CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois head men's basketball coach Jay Spoonhour has announced the hiring of Bob Sundvold as the first assistant coach on his staff.  Sundvold has more than 30 years of coaching experience as both a head coach and assistant coach.

The hiring will be a reversal of roles for Spoonhour and Sundvold as Spoonhour was a graduate assistant for Sundvold's Central Missouri State teams in 1995 and 1996.  Sundvold was the head coach at Central Missouri for four seasons guiding the Mules to NCAA Division II playoff appearances in each of his last three seasons.  In 1995 he coached the Division II Player of the Year Tyrone Latimer as Central Missouri State advanced to the Elite Eight.

Sundvold then moved on to serve as head coach at UMKC for four seasons.  In his final season he led the team to a winning record and second place finish in the Mid-Continent Conference.  UMKC was led by Michael Jackson, the 2000 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year as the program won its first league tournament game in school history.

Sundvold started his college coaching career as an assistant at Missouri for head coach Norm Stewart.  He helped guide the Tigers to nine NCAA Tournament appearances and six Big Eight Conference Championships.  He also had assistant coaching stops at Missouri State under Coach Charlie Spoonhour, at Iowa State and at Toledo. 

In 2004 Sundvold served as the head coach/general manager of the Kansas City Knights of the ABA.  The 2005 squad posted a 19-9 record reaching the ABA quarterfinals.  In addition to his experience as a coach on the floor, Sundvold has also worked as a basketball color analyst for ESPN covering Big 12 Conference games along with regional broadcasts for the Missouri Valley Conference, Missouri and Kansas State.