ST. LOUIS –University of Missouri-St. Louis head men's basketball coach Bob Sundvold is being honored this weekend by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association with the Gary Filbert Lifetime Achievement award. The award, the highest honor given by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association, will be presented this Saturday, April 22, at the MBCA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Springfield, Mo.

"I am honored and humbled to be recognized by the MBCA with this award," Sundvold said. "It is truly special because of the coaching and personal relationship I enjoyed with Coach Filbert, and the excellence that the previous honorees have all exemplified.

"This award, like everything in basketball reflects on your team, and my team has been blessed with a supportive family, outstanding players and coaches, and excellent Universities. My thanks to everyone."

Sundvold just wrapped up his 10th season at the helm of the Triton basketball program. He has guided his teams to 182 wins, four seasons with at least 20 wins, three NCAA Tournament appearances, three appearances in the Great Lakes Valley Conference Championship game in the past four years, the GLVC Title in 2022, a Sweet Sixteen appearance last season, and an Elite Appearance this season. Sundvold was named the GLVC's Coach of the Year in 2020.

His 182 wins and .625 winning percentage are second best in UMSL men's basketball history.

This past season he led the Tritons to a 24-11 record, their best start in school history at 12-0 and achieved the program's highest ever ranking of fourth in the National Basketball Coaches Association Top 25 poll. UMSL was the fifth seed in this year's GLVC Tournament where it defeated fourth seeded Rockhurst in its first game and top seeded Indianapolis in the semifinal round to advance to the championship game for the second straight year. The Tritons lost to McKendree in the championship game but still received an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament.

UMSL was seeded second at the NCAA Midwest Regional, its highest seed ever, in Indianapolis. The Tritons defeated seventh seeded Parkside in the first round and sixth seeded Ferris State in the semifinals setting up a rematch with the Bearcats in the regional final. UMSL avenged two earlier defeats to the Bearcats with a 62-60 victory to win its second regional championship in program history and first in over 50 years.

The Tritons season ended with a loss to eventual national champion Nova Southeastern in the first round of the Elite Eight.

Sundvold just completed his 18th year as a collegiate head coach and has an overall record of 306-217. He spent four years as head coach at Central Missouri (1992-96) and four years as head coach at Kansas City (1996-2000). In addition to leading the Tritons to the Elite Eight in 2023, he led Central Missouri to the Elite Eight in 1995.

Previous winners of the Gary Filbert Lifetime Achievement award include former Columbia College coach Bob Burchard, former Three Rivers coach Gene Bess, former William Jewell coach Larry Holley, former Missouri State coach Cheryl Burnett and former Drury Director of Athletics Mark Fisher.