Bio

Coach Baumann enters his fifth season as the Wranglers Head Men’s Basketball Coach.

The 2021-22 basketball season was a historic one for the Odessa Wranglers. They finished a perfect 16-0 in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference for the first time in school history and received an At-Large nomination to the NJCAA National Basketball Tournament. The Wranglers handily defeated Shelton State (AL) in the Sweet Sixteen before losing a heartbreaker to the number one seed Salt Lake Community College in the Elite Eight and finished the year at 28-7. Several Wranglers received post season recognition and Daniss Jenkins was named WJCAC Player of the Year and First Team All- American. Coach Baumann was awarded WJCAC Coach of the Year for the third time in four years. The Wrangler basketball team also had a terrific year in in the classroom with a team GPA of 3.24 which was 11^th best in the country.  

Baumann comes to Odessa College after spending time as an Assistant Coach at the University of Texas at El Paso for legendary coach Tim Floyd. Prior to coaching at UTEP, Baumann served as the head men's basketball coach for four years at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, Texas. He led his teams to three consecutive national tournaments. In his last season, the Trinity Valley team was ranked number one in the nation for the majority of the season, finishing with a record of 33-2 and tying the school record for most wins. The Trinity Valley CC teams were the Region XIV conference champions from 2014-16, the Region XIV tournament champion in 2016, and runner-up in 2014. Coach Bauman was also named as the 2016 Region XIV Coach of the Year.

Baumann has seventeen years of experience as a head coach at the community college level, including three seasons at Lamar Community College (2001-04) and six at Garden City Community College (2006-12). He has been to the NJCAA tournament seven times with three different programs and his career record as a head coach stands at 370-179.

As a native of New Plymouth, Idaho, Coach Baumann led his high school team to a state championship in 1993 and was chosen as the Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year in 1994. He was also selected to the Nike All-American Camp and the Five-Star Orange and White All-Star Game.

He continued his basketball career while attending the University of Idaho and became one of the top three-point shooters in school history. While at U of I, Baumann was voted team captain in both his junior and senior seasons and received the prestigious Ronald White Award.

He received his bachelor's degree in general studies from the University of Idaho and has a Master's Degree in Business Administration and Sports Management from Columbia Southern University.

Coach Baumann's wife, Dusty Baumann, is an accountant for the Ector County Independent School District.