North Park University Athletics

The 2021-22 season will be the 10th for head men's basketball coach Tom Slyder. Slyder began his leadership of the program in 2012.

At the conclusion of the 2016-17 season, Coach Slyder earned CCIW Co-Coach of the Year honors after finishing with an overall record of 18-8 and a CCIW record of 11-5. Additionally, Slyder saw three of his student-athletes honored as All-CCIW selections, including unanimous first-team selections in Jordan Robinson and Juwan Henry.

Prior to North Park, Slyder served as the head coach at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana from 2005-2012, where he led the team to a 102-84 record, and were the regular season conference champions in the 2009-10 season. This earned the Ravens an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III National tournament where they defeated No.6-seeded St. Thomas University in the first round. In addition, the 2009-10 squad’s record of 23-6 earned Slyder HCAC and Mideast Region Coach of the Year, and it was the Ravens first conference title since the 1981-82 season.

In addition to being a successful head coach and assistant coach at Anderson for 19 years, Slyder was also an accomplished athlete at Anderson as a four-year letter winner for the men’s basketball team from 1984-88. He earned team MVP honors as a senior and shot a blistering 60 percent from the three-point line. He holds the single-season record in steals with 68 and ranks second all-time at Anderson in that category. Slyder finished his career as a Raven with 929 points and 380 assists, a mark which ranks eighth all-time at AU.