Brian Ehresman joined the women’s basketball staff as a graduate assistant in the fall of 2017 and enters his fourth season with the Redbirds and second as the Video Coordinator.

Before coming to Illinois State, Brian both studied and played basketball at Greenville University. He was a four-year letter winner, a three-year starter and a three-year captain. Their team won back-to-back regular season St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Championships in 2016 and 2017 and he was on the SLIAC All-Sportsmanship team in 2017. 

Ehresman led the team in assists per game in 2015 with 4.0 and was looking to do the same in the 2016 season, but an unfortunate injury cut him short.  He then redshirted his senior season, and played while he pursued his masters at Greenville in 2017.  While playing his final season for the Panthers, Ehresman was also a substitute teacher in the Greenville Public School system. 

Hailing from Gridley, Illinois, Ehresman grew up surrounded by basketball. His mother, Beth, is in the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame at Illinois State. His late father, Barry, played baseball in college, and his younger sister, Rebekah was an All-American basketball player at Illinois Wesleyan. His other younger sister Jen is currently a junior at Illinois State.

Ehresman also succeeded academically during his time at Greenville. He was awarded the John Strahl Award, which is given to the top senior in the Sports and Kinesiology department. He was also named a Greenville University Scholar, and was named to the SLIAC Academic All-Conference Team three times.

The new graduate has a B.S. in Sports Management and a M.S. in Business Management, both from Greenville. He earned his Master’s online, while also being enrolled at Illinois State to earn a Master’s in Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity. 

He has worked many different basketball camps, including camps at Greenville, Northwestern, Marquette and the Dick Baumgartner shooting camp.