Sources: Saint Louis, Schertz talking coaching task

• Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting expert. Signed up with ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Pete Thamel Mar 17, 2024, 10:23

• PM ET Saint Louis is in talks with Indiana State’s Josh Schertz to make him the Billikens

• ‘next head coach,

sources told ESPN.No deal is done, sources stated, but the 2 sides are in discussions.Schertz is coming off leading Indiana State to its finest season in nearly 25 years, as the Sycamores won their

first Missouri Valley regular-season title since 2000. They fell in the conference tournament national championship to Drake and were one of the first teams overlooked of the NCAA tournament.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Getting in the NIT, for which they made a 1-seed, they have 28 wins– the second most in a season in school history.Schertz is in his 3rd season at Indiana State, assisting the program to a 12-win turn-around from year one to year two in

Terre Haute. After an 11-20 campaign in 2021-22, the Sycamores went 23-13 last season, including a win over Missouri Valley champ Drake.Prior to being hired in 2021 to replace Greg Lansing, Schertz was a successful Division II coach at Lincoln Memorial. Under his tutelage, the Railsplitters went to three Division II Final Fours and won 30 games four times. Throughout his 13 seasons as head coach, he went 337-69, winning 83% of his games.Schertz also spent time as the associate head coach at High Point and Queens University, and started his training career as an assistant coach at Division II Lynn University.If an offer comes together at Saint Louis, Schertz would replace Travis Ford, who was fired recently after 8 seasons with the Billikens. Saint Louis, a heavily-resourced program and

thought about one of the very best tasks in the Atlantic 10, last went to the NCAA competition in 2019.