Jeff Fore enters his fourth year as head coach of the women’s basketball program at Park University Gilbert . Fore began his tenure as Park University Gilbert’s head women’s basketball coach Sept. 17, 2018, after spending three years as Director of Team Recruiting Solutions and Senior Recruiting Specialist at Next College Student Athlete (NCSA).
His career has also been marked by successful basketball programs, beginning after his playing days at the University of Missouri-Rolla (now Missouri S&T), beginning his coaching career at Arkansas State University as an assistant coach in 1988 and continuing from 1990-1993 at then-Central Missouri State (now UCM).
Fore was the head men’s basketball coach at Clarke University from 1993-1996, and then from 1996-2000, he began his affiliation with the Kuwait Sporting Club, the national team in Kuwait City, Kuwait. He was the general manager and head coach of the team in the Arab Professional League. He lef the team to two league titles and several international gold medals. In 2000, he led the Kuwait National Team to a sixth-place finish in the Olympic qualifying tournament in Japan.
He coached the Arizona Rhinos Professional Basketball Club from 2003-2005, followed by high school boys basketball stops in Arizona at Phoenix Country Day High School, James Sandoval Prep, and Valley Vista High School.
In a one-year stop (2011-12), at the helm of the women’s basketball program Sandra Day O’Connor High School in Glendale, Ariz., he led the Eagles to the best record (22-8) the most wins (22) in program history. It was only the second winning season in school history to that point. His winning percentage and total wins mark was finally eclisped in the 2019-20 school year.
In all, Fore brings over 300 coaching wins, two high school state championships, six international gold medals, two silvers and four bronze medals on the basketball court, as well as administrative experience that will help guide the Buccaneers into the future
Fore is also the Athletic Director at Park University Gilbert, having ascended to the position in November of 2019. Fore oversees all 15 men’s and women’s sports at Park Gilbert in addition to spearheading the university’s efforts in building their own campus and athletics facility which is expected to be completed by the 2022-23 school year.
Prior to his time with the NCSA, Fore served as the Assistant Athletic Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support and Development at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz., from 2013-15. There he worked with more than 450 students in 22 sports implementing a system for assessing at-risk student athletes and creating a “welcome back” orientation program. His efforts, including the academic and community service reward program called the Lopes Cup, helped to significantly raise the GPA of student-athletes at the university.
Fore was the Athletic Director at Mesa Community College from 2008-2010. During his time with the Thunderbirds, MCC teams won five ACCAC titles and a pair of Division I region championships.
Fore resides in Laveen, Arizona, with his wife, Shannon, and his five children, Cameron, Justin, Zachary, Preston and Addison.
