Northern Kentucky University Men's Basketball

McCormack made his way to Northern Kentucky after serving as the Director of Program Development at Texas. He was named an assistant coach for the Norse program prior to the 2019-20 campaign. In his first six years with NKU, Northern Kentucky has won the Horizon League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2019-20 and 2022-23. The Norse have also made it to at least the semifinals of the Horizon League Championships in five of six seasons, to go with making the championship game three times (2022-23, 2021-22 and 2019-20). McCormack's main role with the Norse is running the NKU offense and working with the bigs. In total, McCormack spent three years in Austin before Highland Heights, filling the role of graduate assistant for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 campaigns. Prior to returning to the Longhorns in 2018-19 as the Director of Program Development, he spent the 2017-18 season as the video coordinator at Quinnipiac University. A former NCAA Division I student-athlete at American University, McCormack earned his business administration degree in marketing in 2012. McCormack also spent the 2011 season as an intern with the NBA G League’s Maine Red Claws. Immediately following graduation, McCormack spent three years as a sales analyst at GE Capital Real Estate.   HORN ON MCCORMACK “I worked with Simon for three years at Texas and knew early on what a tremendous coach he could be if given the opportunity. He was a very good player in a winning program at American University and knows what it takes for our players to be successful. He is bright, has tremendous work ethic and connects well with young people. I have no doubt he will do an outstanding job for Norse basketball.”

Harris, a native of Cincinnati who played high school basketball for Wyoming, joined the Norse staff in 2019 as an assistant coach following a one-year stint in the same capacity at the Naval Academy. Harris has been instrumental as NKU continues its dominance within the Horizon League. In his first six years with the program, Northern Kentucky has won the Horizon League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in both 2019-20 and 2022-23. The Norse have also made it to at least the semifinals of the Horizon League Championships in five of six seasons, to go with making the championship game three times (2022-23, 2021-22 and 2019-20). His main role with the program is running the NKU defense and working with the guards. Prior to his time with the Naval Academy, Harris spent three years on the staff at Texas where he served as special assistant, video coordinator. Originally hired in 2013 by Shaka Smart at VCU as a graduate assistant, Harris moved into the video coordinator role for the Rams in 2014. Harris competed on the hardwood as a student-athlete for Ashland University for three years, as he earned a degree in finance. Prior to transferring to Ashland, Harris spent two years as a student manager under Billy Donovan at the University of Florida. He also earned a master’s degree in sports leadership from VCU. HORN ON HARRIS “Getting David Harris on our staff was a high priority for me. He is a Cincinnati native that knows the area and has recruited it. David brings great energy, is tremendous with player development and gained invaluable experience as a recruiter at Navy. In addition, he shares our commitment at NKU to always put the well-being of our student-athletes first.”

Nathan began as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at NKU in 2022. He works primarily with Men’s Basketball as well as Men’s and Women’s Golf. He oversees insurance and claims management as well as managing drug testing on campus. He is also working to complete research writing code to assess biomechanics using cameras and wearables for injury prevention and performance management.   Ameen completed his undergraduate at Campbell University, earning a bachelor’s in athletic training studies. He completed an orthopedic residency providing services as a physician extender while rotating through different specialties. He received a Master of Management in Clinical Informatics (MMCi) from Duke University, working on projects to improve data pipelines and writing queries to present dashboards to patients.   Prior to coming to NKU, Ameen was working as a hospital administrator at a non-profit organization starting a sports medicine program for several local private and public high schools in North Carolina. He has worked with several professional sports organizations including the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), as well as working along the sports performance staff supporting the USA Olympic Taekwondo team.

Madison Garrott joined Northern Kentucky University Athletics in January 2022, starting as an Athletic Academic Advisor before joining the Men's Basketball program to become Director of Basketball Operations in August 2024. Garrott now enters her second season in the role, also serving as the program's NIL Coordinator.  As an Athletic Academic Advisor, Garrott previously served as the academic advisor for Northern Kentucky Men’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Golf, Men’s Tennis, and Women’s Tennis.  Before joining NKU, Garrott worked as an Academic Services Assistant at the University of Kentucky in C.A.T.S., working with the university's football program from January 2020 to June 2021. At UK, Garrott was a part of the NCAA Emerging Leaders Class of 2021.  Garrott was a four-year letter winner as a member of the women's soccer program at Union University (TN), attending from 2016-2019. There, she earned her Bachelors of Science in Sport Management with a Communications focus in December of 2019. Garrott was born and raised in the Northern Kentucky area, and a Pendleton County High School graduate. Garrott currently resides in Independence with her husband Tyler and son Archie.