Derek Saich - Men's Basketball Coach - Oregon State University Athletics

Derek Saich

Title:
Director of Basketball Operations

Saich joins the Beavers after spending the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the Idaho women’s basketball program. Working under head coach Arthur Moreira, Saich helped the Vandals to the best season in program history, winning 29 games including an unprecedented 18-game winning streak. Idaho claimed the Big Sky Conference Regular Season and Tournament championships and were selected as a 13-seed in the NCAA Tournament. In his first year in Moscow, Saich helped the Vandals to an 18-13 record.

Before heading to the Palouse, Saich spent three years at San Francisco. He joined the Dons as Director of Basketball Operations in 2021-22, before being promoted to Assistant Coach for the following two seasons.

At USF, Saich aided in the development of three WCC First Team members, one Newcomer of the Year, and one WCC Second Team honoree. Ioanna Krimili, Jasmine Gayles, and Debora dos Santos were all selected to the first team at least once. In his time with the Dons, the team had back-to-back WNIT berths in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. In Saich’s three seasons, USF finished third, fourth, and tied for third in the WCC.

Prior to San Francisco, Saich spent three years with Texas Southern University men’s basketball program as the video coordinator from 2018-2020. His duties included helping coordinate team travel, transportation, and meals as well as finding and budgeting everything technological related within the program. His time in Houston included preparing opponent scouting reports, walk-throughs and game plans for head coach Johnny Jones and the rest of the staff.

Prior to that, Saich spent two years working with the Nevada men's basketball team which included a run to the Sweet 16 under former head coach Eric Musselman. Saich served as the video coordinator for the Wolfpack and created recruiting materials and graphics for social media, mail outs and promotions as well as creating a play database for the coaching staff that included plays and drills.

Saich's first position with a collegiate basketball program was with the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball team as the Director of Academics/Video Coordinator. He monitored student-athlete academic progression and coordinated weekly meetings with each player to develop strategic plans to manage coursework. To go along with these duties, Saich also compiled all practice/game film for opponents and the coaching staff.

Graduating in 2015, Saich holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UC Santa Barbara in biophilosophy as well as a certificate in sports marketing.