Kansas State University Athletics
Women's Basketball
Ostermann, Brian
Brian Ostermann
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6970
Ostermann's Coaching Career
• Kansas State (2014-present; associate head coach)
• TCU (2008-14; associate head coach)
• Missouri State - West Plains (2004-08; head coach)
• Colby (Kan.) CC (1999-04; head coach)
• UMKC (1996-99; assistant coach)
• Missouri Western (1992-96; assistant coach)
• Mercyhurst (1991-92; assistant coach)
• Northwest Missouri State (1989-91; graduate assistant coach)
Ostermann’s Trophy Case
• Missouri Western Athletics Hall of Fame (1994-95 MBB Team)
Brian Ostermann enters his ninth season at K-State in 2022-23 and will serve the program as the associate head coach. This will be Ostermann’s 34th season of coaching at the collegiate level.
In addition to his coaching duties at K-State under head coach Jeff Mittie, Ostermann is also responsible for scheduling, academic mentoring, recruiting evaluation and game plan preparation and development.
Mittie’s teams are known for playing a stifling defense and Ostermann has helped develop those schemes and game plans.
During the 2021-22 season, the Wildcats set the school record for blocks in a single-season (170). In Mittie’s eight seasons with the Wildcats, the Wildcats have blocked 140 or more shots in all eight seasons.
As a team, the 2019-20 K-State squad tied for the second most blocked shots in program history (163) and set the school record for blocks per game (5.6 bpg).
The Wildcats held opponents to a .374 field goal percentage and 64.7 points per game. The .374 opponent field goal percentage was the second-lowest in Mittie’s tenure at K-State.
Mittie and Ostermann helped reshape K-State’s defense in their first season in 2014-15, as the Wildcats finished the season ranked 44th in the nation in scoring defense (58.2 ppg allowed), 12th in steals (11.3 spg) and 42nd in blocked shots (4.7 bpg). K-State’s defense ranked first in the Big 12 in steals, second in scoring defense and third in blocked shots.
The Wildcats registered the second-most steals in program history with 374 steals in 2014-15. In addition to the 374 steals, K-State blocked 156 shots which marked the ninth time in school history that K-State blocked 100 or more shots in a season and was the fourth-most in program history for blocks in a season.
Prior to coming to K-State, Ostermann was the associate head coach for Mittie at TCU for six seasons and compiled a record of 107-81 during his time in Fort Worth, which included four postseason appearances - two NCAA Tournaments and two WNITs.
Regarding player development, Ostermann worked with former TCU center Latricia Lovings to help her develop into one of the top shot blockers in the nation. Lovings finished her career with 321 career blocks to rank second in school history. Over a two-year span from the 2012-13 season to the conclusion of the 2013-14 campaign, Lovings racked up a national-high 232 blocked shots. At the end of the 2013-14 season, Lovings led the Big 12 and ranked third in the nation for blocked shots with 3.8 per game.
A native of Good Thunder, Minn., Ostermann logged nine seasons as a head coach. He ran the Missouri State-West Plains men’s program for four seasons from 2004-05 through 2007-08, where he posted a record of 83-46.
Ostermann’s final season in West Plains saw his Grizzly squad tie the program’s best-ever record at 27-5 in addition to reaching the championship round of the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Region 16 Championship Tournament. It marked the second time in three seasons the program reached the regional final for the Grizzlies, who finished the season ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA poll after peaking at No. 10 at one point in the season.
Prior to his appointment at West Plains, Ostermann spent five seasons as the head men’s coach at Colby (Kan.) Community College, where he helped turn the Trojan program into one of the top squads in the Jayhawk Conference. The school’s all-time leader in career victories, Ostermann posted a 95-61 record during his time with the Trojans.
Ostermann was an accomplished assistant coach before moving into the head coach’s role, holding positions at UMKC (1996-99), Missouri Western (1992-96) and Mercyhurst College (1991-92). His first season at Missouri Western was spent as an assistant for both the men’s and women’s team. That season marked Mittie’s first season as head coach of the Griffon women’s program. One of Ostermann’s early achievements included the successful recruitment of two-time All-American Tonya Foster to Missouri Western.
Ostermann began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State University (1989-91), where he graduated with a master’s of science degree in education. Ostermann earned his bachelor of science degree in physical education from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1988. He and his wife, Julie, have four children: Robbie, John, Allie and Emily.
• Kansas State (2014-present; associate head coach)
• TCU (2008-14; associate head coach)
• Missouri State - West Plains (2004-08; head coach)
• Colby (Kan.) CC (1999-04; head coach)
• UMKC (1996-99; assistant coach)
• Missouri Western (1992-96; assistant coach)
• Mercyhurst (1991-92; assistant coach)
• Northwest Missouri State (1989-91; graduate assistant coach)
Ostermann’s Trophy Case
• Missouri Western Athletics Hall of Fame (1994-95 MBB Team)
Brian Ostermann enters his ninth season at K-State in 2022-23 and will serve the program as the associate head coach. This will be Ostermann’s 34th season of coaching at the collegiate level.
In addition to his coaching duties at K-State under head coach Jeff Mittie, Ostermann is also responsible for scheduling, academic mentoring, recruiting evaluation and game plan preparation and development.
Mittie’s teams are known for playing a stifling defense and Ostermann has helped develop those schemes and game plans.
During the 2021-22 season, the Wildcats set the school record for blocks in a single-season (170). In Mittie’s eight seasons with the Wildcats, the Wildcats have blocked 140 or more shots in all eight seasons.
As a team, the 2019-20 K-State squad tied for the second most blocked shots in program history (163) and set the school record for blocks per game (5.6 bpg).
The Wildcats held opponents to a .374 field goal percentage and 64.7 points per game. The .374 opponent field goal percentage was the second-lowest in Mittie’s tenure at K-State.
Mittie and Ostermann helped reshape K-State’s defense in their first season in 2014-15, as the Wildcats finished the season ranked 44th in the nation in scoring defense (58.2 ppg allowed), 12th in steals (11.3 spg) and 42nd in blocked shots (4.7 bpg). K-State’s defense ranked first in the Big 12 in steals, second in scoring defense and third in blocked shots.
The Wildcats registered the second-most steals in program history with 374 steals in 2014-15. In addition to the 374 steals, K-State blocked 156 shots which marked the ninth time in school history that K-State blocked 100 or more shots in a season and was the fourth-most in program history for blocks in a season.
Prior to coming to K-State, Ostermann was the associate head coach for Mittie at TCU for six seasons and compiled a record of 107-81 during his time in Fort Worth, which included four postseason appearances - two NCAA Tournaments and two WNITs.
Regarding player development, Ostermann worked with former TCU center Latricia Lovings to help her develop into one of the top shot blockers in the nation. Lovings finished her career with 321 career blocks to rank second in school history. Over a two-year span from the 2012-13 season to the conclusion of the 2013-14 campaign, Lovings racked up a national-high 232 blocked shots. At the end of the 2013-14 season, Lovings led the Big 12 and ranked third in the nation for blocked shots with 3.8 per game.
A native of Good Thunder, Minn., Ostermann logged nine seasons as a head coach. He ran the Missouri State-West Plains men’s program for four seasons from 2004-05 through 2007-08, where he posted a record of 83-46.
Ostermann’s final season in West Plains saw his Grizzly squad tie the program’s best-ever record at 27-5 in addition to reaching the championship round of the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Region 16 Championship Tournament. It marked the second time in three seasons the program reached the regional final for the Grizzlies, who finished the season ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA poll after peaking at No. 10 at one point in the season.
Prior to his appointment at West Plains, Ostermann spent five seasons as the head men’s coach at Colby (Kan.) Community College, where he helped turn the Trojan program into one of the top squads in the Jayhawk Conference. The school’s all-time leader in career victories, Ostermann posted a 95-61 record during his time with the Trojans.
Ostermann was an accomplished assistant coach before moving into the head coach’s role, holding positions at UMKC (1996-99), Missouri Western (1992-96) and Mercyhurst College (1991-92). His first season at Missouri Western was spent as an assistant for both the men’s and women’s team. That season marked Mittie’s first season as head coach of the Griffon women’s program. One of Ostermann’s early achievements included the successful recruitment of two-time All-American Tonya Foster to Missouri Western.
Ostermann began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State University (1989-91), where he graduated with a master’s of science degree in education. Ostermann earned his bachelor of science degree in physical education from Wisconsin-La Crosse in 1988. He and his wife, Julie, have four children: Robbie, John, Allie and Emily.
K-State WBB | Feeding the Band
Wednesday, September 10
K-State WBB | Postgame Press Conference vs USC (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen)
Saturday, March 29
K-State WBB | Postgame Highlights vs USC (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen)
Saturday, March 29
K-State WBB | Player Press Conference (NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen - USC Preview)
Friday, March 28
