Peter Nycz is in his fourth year as an assistant coach with the men's basketball program in 2026-27.
AT UW-LA CROSSE:
* Overall record of 63-25, including 29-13 in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC).
* Two National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Tournament Appearances, advanced to Elite 8 in 2024-25 and Sweet 16 in 2025-26. National record of 5-2.
* Three WIAC Tournament berths, winning one championship and placing second once.
* Eleven All-WIAC honors, including seven first team and four honorable mention selections. Three All-WIAC Defensive selections and WIAC Player of the Year.
* Two All-America and eight all-region selections.
2025-26:
* UWL finished 24-7 overall and 9-5 in the WIAC, tied for second in league standings. The 24 wins are second-most in school history.
* The Eagles won their first WIAC Tournament title with a victory (81-78) at UW-Whitewater. UWL earned a first round win (87-83) over UW-Stout and semifinal win (82-63) at UW-Stevens Point.
* Advanced to 2026 NCAA Division III Sweet 16, earning a pair of wins in Mitchell Hall. The Eagles earned a 75-61 victory over Hope College (Mich.) in the first round and a 79-62 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges (Calif.) in the second round. UWL fell, 83-78, at eventual national champion the University of Mary Washington (Va.) in the Sweet 16.
* Ranked 11th in the final 2025-26 D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.
* Dustin Derousseau, Sam Grieger and JJ Paider named to All-WIAC First Team for the second straight season. Derousseau voted to the All-WIAC Defensive Team for the second consecutive year and earned National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and D3hoops.com District 9 Second Team honors.
* Grieger voted the WIAC Player of the Year and earned a pair of All-America selections. He was named to the NABC All-America First Team and selected the NABC Division III Player of the Year while also garnering D3hoops.com All-America Second Team accolades. Grieger was NABC and D3hoops.com All-District Player of the Year choices.
* Grieger named finalist for the Jostens Award, presented to the top player in NCAA Division III, and on the Bevo Francis Award Top 25 Watch List.
* Paider was a D3hoops.com All-District Second Team choice.
2024-25:
* UWL finished 25-6 overall and 12-2 in the WIAC, placing second in the league standings. The 25 overall victories set a school record and the 12 league wins were most since finishing 12-4 in 2006-07.
* Advanced to the WIAC Tournament Championship game for the third time in school history, earning a semifinal win (69-55) over UW-Eau Claire before losing (89-68) at UW-Platteville in the championship game.
* Earned an at-large bid to NCAA Division III Championships, advancing to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. The Eagles opened the national tournament with a 120-93 victory over Greenville University (Ill.), earning their first NCAA Division III victory since 2022. UWL followed with a 77-67 win over St. Norbert College (Wis.) in the second round to advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. The opening two games were held at The La Crosse Center. The Eagles earned a 72-65 home victory over ninth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan University in Mitchell Hall in the NCAA III Sweet 16 before falling 80-66 to 17th-ranked Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) in the NCAA Division III Elite Eight.
* Sixth in the final D3hoops.com Top-25 Poll, its highest ranking in the final poll of the season.
* Derousseau, Grieger and Paider named to the All-WIAC First Team while Will Fuhrmann and Karter Thomas earned all-conference honorable mention awards. It marked the first time in single-season school history UWL had three players voted to the All-WIAC First Team.
* Derousseau selected to the All-WIAC Defensive Team and to the D3hoops.com All-Region 9 Third Team while Grieger was voted to the D3hoops.com All-Region 9 Second Team and to the NABC All-District 9 First Team.
2023-24:
* UWL finished 14-12 overall and 8-6 in the WIAC, earning a league tournament appearance. The Eagles tied for second in the WIAC standings.
* Appeared in WIAC Tournament, losing (93-91) at home to UW-Stout in the first round.
* Paider named to All-WIAC First Team while Fuhrmann and Derousseau earned honorable mention accolades. Jake Gross selected to All-WIAC Defensive Team.
OTHER COACHING EXPERIENCE:
* Three seasons as an assistant coach at Bryant & Stratton College (Wis.).
* Compiled a 57-30 overall record, including winning a single-season school record 26 games.
* Ranked 17th in the final 2022-23 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Top 20 Poll. Advanced to the NJCAA Region IV Championship.
* Taught physical education at West Allis Central High School (Wis.) where he also served as the head varsity softball coach and assistant coach for both the boys' basketball and football programs.
EDUCATION:
* Bachelor's of science degree in physical education and adapted physical education from UWL in 2014.
* Masters in education with a focus on higher education leadership and athletic administration from UW-Whitewater in 2021.
