Briar Cliff University

Ron Schultz is currently in his 37th season as an assistant with the Briar Cliff men’s basketball program. Schultz helped guide the Cliff to the national tournament for the fourth consecutive year last season. Last year, Schultz helped the Chargers to a 26-8 mark and a 13-5 conference record and the Cliff also advanced all the way to the Elite 8 of the NAIA National Tournament. Prior to last season, the Chargers won back-to-back GPAC titles in 2016 and 2017. 

Schultz coached alongside NAIA and Briar Cliff Hall of Fame coach Ray Nacke for 22 years, guiding the Chargers to 11 national tournaments and a No. 1 ranking in 1981. He spent seven seasons working under Todd Barry. During that span, BCU qualified for a pair of national tournaments and climbed as a high as No. 4 in the nation.

The Sioux City native’s portfolio includes coaching freshmen football, girls’ basketball and sophomore boys’ basketball at Bishop Heelan High School in Sioux City, Iowa. He is a Heelan graduate and a Briar Cliff alumnus. While playing basketball at Briar Cliff, he scored the first basket in Briar Cliff history and finished his playing career with 1,353 points. The 1970 Briar Cliff graduate was inducted into the BCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1992. He and his wife, Ann, have five grown children.