Tom Ostrom - Men's Basketball
- Title:
- General Manager, Assistant Coach
Tom Ostrom was hired in the summer of 2026 to serve as the program’s General Manager and an assistant coach.
Ostrom owns nearly 30 years of college basketball experience, working for some of the biggest programs in the sport.
Most recently, Ostrom was part of a St. John’s program that swept both the 2025-26 BIG EAST regular-season and Tournament titles, serving as interim general manager.
Ostrom worked for longtime Bluejay assistant coach Darian DeVries at both West Virginia (2024-25) and Drake (2022-24). The Bulldogs had 55 victories, two Missouri Valley Conference championships and a pair of NCAA Tournament trips in his two years on staff.
Prior to Drake, Ostrom spent four years as the associate head coach at Indiana (2017-21), helping the Hoosiers gather the No. 7-ranked recruiting class nationally in 2018 and the No. 13 class in 2020.
Ostrom spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Dayton from 2011-17 under Archie Miller, helping the Flyers to consecutive NCAA Tournaments, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2014.
Ostrom spent four years at Arkansas under John Pelphrey, helping the Razorbacks to the 2008 NCAA Tournament after starting his coaching career with seven seasons under Billy Donovan at Florida
While with the Gators, Ostrom was part of six NCAA Tournament appearances, including two NCAA Sweet 16s and the 2000 Florida team which made the national championship game.
In between his stints at Florida and Arkansas, Ostrom spent three years with Pelphrey at South Alabama (2004-07), where the Jaguars went from 10 wins in his first season to 24 victories and a Sun Belt Conference in his second season and an NCAA Tournament trip.
A 1997 University of Minnesota graduate with a degree in Sports Management and Human Development, Ostrom worked in the Golden Gopher men’s basketball program as an undergrad under Clem Haskins. He prepped at Bethlehem Academy in Faribault, Minn.
He and his wife, Lisa, live in Omaha with their children J.T., Maxwell and Samantha. Tom also has a son, Tommy, who resides in Nashville, Tenn.
The Tom Ostrom File
Personal
• Wife - Lisa
• Children - Tommy, J.T., Maxwell and Samantha
Collegiate Coaching Experience
• Florida - Administrative Asst. / Video Coordinator, 1998-2002
• Florida - Assistant Coach, 2002-04
• South Alabama - Assistant Coach, 2004-07
• Arkansas - Assistant Coach, 2007-11
• Dayton - Assistant Coach, 2011-17
• Indiana - Associate Head Coach, 2017-21
• Drake - Assistant Coach, 2022-24
• West Virginia - Assistant Coach, 2024-25
• St. John’s - Interim General Manager, 2025-26
• Creighton - General Manager / Assistant Coach, 2026-Present
College Education
• Minnesota - Sports Management and Human Development, 1997
