University of Oklahoma Athletics
Men's Basketball
Dildy, Emanuel
Emanuel Dildy
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Emanuel Dildy joined the Oklahoma men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach on April 16, 2021.
An assistant coach under OU head coach Porter Moser from 2013-16 when Moser was head coach at Loyola Chicago, Dildy arrived in Norman from Northwestern where he spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach under Chris Collins. Known as one of the nation’s top recruiters, he was instrumental in building the highest-rated recruiting class in Northwestern history, which included a pair of top-100 signees in the 2021 class.
Dildy served the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Valparaiso and was vital in the development of Tavon Walker and Bakari Evelyn, helping them earn Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team and All-Newcomer Team honors, respectively.
He spent the 2016-17 season on the sidelines at Missouri where he helped forward Jordan Barnett become one of the SEC’s top perimeter threats.
Before joining the Missouri staff, Dildy worked under Moser at Loyola from 2013-16. He helped develop 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Milton Doyle, who went on to score over 1,000 career points for the Ramblers. He also was instrumental in mentoring Devon Turk, who became Loyola’s all-time leading 3-point shooter in 2015.
Dildy spent the 2012-13 campaign as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois, as he broke into the Division I coaching ranks. While at EIU, Dildy was instrumental in the development of Sherman Blanford, who led the team in rebounding and earned 2012-13 All-Ohio Valley Newcomer and the 2013-14 All-OVC Second Team honors. Dildy also was key in the recruitment of transfer Reggie Smith, who was named to the 2013-14 OVC All-Newcomer Team, and transfer Chris Olivier, who became the team’s leading scorer and finished his career fifth on EIU’s all-time blocked shots list.
Dildy began his coaching career at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, serving as an assistant from 2008-10 and then as the head coach from 2010-12. KKC went 35-27 in his two seasons at the helm and appeared in the 2012 NJCAA Region IV tournament championship game.
Dildy played for two seasons at New Mexico State before transferring to Eastern Illinois, where he was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a senior. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from EIU in 2005, he played professionally in Germany for two years and stateside for one season in the International Basketball League before embarking on his coaching career.
Dildy and his wife Rebekah live in Norman.
An assistant coach under OU head coach Porter Moser from 2013-16 when Moser was head coach at Loyola Chicago, Dildy arrived in Norman from Northwestern where he spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach under Chris Collins. Known as one of the nation’s top recruiters, he was instrumental in building the highest-rated recruiting class in Northwestern history, which included a pair of top-100 signees in the 2021 class.
Dildy served the 2017-18 season as an assistant coach at Valparaiso and was vital in the development of Tavon Walker and Bakari Evelyn, helping them earn Missouri Valley Conference All-Defensive Team and All-Newcomer Team honors, respectively.
He spent the 2016-17 season on the sidelines at Missouri where he helped forward Jordan Barnett become one of the SEC’s top perimeter threats.
Before joining the Missouri staff, Dildy worked under Moser at Loyola from 2013-16. He helped develop 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year Milton Doyle, who went on to score over 1,000 career points for the Ramblers. He also was instrumental in mentoring Devon Turk, who became Loyola’s all-time leading 3-point shooter in 2015.
Dildy spent the 2012-13 campaign as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Eastern Illinois, as he broke into the Division I coaching ranks. While at EIU, Dildy was instrumental in the development of Sherman Blanford, who led the team in rebounding and earned 2012-13 All-Ohio Valley Newcomer and the 2013-14 All-OVC Second Team honors. Dildy also was key in the recruitment of transfer Reggie Smith, who was named to the 2013-14 OVC All-Newcomer Team, and transfer Chris Olivier, who became the team’s leading scorer and finished his career fifth on EIU’s all-time blocked shots list.
Dildy began his coaching career at Kennedy-King College in Chicago, serving as an assistant from 2008-10 and then as the head coach from 2010-12. KKC went 35-27 in his two seasons at the helm and appeared in the 2012 NJCAA Region IV tournament championship game.
Dildy played for two seasons at New Mexico State before transferring to Eastern Illinois, where he was an All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a senior. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from EIU in 2005, he played professionally in Germany for two years and stateside for one season in the International Basketball League before embarking on his coaching career.
Dildy and his wife Rebekah live in Norman.
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