Ted Albert

Ted Albert

Ted Albert enters his eighth season at the helm of the Indiana Tech men's basketball program entering the 2024-2025 campaign. In addition to his coaching duties, Albert serves as the Champions of Character liaison to the NAIA.

Over his tenure in Fort Wayne he has coached five NAIA All-Americans, one WHAC Newcomer of the Year, four WHAC Defensive Player of the Year, 16 First-Team All-Conference selections, eight Second-Team All-Conference picks, eight WHAC All-Defensive Team selections, four WHAC All-Freshman Team honorees, 17 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, and 19 WHAC All-Academic Team honorees. He holds a 168-64 record through his first seven seasons.

Last season, Abert would lead the Warriors to an 18-11 overall record in a stellar rebuilding year after losing 11 seniors from the previous season. Tech would go 16-6 in WHAC play, finishing in fourth and falling in the quarterfinals of the WHAC Tournament to Lawrence Tech at the buzzer. Three Warriors would earn WHAC All-Conference team honors, while one would be named to the All-Defensive Team and two to the All-Freshman Team. Three Warriors would make both the WHAC All-Academic Team and be named NAIA Scholar-athletes.

In 2022-23, Albert helped lead the program to a 32-5 overall record, the first 30-win season for the Warriors and the most wins in program history. Albert hit the 150 win mark at Tech (150-53) during the national tournament, the third most wins for a head coach in the team’s history. Tech would go 18-2 in WHAC play on their way to a second straight, and three of the last four, conference regular season championships, also making it to the conference tournament final. The Warriors would remain in the top 25 in the national ranking all season, finishing at No. 6 in the final poll. The Warriors would earn a No. 2 seed at the NAIA National Championships, finishing national runner up, marking the best finish in program history. Four Warriors would be named to the WHAC All-Conference teams in 2022-23, including Rog Stein and Cory McKinney who also won WHAC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, respectively. Stein also garnered All-American honors, while five Warriors would be named to the WHAC All-Academic Team and six would be named NAIA Scholar Athletes. Coach Albert was also named WHAC Coach of the Year, his third time winning the award during his time at Tech, as well as the Don Meyer National Coach of the Year.

In 2021-22, Tech went 26-8 overall and 18-2 in WHAC play on their way to the regular season WHAC Championship. At the NAIA National Tournament, the Warriors would win one game before falling in the second round. Four Warriors would be named to the WHAC All-Conference teams in 2022-23, including Cory McKinney who also named the WHAC Defensive Player of the Year. Five Warriors would be named to the WHAC All-Academic Team and three would be named NAIA Scholar Athletes. Coach Albert was also named WHAC Coach of the Year.

The Warriors navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic with a 22-9 record and finished second in the WHAC with a 9-2 mark. The team won the WHAC Tournament for the second time under Albert to qualify for the NAIA National Championship, falling in Marion Bracket of the Opening Round to No. 13-ranked Marian University. Cory McKinney was named the WHAC Defensive Player of the Year while Josh Kline, Rog Stein and Grant Smith were named First-Team All-Confernece.

In 2019-20, Tech finished 21-12 and won the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference regular season title with a 16-4 mark, giving the team its first conference championships since 2004 and giving them an automatic berth to the NAIA Division II National Championships. Albert was named the WHAC Coach of the Year following the regular season. The Orange and Black saw their season end in Sioux Falls to regional rival Holy Cross College. Josh Kline was named an NAIA All-American while Mitch Morken garnered WHAC Defensive Player of the Year honors. 

In 2018-19, the Warriors went 23-11 under Albert and finished in a tie for second in conference play with a mark of 16-4. The team upset second-seeded Madonna and top-seeded Cornerstone in the WHAC Tournament to win its first conference tournament title since 2008 to earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Division II National Championship, where they fell to No. 1-seed and eventual national champion Spring Arbor in the first round. Albert mentored an NAIA All-American in Dylan Phair, three All-Conference selections, a member of the WHAC All-Defensive Team and an All-Freshman Team honoree.

In his first year, Albert led the Warriors to a 27-7 overall mark and a 17-3 conference season, which included a trip to the second round of the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship. Under his direction, Albert's team finished runner-up in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) regular season standings and made an appearance in the WHAC Tournament semifinals. The season was highlighted by being ranked as high as third in the NAIA Division II Coaches' Top 25 Poll and victories over No. 1-ranked Cornerstone University, No. 2-ranked and defending national champion Union College, No. 3-ranked University of Saint Francis and No. 4-ranked Indiana Wesleyan University. He would coach three All-Conference First-Team honorees, one Second-Team NAIA All-American, and one Honorable Mention NAIA All-American among other awards. Albert was named the WHAC Champions of Character Coach in his inaugural season.
 
Albert comes to Indiana Tech after spending 10 years at WHAC foe Cornerstone University, the last six years as an assistant coach while he played for the Golden Eagles from 2006-11.
 
During his time in Grand Rapids he helped the team compile a 164-45 record as the top assistant under head coach Kim Elders. During his time on the bench at Cornerstone, the Golden Eagles won the 2015 NAIA Division II National Championship, finished as the 2017 National Runner-up, won three WHAC regular season titles (2014, ’15, ’17) and won three WHAC Tournament titles (’14, ’15, ‘17).
 
Albert’s main responsibilities at Cornerstone included: recruiting, post-player development, strength and conditioning, and serving as the Head JV Coach for the program. He has also served as the Director of Special Projects since 2015, where he was in charge of Corporate Sponsorship fundraising for all athletics, assisted in facilitating funds for missions trips, and was directly involved in raising funds for new men’s & women’s locker rooms.
 
Albert served as the Director for the Cornerstone Basketball Camps from 2011-17 and has helped run camps at the University of Michigan.
 
He graduated from Cornerstone in 2011 with a degree in Exercise Science and is a NCCPT Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritionist. During his playing career Albert scored 443 career points and helped the team to 88-21 overall record, including the 2011 Division II National Championship.

Albert currently lives in Fort Wayne with his wife, Nicholle. They are expecting their first child in December 2021.