2011-2012 Schedule Finalized

The McMurry Men's Basketball team has finalized the schedule for the upcoming basketball season. Click on the image to be redirected to the online schedule.

Out of conference, McM will play SMU, Barclay College, Southwestern Adventist University, and Northern New Mexico. Both SMU and Northern New Mexico are scholarship schools that the War Hawks will travel to play.
Conference play will begin November 26 when LeTourneau comes to town. Last year McMurry went 16-5 in conference- winning the West Division and the Conference Tournament Championship. 

New Look for McMurry Sports Website

Last Wednesday, McMurry debuted a new look for their sports website- www.mcmurrysports.com. With the naming of the War Hawk mascot in April 2010, McM has updated the website as well as uniforms and school apparel. Be sure to check out the new look and click around!

Officially Division II

Tuesday morning, we received news that NCAA had been accepted McMurry as a Division II institution. This is very exciting news for the university! Beginning in the Fall of 2012, McMurry will have the ability to reward scholarships to athletes. The DII announcement also means movement to a new conference.  McMurry basketball will join the Heartland Conference which includes St. Edward's University, St. Mary's University, Dallas Baptist University, Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Newman University, Texas A&M International University, University of Texas-Permian Basin, and the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. The War Hawk basketball team will begin play with the Heartland Conference in the 2012-2013 season. 

Though the university will play one more season of Division III basketball, the candidacy period for Division II begins with the 2011-2012 school year. McMurry will have to complete work required by the NCAA in order to move forward. Everyone at McMurry is very excited to embark on this journey! You can read more about the work to be done here.

Director of Basketball Operations

Megan Kemp was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations this week. She will assist in the administrative tasks and promotions of the Men's Basketball program. Megan is the wife of Assistant Coach David Kemp, so she followed the team closely last year. She is excited to have the opportunity to be more involved with the program this year.

Go War Hawks!

Meet the Coaches

Head Coach: Jerry Isler

In June of 2011, McMurry named Coach Isler as the new head coach. He brings 25 years of coaching experience at the Division I, Junior College, and High School levels, as well as a .769 overall win percentage. Coach Isler has been hard at work since being named the new head coach. He has big plans to continue the winning tradition that McMurry basketball carries. You can read more about Coach Isler's career here.

Assistant Coach: David Kemp

Coach Kemp will begin his second season with McMurry and is excited to have the opportunity to stay on and work with Coach Isler. As McMurry transitions from Division III to Division II, Coach Kemp brings DII experience from Texas A&M Kingsville where he spent a year. You can read more about Coach Kemp's career here.