John Hemenway will begin his 10^th season at Berea College in 2019-20 and his 15^th season overall as a collegiate head coach.  At Berea, he owns a 131-121 record and a 246-170 overall record after 14 seasons.  From 2014-2017, he led the Mountaineers to three consecutive USCAA National Tournaments and twice advanced to the USCAA national semi-finals.  Last season, the Mountaineers went 11-14 as sophomore, Torell Carter was named 2^nd team All-USA South and freshman, Isaac Caudill was named USA South “Newcomer of the Year”.  Caudill was all named NCAA Division III South Region “Freshman of the Year”.  During his career, Hemenway has coached seven players named 1^st Team All-American, advanced to seven national tournaments and has been named coach of the year four different times.

Hemenway came to Berea College from Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, SD where he was the head basketball coach from 2005-2010.  His Tiger teams posted an impressive overall record of 115-49 (.701 winning percentage), made four consecutive NAIA II National Tournament appearances and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2010.  Under Hemenway’s leadership, DWU won the most games in school history over a five-year period (115) and was one of seven schools in NAIA II basketball to win at least 100 games in four seasons from 2007 to 2010.  Remarkably, Hemenway recruited and coached four different players that were named NAIA Division II 1^st Team All-Americans in a five-year span.  Hemenway’s teams twice upset the NAIA’s top-ranked team by defeating #1 Sioux Falls in 2007 and #1 Morningside in 2008.  For his efforts, he was named 2007 GPAC “Coach of the Year” and South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association “Coach of the Year” in 2007 and 2010.

Before becoming a head coach, Hemenway served as an assistant coach at the University of South Dakota (2002-05), Chaminade University (2000-02) and Morningside College (1997-00).  He played his collegiate basketball at the University of South Dakota for Dave Boots, where he was named to the All-North Central Conference 1^st Team in 1995 and 1996.  He helped the Coyotes win two North Central Conference championships, two North Central Region championships and following his senior season in 1996, he was the recipient of the John Van Why award (Most Outstanding Male Athlete). Hemenway was inducted into the South Dakota Coyote Hall of Fame on September 20^th, 2008.

Hemenway graduated from the University of South Dakota in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and received his Master of Arts degree in Health, Physical Education and Recreation in 1998.  He resides in Berea with his wife, Jessica and their three children, Jack (12), Katherine (10) and Owen (7).