Ken Ammann

Inducted 2019
Graduation Year 1986

Ken Ammann is a graduate of Stanford with a B.A. in Psychology. As the team captain, he led the Cardinal to a NIT basketball championship in 1991 and was selected to the NIT All-Tournament Team. He was twice named Academic All-American. For the last 18 years he has held the position of Head Basketball Coach at Concordia University, Irvine accumulating an overall record of 463-148. Of the 18 years, there have been fifteen 20-win seasons, six 30-win seasons and no losing season. His teams have played in 4 NAIA National Championship games in 10 years, winning the title in 2003 and 2012. Ken has been named National Coach of the Year twice and Conference Coach of the Year five times. Prior to his arrival, Concordia’s basketball program had never been ranked in the top 25. In his 2nd year his team won 36 games, more than any other college basketball team.