{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1969)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Russell Springmann | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Assistant coach | current_team = Miami | current_conference = ACC | current_record = | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|24}} | birth_place = Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | player_years1 = 1986–1990 | player_team1 = Salisbury State | coach_years1 = 1990–1992 | coach_team1 = Salisbury State (assistant) | coach_years2 = 1992–1996 | coach_team2 = Mardela HS | coach_years3 = 1996–1998 | coach_team3 = Florida (graduate assistant) | admin_years1 = 1998–2001 | admin_team1 = Texas (administrative assistant) | coach_years5 = 2001–2015 | coach_team5 = Texas (assistant) | coach_years6 = 2015–2017 | coach_team6 = San Diego (assistant) | admin_years2 = 2017–2018 | admin_team2 = Oklahoma City Thunder (Scout) | coach_years7 = 2018–2023 | coach_team7 = Oral Roberts (assistant) | coach_years8 = 2023–2025 | coach_team8 = Oral Roberts | coach_years9 = 2025–present | coach_team9 = Miami (assistant) | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|19|42|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | coaching_records = }}
'''Russell Springmann''' (born September 24, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Miami.
==Playing career== Springmann played college basketball at Salisbury State where he was a two-time team captain.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=RUSSELL SPRINGMANN |url=https://texassports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/russell-springmann/133 |website=Texas Sports |access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
==Coaching career== After graduation, Springmann assisted his alma mater for two seasons before becoming the head boys' basketball coach at Mardela High School from 1992 to 1996. He joined the college ranks in an administrative role under Billy Donovan at Florida before joining Rick Barnes's staff at Texas in an administrative capacity in 1998. In 2001, he was elevated to assistant coach, a role he'd serve in until 2015.<ref name="auto"/> From 2015 to 2017, Springmann was an assistant at San Diego, and served one year as a scout for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.<ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSELL SPRINGMANN |url=https://usdtoreros.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/russell-springmann/105 |website=San Diego Torroes Athletics |access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/oru/russell-springmann-on-promotion-to-oru-head-coach-this-is-a-new-beginning/article_c7b13730-c9bb-11ed-a43f-2ffc79cdd5bb.html|title=Russell Springmann on promotion to ORU head coach: 'This is a new beginning'|first=Kelly Hines Tulsa|last=World|website=Tulsa World}}</ref>
In 2018, he joined Paul Mills's staff at Oral Roberts and was on staff for the Golden Eagles' 2021 Sweet 16 run. When Mills accepted the head coaching position at Wichita State, Springmann was elevated to head coach on March 22, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haisten |first1=Bill |title=Bill Haisten: ORU names Russell Springmann as head coach — shades of 1997 |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/oru/bill-haisten-oru-names-russell-springmann-as-head-coach-shades-of-1997/article_e6678692-c8f4-11ed-bdbf-077857e08668.html |website=Tulsa World |access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Savannah |title=Oral Roberts announces Russell Springmann as new men's basketball head coach |url=https://ktul.com/news/local/oral-roberts-announces-russell-springmann-as-new-mens-basketball-head-coach |website=KTUL |access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>
Springmann joined Jai Lucas's inaugural coaching staff at Miami in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://miamihurricanes.com/coach/russell-springmann/| title=Russell Springmann| website=miamihurricanes.com| access-date=November 9, 2025}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Oral Roberts Golden Eagles | conference = Summit League | startyear = 2023 | endyear = 2025 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = Oral Roberts | overall = 12–19 | conference = 5–11 | confstanding = T–8th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = Oral Roberts | overall = 7–23 | conference = 3–13 | confstanding = 9th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Oral Roberts | overall = {{Winning percentage|19|42|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|8|24|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{Winning percentage|19|42|record=y}} | poll = | polltype = | polltype2 = }}
==References== {{reflist}}
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