09-07-2025
Former Avon basketball coach Drew Schauss hired at Kokomo
Drew Schauss was officially named the new high school boys basketball coach and assistant athletic director at Kokomo at Wednesday night's school board meeting.
Schauss, 34, was the coach at Avon the past four seasons, leading the Orioles to a 54-45 record with a sectional championship two seasons ago and a 20-4 record last season with a top-5 state ranking in Class 4A.
'One of the biggest things is it's closer to family for my wife and I,' Schauss said of making the move. 'My wife is from Rochester and then my dad and my brother and his family live in Columbia City (his brother is Columbia City coach Matt Schauss) so that cuts our distance to them over half. As we try to start our own family, that was important to us. But also I'm the middle school athletic director, as well as the assistant high school athletic director.'
Schauss had been working toward his building level administrator license through Purdue for the past year. Prior to coaching at Avon, he was the coach at Logansport for two seasons.
'We are excited to welcome Drew as our next head coach at Kokomo High School,' Kokomo athletic director Nick Sale said in a release from the school. 'His experience at both the high school and college levels brings valuable expertise to this position. Coach Schauss has a strong track record of building successful programs. His commitment to investing in our younger athletes to build for the future makes him a great fit for our school.'
Schauss follows John Peckinpaugh, who is joining the staff as an assistant at IU Indy. The Wildkats were a force led by 2024 IndyStar Mr. Basketball Flory Bidunga, going to the Class 4A state championship in 2022-23 and winning 25 games in Bidunga's senior season.
'When fans come to games this season they will see a team that is hard to score on,' Schauss said. 'We will play hard every possession and will share the basketball to get the best shot possible.'
Schauss coached in college as an assistant at Bethel College, John Brown University and Holy Cross College prior to coaching at Logansport. He played at Bethel after graduating from Centerville High School in 2009.
