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James Jansen

The 2025-26 campaign will mark the second season with Jansen on staff with the Skyhawks. 

Jansen faced quite the challenge in his first season with the program: rebuild a new roster around a trio of redshirts while staying competitive in a challenging Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The Skyhawks faced the test head-on and maintained success in Durango. Jansen helped guide a full-court press that averaged 12.5 steals, 19.35 turnovers forced, and a +6.9 turnover margin, marks that rank second, sixth, and seventh across all of NCAA Division II. In addition, the Skyhawks dominated the RMAC, forcing 19.8 turnovers, grabbing 13.25 steals, and boasting a +8.6 turnover margin in conference play. 

Offensively, Fort Lewis scored the third-most points per game (79.1) in the RMAC with the league's fourth-best scoring margin (+5.4). The Skyhawks also battled to a pair of signature wins on the road over No. 23/25 MSU Denver, 81-74, and at home over south-central region powerhouse No. 8/4 West Texas A&M, 76-69. The season came to a close in the semifinals of the conference tournament, but not before the Skyhawks went on the road and dominated Western Slope rival Colorado Mesa 89-65 in the opening round up in Grand Junction, Colo. 

At the end of the season, three Skyhawks were tabbed with All-RMAC honors. Fifth-year guard Biko Johnson, who ranked second in the RMAC in scoring (16.3 pts/game), led the trio with First-Team honors, while Chuol Deng and Tru Allen picked up Second-Team and Honorable Mention honors, respectively. Additionally, Fort Lewis continued to pack out Whalen Gymnasium, ranking 12th in Division II in attendance. 

Jansen makes his jump to the NCAA Division II level after serving as the head coach at Treasure Valley Community College over the past two seasons. Jansen guided the Chukars to a 23-7 overall record in 2023-24 and clinched the program's first Northwest Athletic Conference East Region Regular Season Championship since 2013-14 with a 13-1 mark in league play. In addition to being named the East Region Coach of the Year, Jansen's roster also boasted a trio of all-region talents including East Region Defensive Player of the Year Ashraf Barsham.
 
Prior to his time at Treasure Valley, Jansen also had coaching stints at the College of Idaho (2020-22), where he helped guide the Yotes to a program record 32 wins and an Elite Eight appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, Simpson University (2017-20), Ponderosa High School (2014-17), and Folsom High School (2011-12). As a player, Jansen competed for two seasons at Bethany University.
 
Jansen holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Sacramento State University (2014) and completed his Master's in Sports & Athletic Administration at Concordia University Irvine (2018). Jansen is joined in Durango by his wife Ashlee and their four kids.