Oregon State Men's Basketball Camps
Coaching Staff
DOUG STEWART
Associate Head Coach
Third Year
Doug Stewart enters his third year with the Oregon State men's basketball program as associate head coach.
In his first two seasons at Oregon State, Stewart has helped lead a remarkable turnaround that has seen the Beavers win 32 games, the most since OSU won 36 contests during the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons.
During his second season, Stewart helped lead Oregon State to a tie for fifth-place in the Pacific-10 Conference, the highest finish for the Beavers since 2004-05. The defense ranked among the nation's leaders in points allowed (61.1, No. 28), three-point percentage defense (30.8 percent, No. 33) and steals per game (8.1, No. 37).
In his first year at Oregon State, Stewart helped lead one of the most-improved teams in the nation as the Beavers captured the College Basketball Invitational championship for the first postseason men's basketball title in school history. Oregon State won 12 more games than the previous season and the turnaround ranked No. 3 in the nation and was the fifth biggest turnaround in Pac-10 history.
Under Stewart's guidance, Oregon State has brought in a pair of highly-decorated recruiting classes. The 2009 class was ranked 10th in the nation by hoopscooponline.com and 21st in the nation by Rivals.com, while the 2010 class was ranked 28th in the nation by hoopscooponline.com.
Prior to joining Oregon State, Stewart spent two years as an assistant coach at Brown. While at Brown, he helped lead a turnaround that saw the Bears record a school-record 19 victories in 2007-08 and earn their fourth-ever post-season tournament berth, competing in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational. Brown posted an 11-3 Ivy League mark, second best in school history, and finished second place in the conference standings.
In his first season at Brown, Stewart helped lead Brown to an improved 11-18 mark, including a win over Providence. In addition, the Bears held Michigan State to 45 points, its lowest point total of the season.
During his time in the position, Stewart served as the recruiting coordinator and supervised strength, conditioning and academic performance and assisted with all other aspects of coaching and player development.
Prior to Brown, Stewart was the head coach at Casper College, a Division I Junior College in Casper, Wyo., for two years after serving as the top assistant coach at Casper during the 2003-2004 season. As an assistant coach, Casper captured the central sub-regional title. As head coach, his team came within one game of winning the regional title each season.
At Casper, he was responsible for all aspects of the program, including national and international recruiting, practices, scouting reports, working with the community and booster clubs and handling all budgetary responsibilities.
Stewart was an assistant coach at Columbia for the 2002-2003 season where he developed post players, administered the strength and conditioning program, coordinated school, home and campus visits, recruited on a national basis and developed practice plans.
He also worked as the top assistant coach at Washington and Lee University in 2002 and was a player/coach and organizational representative for the Washington Generals from 1994-1999.
Stewart was a four-year letter-winner and team captain at Brown, graduating in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He was the recipient of the 1994 Thomas Hoagland Award, presented annually to the member of the varsity team who exemplifies true unselfishness through commitment and hard work, both on the court and in the community.
A native of Haddonfield, N.J., he was inducted into the Haddonfield Memorial High School Hall of Fame in 2009.
Stewart and his wife, Lindsay, have a son, Sullivan.
DAVID GRACE
Assistant Coach
Third Year
David Grace enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Oregon State men's basketball program.
In his first two seasons at Oregon State, Grace has helped lead the Beavers to their most wins since the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons and two trips to the College Basketball Invitational, including a 5-1 run in the tournament in 2008-09 that gave the Beavers the national championship.
Grace, who assists in all aspects of the Oregon State program, has also been instrumental in bringing two nationally-ranked recruiting classes to Corvallis with 10 of the 15 players on the current team being sophomores and freshmen.
Grace has rose quickly through the high school and college coaching ranks, becoming known for his relentless work ethic and inspirational leadership after retiring with 20 years of active duty service in the US Air Force. He also served in Operation Desert Storm.
Prior to Oregon State, Grace served as the top assistant coach at the University of San Francisco for one season. He broke into the college ranks as an assistant coach at Sacramento State University where he assisted in all aspects of the program. He recruited 2006-07 Big Sky Freshman of the Year Vinnie McGhee from Oakland's McClymonds High School and the Oakland Soldiers AAU program.
He started in the high school ranks at Phoenix Trevor Browne as an assistant coach under then head coach Mike Ellsworth. Their team reached the Final Four in 2003 and was ranked among the top 40 schools in the nation by The Sporting News prior to the 2003-04 season. During his time at Trevor Browne, Grace helped develop Ty Morrison (Creighton), Daren Jordan (Oral Roberts) and Kaleo Kina (Navy).
During the 2004-05 season, Grace was hired as the head coach at South Mountain High School in Phoenix, Ariz., where he led the Jaguars to a 5A Division II state championship in his second year. He led the team to a state playoff appearance and was selected the 2005-06 ArizonaVarsity.com and Arizona Informant 5A Coach of the Year in his first year.
Grace started coaching basketball with Boo Williams' AAU program in Hampton, Va. and later received an assignment to Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Ariz. He quickly established himself in the local basketball community by co-founding the Arizona Magic AAU program with Anthony Ray and Etop Udo Ema. The top team finished eighth out of 337 teams in the Reebok Big Time Classic in Las Vegas, Nev., which was the best in the history of any AAU team from the state of Arizona.
Grace and his wife, Crystal, have six children, Troy, Terrell, Tierra, David II, Aubrey and Andre.
NATE POMEDAY
Assistant Coach
Third Year
Nate Pomeday enters his third year as an assistant coach with the Oregon State men's basketball program.
In his first two seasons at Oregon State, Pomeday has helped lead the Beavers to their most wins since the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons, two postseason tournament berths and two nationally-ranked recruiting classes.
At Oregon State, Pomeday assists in all aspects of the program, including national and international recruiting, scouting reports, game plans, practices and working with community and booster clubs.
Prior to joining Oregon State, Pomeday served as an assistant coach at Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy. In three seasons at Lake Forest Academy, Pomeday helped lead the squad to three straight Independent School League titles. Under his guidance, where he specialized in skill development for junior varsity and varsity basketball players, several members of the program went on to receive Division I men's basketball scholarships.
Prior to arriving at Lake Forest, Pomeday served as the head coach at Calumet College (Ind.) of St. Joseph, where he was the head coach for four seasons. When he was named the head coach for the start-up NAIA Division II program in August 2000, Pomeday was the youngest head men's basketball coach in the nation.
While at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Pomeday produced an increase in wins each year and brought the program to the upper echelon of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. During his four seasons, several players were named CCAC all-conference and one earned NAIA Div. II All-America honors.
His additional coaching experience includes working with Full Package Athletics, Inc., where Pomeday served as the Director of Basketball Operations for two years and served as the head coach for the Under-17 AAU team.
Pomeday attended Northwestern University where he was a standout guard for the Wildcats for four seasons and received his bachelor's degree in communications and master's degree in sports administration. In addition, he spent four seasons as the color commentator for the men's basketball program on WGN Radio.
Pomeday and his wife, Heidi, live in Corvallis.
JAIMEE KIRKPATRICK
Operations Manager
Fifth Year
Jaimee Kirkpatrick is entering her fifth season as Operations Manager for the Oregon State men's basketball program. As part of her duties, Kirkpatrick assists in all facets of the program, including team travel, budget management, Oregon State camps, fundraising and on-campus recruiting.
A graduate of Oregon State, Kirkpatrick joined the men's basketball program after earning several honors as a student. While a student at Oregon State, she served as Memorial Union President for the 2006-2007 year and was a scholarship Naval ROTC student throughout college.
In addition, she sat on the Undergraduate Senate, served as Veteran's Affairs Chairperson and director for the Memorial Union Program Council.
Among her many awards and honors, Kirkpatrick has completed the Leadership Corvallis Program and was named one of the 25 most influential undergraduates at Oregon State. She also just finished a two-year stint on the board for both the Leadership Corvallis Program and the Young Professionals of Corvallis group.
Kirkpatrick graduated from Oregon State with a bachelor's degree in political science and naval science in June 2007.
Kirkpatrick and her husband, Ryan, reside in Salem and have a newborn son, Rhys.
