Doug Novak

Doug Novak is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the Trevecca Trojans women's basketball team. He was previously an assistant coach and then the interim head coach for the George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball team. Novak has been head coach before, coaching the Iowa Western Reivers, Anderson Trojans, and Bethel Royals men's basketball teams, and acting as an interim head coach for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball teams.

Doug Novak

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Trevecca Nazarene
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Biographical details
Alma mater	Tennessee (1990)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–1995	Roane State (assistant)
1995–1998	Iowa Western
1998–1999	Francis Marion (assistant)
1999–2006	Anderson
2006–2010	The Citadel (assistant)
2010–2013	Tulane (assistant)
2013–2021	Bethel
2021–2022	Mississippi State (interim women's HC)
2022–2023	Army (associate HC)
2023–2024	Northern Kentucky (women's assistant)
2024–2025	George Washington (women's assistant)
2025	George Washington (interim HC)
2025–present	Trevecca Nazarene
Head coaching record
Overall	148–84 (.638)
Tournaments	NCAA D3: 0–1

College

Novak attended the University of Tennessee from 1987 to 1990, majoring in psychology. While at Tennessee, Novak played tennis and was a part of the Tennessee tennis team that was ranked number one at the collegiate level.^[1][2][3]

Coaching career

After serving as an assistant tennis coach at Clemson University,^[1] Novak coached as an assistant basketball coach for various colleges, most notably The Citadel and Tulane University. Novak was also the head coach at Iowa Western Community College, Anderson University, and Bethel University. Following an eight-year tenure at Bethel, he became an assistant coach for Mississippi State University women's basketball.^[4][5] He was later elevated to the position of interim head coach following the resignation of Nikki McCray-Penson.^[6][7][8] Following his season as interim head coach, Novak was hired as the associate head coach for the Army Black Knights men's basketball team.^[9] After his sole year with Army, Novak was hired as an assistant coach for the Northern Kentucky Norse women's basketball team before the 2023 season.^[10] After one season at Northern Kentucky, Novak became an assistant coach for the George Washington Revolutionaries women's basketball team.^[11] During his first season at George Washington, Novak was elevated to interim head coach after former head coach Carolina McCombs stepped down.^[12] Following his lone season at George Washington, Novak became the head coach of the Trevecca Nazarene women's basketball team.^[13]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Bethel (men) (MIAC) (2013–2021)
2013–14	Bethel	14–13	9–11	6th
2014–15	Bethel	19–9	13–7	4th
2015–16	Bethel	18–19	12–8	5th
2016–17	Bethel	21–7	15–5	T-1st	NCAA D3 Round of 64
2017–18	Bethel	21–7	14–6	3rd
2018–19	Bethel	19–8	15–5	3rd
2019–20	Bethel	16–10	13–7	4th
2020–21	Bethel	3–5	3–3	T-3rd
Bethel (men):		131–68 (.658)	94–52 (.644)
Mississippi State (women) (SEC) (2021–2022)
2021–22	Mississippi State	15–14	6–10	T–10th
Mississippi State (women):		15–14 (.517)	6–10 (.375)
George Washington (women) (Atlantic 10) (2025)
2024–25	George Washington	2–2	1–1	T–12th
George Washington (women):		2–2 (.500)	1–1 (.500)
Total:		148–84 (.638)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion