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{{Short description|American basketball coach (born 1969)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Russell Springmann
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball|Oral Roberts]]
| current_conference = [[Summit League]]
| current_record = {{winpct|12|19|record=y}}
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|24}}
| birth_place = [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = [[Salisbury State]] ('90)
| coach_years1 = 1990–1992
| coach_team1 = Salisbury State (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1992–1996
| coach_team2 = [[Mardela High School|Mardela HS]]
| coach_years3 = 1996–1998
| coach_team3 = [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] (graduate assistant)
| admin_years1 = 1998–2001
| admin_team1 = [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] (administrative assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2001–2015
| coach_team5 = [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 2015–2017
| coach_team6 = [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|San Diego]] (assistant)
| coach_years7 = 2018–2023
| coach_team7 = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles basketball|Oral Roberts]] (assistant)
| coach_years8 = 2023–present
| coach_team8 = Oral Roberts
| overall_record = {{winpct|12|19|record=y}}
| bowl_record = 
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}}
'''Russell Springmann''' (born September 24, 1969) is an American college basketball coach for the [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles basketball|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball]] team.<ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSELL SPRINGMANN |url=https://oruathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/russell-springmann/423 |website=Oral Roberts Athletics |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Springmann played college basketball at [[Salisbury University|Salisbury State]] where he was a two-time team captain.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=RUSSELL SPRINGMANN |url=https://texassports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/russell-springmann/133 |website=Texas Sports |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
After graduation, Springmann assisted his alma mater for two seasons before becoming the head boys' basketball coach at [[Mardela Middle and High School|Mardela High School]] from 1992 to 1996. He'd join the college ranks in an administrative role under [[Billy Donovan]] at [[Florida Gators men's basketball|Florida]] before joining [[Rick Barnes]]'s staff at [[Texas Longhorns men's basketball|Texas]] in an administrative capacity from 1998 to 2001, before being elevated to assistant coach, a role he'd serve in until 2015.<ref name="auto"/> From 2015 to 2017, Springmann was an assistant at [[San Diego Toreros men's basketball|San Diego]], and served one year as a scout for the [[NBA]]'s [[Oklahoma City Thunder]].<ref>{{cite web |title=RUSSELL SPRINGMANN |url=https://usdtoreros.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/russell-springmann/105 |website=San Diego Torroes Athletics |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/oru/russell-springmann-on-promotion-to-oru-head-coach-this-is-a-new-beginning/article_c7b13730-c9bb-11ed-a43f-2ffc79cdd5bb.html|title=Russell Springmann on promotion to ORU head coach: 'This is a new beginning'|first=Kelly Hines Tulsa|last=World|website=Tulsa World}}</ref>

In 2018, he'd join [[Paul Mills]]'s staff at Oral Roberts and was on staff for the Golden Eagles' [[2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2021 Sweet 16]] run. When Mills accepted the head coaching position at [[Wichita State Shockers men's basketball|Wichita State]], Springmann was elevated to head coach on March 22, 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haisten |first1=Bill |title=Bill Haisten: ORU names Russell Springmann as head coach — shades of 1997 |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/college/oru/bill-haisten-oru-names-russell-springmann-as-head-coach-shades-of-1997/article_e6678692-c8f4-11ed-bdbf-077857e08668.html |website=Tulsa World |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sinclair |first1=Savannah |title=Oral Roberts announces Russell Springmann as new men's basketball head coach |url=https://ktul.com/news/local/oral-roberts-announces-russell-springmann-as-new-mens-basketball-head-coach |website=KTUL |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [[Oral Roberts Golden Eagles basketball|Oral Roberts Golden Eagles]]
 | conference = [[Summit League]]
 | startyear  = 2023
 | endyear    = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = [[2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season|2023–24]]
 | name         = [[2023–24 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball team|Oral Roberts]]
 | overall      = 12–19
 | conference   = 5–11
 | confstanding = T–8th
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Oral Roberts
 | overall    = {{Winning percentage|12|19|record=y}}
 | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|5|11|record=y}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall = {{Winning percentage|12|19|record=y}}
 | poll     = 
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}}

==References==
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[[Category:Basketball coaches from Maryland]]
[[Category:College men's basketball head coaches in the United States]]
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[[Category:Salisbury Sea Gulls athletes]]
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[[Category:Florida Gators men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:High school basketball coaches in Maryland]]
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[[Category:San Diego Toreros men's basketball coaches]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Silver Spring, Maryland]]
[[Category:Texas Longhorns men's basketball coaches]]