Bio

Tim Sandquist enters his fifth season as head coach of the Kirkwood Community College men’s basketball program in 2023-2024.

Last season, the Eagles posted a 25-7 record, finishing second within the ICCAC for the regular season and NJCAA Region XI Tournament Runner-Up. Kirkwood Men’s Basketball saw four players earn NJCAA Region XI All-Region Honors, three players earn NJCAA Region XI All-Tournament Honors, and one player earn NJCAA All-American Honors.

Through his first four years as Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball team at Kirkwood, Coach Sandquist has seen 18 players earn NJCAA Region XI All-Region Honors, four players earn NJCAA Region XI All-Tournament Honors, one player earn NJCAA Region XI Player of the Year, and four players earn NJCAA All-American Honors. 

In his first year, the Eagles posted a 24-6 record while guiding the Eagles to a Regular Season ICCAC Conference Championship. The Eagles had an outstanding group of sophomores with four players named to the NJCAA Region XI All-Region team, ICCAC Conference Player of the Year, and one NJCAA All-American.

Sandquist came to Cedar Rapids via Rockford, Illinois where he was the head coach at perennial power Rock Valley College for the 2018-2019 year. The Golden Eagles finished the season with a 25-7 record, NJCAA Region IV Championship, NJCAA District 2 Championship, and finished the year as the NJCAA National Tournament Runner-Up

Sandquist coached two 1^st Team All-Region players, one 2^nd Team All-Region player and also had the Region IV Player of the Year. In addition, Coach Sandquist also had two All-N4C players, one first-teamer and one second-teamer. For his efforts, Tim Sandquist was named NJCAA Region IV Coach of the Year, NJCAA District 2 Coach of the year, and was awarded the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association College Coach of the Year award.

From 2016-2018 Sandquist was a member of NJCAA D1 independent Northwest Kansas Technical College in Goodland, Kansas. He spent both seasons as the top assistant for the Mavericks and was part of a staff that saw the Mavs reach program victory #100 in just six seasons. 

Before his time at NWKTC, Sandquist spent four seasons as an assistant at Dodge City Community College. While there, he was involved in every aspect of the program's success. During his four years on the bench and was Region VI runner-up in 2015. 

Coach Sandquist got his junior college start at Southwestern Community College (Iowa) in 2011. 

An Omaha native, Sandquist started his coaching career at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He spent five seasons on the bench during one of the most successful runs in program history. During his time with Omaha, the Mavericks won the 2008 NCC Tournament and the 2010 MIAA Tournament. In both of those years, the Mavericks were participants in the NCAA Division II national tournament.

Coach Sandquist graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a bachelor's degree in History and a master's degree in Recreational Administration.