’s degree in Physical Education in Athletic Administration. Swanson played collegiately at Fergus Falls Community College where he was an all-state and all-region selection, as well as the 2000 Fergus Falls Student-Athlete of the Year. Swanson moved on to the University of North Dakota and then to Concordia College. He closed out his college career as a MIAC first-team selection for the Cobbers.
Jared and his wife, Jessica, have two sons, Jett & Nash, and one daughter, Luna.
JARED SWANSON COACHING HISTORY
2020-present: Assistant Coach, Green Bay
2019-20: Associate Head Coach, Northern State University
2017-19: Assistant Coach, Ohio University
2014-17: Director of Basketball Operations, Ohio University
2013-14: Director of Basketball Operations, San Jose State University
2011-13: Director of Basketball Operations, North Dakota State University
2010-11: Graduate Assistant Coach, Boise State University
