Sam Scholl

Biography

Sam Scholl enters his second season on Matt Logie's staff at Montana State in 2024-25. Scholl's first year as an assistant coach for the Bobcats saw Montana State secure their third straight Big Sky Tournament championship and make their third straight NCAA Tournament appearance. With Scholl on the bench in 2023-24, the Cats took down the University of California on November 16, 2023, the program's first road victory over a Power Five opponent since 2011. Montana State would finish fifth in the Big Sky, tallying wins over each of the top four teams in the conference while going 9-9 in Big Sky play. Montana State's 70-60 home win over Eastern Washington on February 1, 2023, snapped the Eagles' seven-game unbeaten streak to start Big Sky Conference play. The Cats' finished the regular season with a 76-64 win over Weber State on ESPN2. At the Big Sky Tournament in Boise, Montana State defeated No. 4 Weber State in the Big Sky quarterfinals and No. 10 Sacramento State in the semifinals to set up a showdown with No. 3 Montana in the Big Sky Championship game--the first time the rivals had met in the title contest since 1986. The Cats' 85-70 win over the Grizzlies sent Montana State dancing, with the Cats becoming the lowest seeded team to win the Big Sky Tournament since 1994. A week later, Montana State came within a few minutes of the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament win, ultimately falling to Grambling State in overtime, 88-81, at the First Four in Dayton, Ohio. Scholl work