Bailey McEwen enters his sixth season as the assistant men's basketball coach for the Warhawks.
McEwen, who joined the Warhawk family on July 24, 2019, came to AUM from Drury University where he served as a graduate assistant coach with the men’s basketball program. While with Drury the Panthers went 42-20 overall with a 26-10 mark in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Panthers also won the GLVC West Division Championship in 2018 while reaching the NCAA Midwest Regional in 2018 and 2019.
McEwen helped forward Malachi Rhodes burst onto the scene as one of the top post players in the Gulf South Conference in the 2023-2024 season. Rhodes started 25 games and ranked among the best in the GSC in a host of categories, including scoring (15th), rebounds per game (2nd), offensive rebounds (4th), offensive rebounds per game (3rd), defensive rebounds (9th), defensive rebounds per game (8th), total rebounds (3rd), field goal percentage (2nd), field goals made (11th), free throw percentage (5th), blocked shots (8th), blocked shots per game (7th), steals (19th), and steals per game (19th). Rhodes posted a pair of 30-point games and also posted seven games with multiple blocked shots.
McEwen helped guide AUM to a 15-14 overall record in 2022-23 season and went 13-11 in GSC action. The season was highlighted with a berth to the GSC Tournament as the No. 6 seed in the field. The Warhawks earned a 98-75 victory over the University of West Florida that featured the program's best shooting performance in school history and third-best in GSC history at 74.5 percent. AUM led the conference in rebounding at 37.7 per game and finished third in scoring at 77 points per game. The 4.28 blocks per game were best in the GSC and 18th best in the nation. Travis Anderson took home GSC Player of the Week after knocking in a game-winning three-pointer against Mississippi College on December 4.
McEwen served as a student manager with USI from 2013-17, acting as the head manager in his final two seasons. Over his four years with USI the Screaming Eagles went 88-30 overall with a 50-22 mark in the GLVC. USI won the GLVC Tournament in 2014, earning a berth in the NCAA Midwest Regional in 2014 and 2017.
He was the game film coordinator for the 2017 GLVC Tournament while also serving as the game film coordinator for the 2014 and 2015 NCAA DII Elite Eight Championships. He has also served as a camp counselor at Purdue University & University of Pennsylvania.
A 2017 graduate of Southern Indiana, McEwen earned his master’s degree in Education Curriculum and Instruction from Drury in 2019.
