Gallaudet University Men's Basketball

Kovacs arrives to Gallaudet from California School for the Deaf-Fremont where he was Athletic Director for eight years (2007-15) and served as the boys basketball head coach the past two seasons. He was named Coach of the Year after California School for the Deaf-Fremont won the North Coast section title in 2014. "It is a tremendous honor to come back to a wonderful place like Gallaudet University and lead the mens basketball program. I truly am excited about the opportunity to work with the student-athletes and help them chase their dreams and goals," said Kovacs. Recently, he served as an assistant coach on the USA Deaf Basketball mens team that earned a silver medal at the 2015 World Deaf Basketball Championships in Taoyuan, Taiwan, held from July 4-12. There he had a chance to coach and interact with current and former Bison student-athletes. Kovacs inherits a Gallaudet mens basketball team coming off its best season in school history where the Bison set a school record for wins (18), conference wins (14) and broke a 98-year-old school mark for consecutive wins with 10. The Bison went 18-7 and advanced to the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) quarterfinals. Kovacs takes over for former head coach , who stepped down after three seasons to accept a full-time tenure-track position at Gallaudet. Kovacs graduated from Gallaudet in 1995 with a bachelors degree in government and secondary education. Two years later, he earned his masters in deaf education. As an undergraduate he played one season for the Gallaudet mens basketball team in 1994-95. He served as a Gallaudet mens basketball assistant coach for two seasons (1995-97). "It means a lot to come back to the University that I love and once played and coached for," said Kovacs. "Gallaudet is certainly a one of a kind that no other University in the world can match. If it were not for my experiences at Gallaudet University as a student-athlete, I can promise that I would not be here today." Prior to working at California School for the Deaf-Fremont, Kovacs worked as an elementary teacher and after school coordinator at the Metro Deaf School in St. Paul, Minn., from 1997-2007. He worked as a high school social studies teacher and athletic director at Metro Deaf School during 2006-07. Kovacs has also coached boys and girls basketball at various levels (elementary, middle, high school) from 1997 to present. Kovacs is married to , who graduated from Gallaudet in 1991, and they have two children ( and ). The Kovacs family has quite the legacy at Gallaudet as Kevins brothers Jon '99 and Ty '00 and sister along with their mother, Susan Kovacs-Bahl '97, attended and graduated from GU. Dyan Kovacs is a member of the as she was for her outstanding womens volleyball career.