Oberlin College Men's Basketball

Shiva Senthil enters his fourth season as head men's basketball coach at Oberlin College in 2025-26. In his first season, Senthil led the Crimson and Gold to a signature win over the College of Wooster, marking Oberlin's first victory against the Scots since 1988 as they snapped a 60-game losing streak against the longtime national powerhouse. Under Senthil’s direction, there have been six All-NCAC honorees as well as the 2024 NCAC Newcomer of the Year, the 2024 D3hoops.com Co-Regional Rookie of the Year, and a NACDA Good Works selection. The Crimson and Gold have produced 19 NCAC Academic Honor Roll recipients and five College Sports Communicators Academic All-District laurels while Senthil was at the helm. Senthil came to Oberlin after a successful three-year tenure as the head coach at SUNY-Canton. In his first season in upstate New York, Senthil led the Roos to their first-ever NCAA Tournament after winning the 2020 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) championship, finishing the year with a 16-12 record and 10-4 mark in the NAC. Sentil mentored All-NAC athletes as well as a two-time NAC Defensive Player of the Year, the 2021 NAC Man of the Year, and the 2020-21 Senior Scholar Athlete. One of just 30 honorees nationally across all divisions to be named to the 2019-20 Under Armour / National Association of Basketball Coaches 30-under-30 team, Senthil was also a finalist for the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Year award. Prior to his arrival at SUNY-Canton, Senthil spent the 2018-19 season as an assistant coach at the University of Chicago, helping the Maroons record 15 wins, which included four victories against Top-25 teams. He has additional coaching stops as an assistant at Clarkson University (2016-18), SUNY-Purchase (2015-16), and Michigan-Dearborn (2014-15). As a player, Senthil helped Hartwick College reach the NCAA Tournament two times (2011, 2012). In 2014, he was part of the Hawks' return to the national stage as a student assistant coach. Senthil graduated from Hartwick in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and went on to earn his MBA from Clarkson University in 2018.   SHIVA SENTHIL CAREER COACHING RECORD Season Overall Record NCAC Record NCAC Finish 2022-23 8-18 4-12 8th 2023-24 14-12 8-8 5th 2024-25 13-13 5-11 6th 2025-26 13-13 6-10 6th Total (4 seasons): 48-56 (.462) 23-41 (.359)

Nate Smith is in his fourth year during the 2025-26 season as a member of the Oberlin College men's basketball staff and was promoted to associate head coach prior to the start of the 2024-25 season. While Smith was on staff, the Yeomen have produced six All-NCAC honorees as well as the 2024 NCAC Newcomer of the Year, the 2024 D3hoops.com Co-Regional Rookie of the Year, and a NACDA Good Works selection. In the classroom, the Crimson and Gold have delivered 19 NCAC Academic Honor Roll recipients and five College Sports Communicators Academic All-District laurels. Smith came to Oberlin after a long stint at NCAA Division I Sacramento State University, working his way up from video coordinator (2011-13), to director of basketball operations (2013-17), to assistant coach (2017-22). Smith was part of the two most successful seasons in program history at Sacramento State, which included a 16-win season in 2019-20. Since transitioning into an assistant coach role, he recruited and developed eight All-Big Sky selections. In 2020, he instructed the nation's fifth-ranked scoring defense and the conference's second-ranked unit in rebounding margin.  Smith was also part of a staff that saw the 2014-15 squad post a 21-12 overall record and a 13-5 mark in the Big Sky Conference while securing the program's first postseason appearance in the Division I era (1991-pres.), and the team's first postseason victory in 53 years. Smith graduated from Sacramento State in 2014 with a degree in Kinesiology.

Evan Wiehe enters his first season as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach in 2025-26.  Prior to Oberlin, Wiehe spent the past two years working in tennis operations at the Boonsboro Country Club. Previously, he worked with the Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy boys' basketball team.  Competing for Randolph for two seasons, Wiehe was selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team in 2025. Before Randolph, the Ohio native was a member of the men's basketball team at Mount Saint Joseph University, where he was recognized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court (2023) and was named to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Team (2023).  Wiehe graduated from Mount Saint Joseph University with a bachelor's degree in sport management in 2023 before completing a master's in coaching and sport leadership from Randolph College in 2025. 

Coy Vantilburg began volunteering as a coach for the Oberlin College men's basketball team in Fall 2023. Vantilburg enters his third season with the Yeomen.

Cory Emerine began volunteering as a coach for the Oberlin College men's basketball team in Fall 2023. Emerine enters his third season with the Yeomen.

Avery Ghose began volunteering as a coach for the Oberlin College men's basketball team in Fall 2025. Ghose enters his first season with the Yeomen.