University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Men's Basketball

Dernbach enters his third season as head coach of the UW-Stevens Point men's basketball team in 2025-26.  In 2023-24, he led the team to their first WIAC Tournament victory since the 2021-22 season. The team improved to an 18-9 record in 2024-25, racking up the Pointers' best win percentage since the 2018-19 season. Dernbach returned to UWSP where he was associate head coach from 2011 to 2017. He won eight games as interim head coach in the 2016-17 season before taking the reins at UW-La Crosse for six seasons.   At UWL, Dernbach put the Eagles back on the national map. His team was ranked in the top-25 in each of the last five seasons. He posted a 99-46 record, which included the best five-year span in the program's history in more than 70 years. In 2019-20 and again in 2021-22, he won 21 games, tied for the single season school record. He is the all-time win percentage leader at UW-La Crosse.   In 2020-21, Dernbach was named WIAC Coach of the Year, just the fourth time a UWL coach was bestowed the honor.  That year, his Eagles ranked 13th in the final D3hoops.com poll, the highest final ranking in program history.   He coached 16 All-WIAC selections while at UWL and five members of the WIAC All-Defensive team. Under Dernbach's tutelage, UWL's JJ Paider was named 2022-23 Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Co-Newcomer of the Year.   During his time at UWSP, Dernbach won the national championship in 2015, the fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Pointers won the WIAC regular season during his tenure in 2013, 2014 and 2015.   Prior to his first stint at UWSP, Dernbach was the director of basketball operations at Northern Illinois University for three years and spent the two previous seasons at George Mason University. During Dernbach's time at George Mason, the Colonials posted back-to-back 20-win seasons, captured the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. GMU's 2009 recruiting class was tabbed the No. 1 ranked non-BCS class in the nation, and its existing players helped build an APR score that was rated among the top 10 percent in the NCAA Division I ranks. Prior to his tenure at George Mason, Dernbach served a two-year stint as an assistant coach at Marymount University in Arlington, Va., where he was the primary recruiter and helped mentor two all-conference players and two league rookies of the year. Dernbach was a two-year letterwinner (2001-03) at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. The Red Men compiled a 46-8 record with two CCIW (College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) championships and a berth in the 2002 NCAA Division III Final Four during Dernbach's career. Following his playing career, became an assistant coach at Central High School in Paddock Lake, Wis. He occupied the same role at Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio, during the 2004-05 season. The Almond, Wis., native graduated with a bachelor's degree in sport management and psychology from Carthage in May 2004 and completed his master's degree in physical activity and educational services from The Ohio State University in June 2006.

Combs enters his third season as an assistant coach the UW-Stevens Point Men's Basketball team in 2025-26. In 2023-24, he assisted the team in picking up their first WIAC Tournament victory since the 2021-22 season. The Pointers improved to an 18-9 record in 2024-25 and reached the WIAC Tournament semifinals. Combs came to UWSP after most recently at Carroll University as the head men’s basketball coach. He won 320 games over his 24 years of head coaching between Division II and Division III. He posted more than 104 wins at Carroll in nine-plus seasons.   Prior to Carroll, Combs spent four seasons at the helm at Wayne State College. There he won 54 games and led WSC to national prominence. His 2012-13 team had the best start in school history and most wins in more than a decade. That season, his team had the top scoring and three-point defense in the NSIC.   No stranger to the WIAC, Combs spent six years at UW-Platteville and was the WIAC Coach of the Year in 2004-05 where he led the Pioneers to the WIAC Championship. In his final season at UWP, Combs’ team reached a No. 1 ranking nationally and finished 23-6 in 2008-09.   Combs also had coaching stints at Lakeland as the head coach from 1999 to 2003 where they won back-to-back conference championships. At Ripon College as an assistant from 1994 to 1999 he helped the team make four NCAA Tournament appearances and went 102-21. He holds a master’s degree from UW-Oshkosh and earned his bachelor’s degree at Ripon College where he played point guard for Hall of Fame coach Bob Gillespie.  

Goldston enters his third season as an assistant coach the UW-Stevens Point Men's Basketball team in 2025-26. In 2023-24, he assisted the team in picking up their first WIAC Tournament victory since the 2021-22 season. The Pointers improved to an 18-9 record in 2024-25 and reached the WIAC Tournament semifinals. Goldston arrived at UWSP after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach at Lakeland University. He helped the Muskies win 23 games over the last two seasons. In his two seasons at Lakeland, guard Cam Jaeger earned back-to-back All-NACC honors.   Prior to Lakeland, Goldston was a graduate assistant coach at Concordia University Ann Arbor for two seasons. There, he aided in the recruitment and development of a WHAC All-Freshman and another All-WHAC player.   Goldston played collegiately at Judson University and was a team captain in 2017-18. He holds a master’s degree from Concordia and a bachelor’s degree from Judson.