Danny Sancomb
Head Coach

Danny Sancomb returns to Wheeling Jesuit University for his third season as the university’s eighth men’s basketball coach. A native of Severn, Maryland, Sancomb has guided the youthful Cardinals to a 27-31 record through his first two seasons. 

Before taking the head job at WJU, he was head boys’ basketball coach and athletic director at St. Mary’s Ryken High School, where he led a team that had never before won a game in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) to back-to-back winning seasons (16-10 in 2005-06 and 17-10 in 2006-07).

Under Sancomb’s leadership, the team became one of the highest-rated in the Washington D.C. area, earning rankings of #5 (Rise Magazine) and #7 (Washington Post). After his first season as a head coach at St. Mary’s Ryken, Sancomb was honored with the prestigious 2005-06 WCAC Coach of the Year Award. Before his head coaching success at St. Mary’s Ryken, Sancomb was an assistant men’s coach at Wheeling Jesuit under Coach Jay DeFruscio from 1999 to 2005.

A Maryland high school basketball standout, Sancomb began his collegiate career at Howard Community College (HCC) in Columbia, Md., where he twice was second in the country in scoring and helped Howard record back-to-back 20 win seasons. He scored 1620 career points at HCC and was named first team All-Maryland Junior College, HCC Athlete of the year, Maryland Junior College Player of the Year, and MVP of the Charm City Junior College All-Star Game.
 
His playing career at Wheeling Jesuit was equally impressive. Sancomb was the WVIAC’s leading scorer for two successive years, and was the NCAA’s leading DII scorer in the nation with 27.2 points per game. He is Wheeling Jesuit’s sixth all-time leading scorer with 1454 points, and was named MPV of the 1998 Cardinals and the Wendy’s Tip-Off Tournament. Sancomb was also named to the NABC/Chevrolet Division II All-American Team and the First Team All-East Region.
 
While at Wheeling Jesuit, Sancomb earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s in business administration. He resides in Wheeling with his wife, Becky, and their sons, Eli and Luke.

Chad Dickman
Assistant Coach

Dickman returns for his sixth season as head assistant coach at Wheeling Jesuit.  He has played a vital role with the Cardinals’ recruiting, scouting, on-court coaching, pre-game preparation, film breakdown, and individual workouts with the players.  Dickman also serves as WJU’s NCAA Compliance Coordinator.

Dickman came to WJU after a one-year stay at St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) as an assistant coach, helping to lead the Bearcats to a 25-7 record and a spot in the NAIA National Sweet 16.

Originally from Frederick, Maryland, Dickman played his high school ball at Thomas Johnson High School.  While there, he helped the Patriots win the 1997 State Championship and led the team to the 1998 State Final Four, earning All-State Honors his senior year. 

Dickman continued his playing career at St. Vincent College (Latrobe, Pennsylvania) from 1998-2002, scoring 1,279 points, currently ranked 11th in school history. He also earned All-Conference honors his junior and senior year.  Dickman led the Bearcats to the NAIA National Tournament twice, reaching the National Elite 8 in 2002.

Dickman received a bachelor’s degree in finance from St. Vincent in 2002 and earned his MBA from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2004.  Tom Dickman, his father, is a native of Wheeling and is the All-Time Leader in Public High School victories in the state of Maryland.  He has since moved onto the college ranks and is currently the head coach at Hood College in Frederick, MD.

Jay Morris
Assistant Coach

Jay Morris begins his fifth season as an assistant coach with the Cardinals.  Morris, who coached 13 years at Ohio University-Eastern, will be actively involved in all aspects of the Wheeling Jesuit basketball program.  His experience will be an invaluable asset as he brings a twenty year college coaching background to the Cardinal program. Morris earned a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and a master’s degree from Southern Illinois University.  He currently serves as director of media at the University of Ohio-Eastern.  Morris and his wife Tina reside in Wheeling with their two daughters Mallory and Madison. 

Ryan Kostur
Assistant Coach

Ryan Kostur returns for his third season as assistant coach for WJU.  Prior to Wheeling Jesuit, Kostur spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Weir High School.  Kostur’s father, Jack, coached at Weir High for 28 years before recently retiring.  Ryan is very familiar with the Cardinal basketball program as he was a four-year player at WJU, graduating in 1999. Kostur and Coach Danny Sancomb were teammates on the 1997 and 1998 WJU squads. Kostur earned an accounting degree from Wheeling Jesuit in 1999 and today resides in Weirton, WV with his wife, Marie.  Along with assisting WJU, he also works full time at Lyles Auto Sales in Weirton.