Otzelberger, T.J.

Iowa St. Viewing: Active Coaches Rank #12 of 350 Coach Score: 79.78

Career & Tournament Summary

Career record

223–116

NCAA record

7–7

NCAA win%

0.500

Appearances

Average round

2.0 (Round of 32)

Current NCAA streak

5 years

Deep March resume

🏆 0 FF 0

Avg ATS margin

+1.54

Most Frequent Matchups All H2H →

Self, Bill Kansas	4–7	11 games
Drew, Scott Baylor	7–3	10 games
Dixon, Jamie TCU	6–2	8 games
Tang, Jerome Kansas St.	5–3	8 games
Richman, Dave North Dakota St.	5–2	7 games
Coffman, Jon Purdue Fort Wayne	6–1	7 games

Betting Trends

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59.2% cover rate · 171 games · last 5 seasons

5-season decay-weighted cover rate (most recent season weighted heaviest). Spread data from 2021–22 onward. HOT/COLD requires most recent season ≥ 10 games and >5 pts from weighted avg.

Cover %

59.2%

171 games

As Favorite

55.9%

118 games

As Underdog

65.4%

52 games

Recent Season

62.2%

2025-26

Current Season

62.2%

37 games · 2025-26

Strong cover rate — covers the spread at a well-above-average clip.

Season-by-season

Season	School	W	L	Win%	WAB	WAP	TASE	Seed	ATS	Furthest RoundNCAA	Final Four LocationF4 Location
►2026-27	Iowa St.	0	0	0.000 0.00	—	—	—	—	—		Detroit, MI

►2025-26	Iowa St.	29	8	0.784 0.78	+10.2	+2.0	-0.27	#2	+1.77	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG S16	Indianapolis, IN

►2024-25	Iowa St.	25	10	0.714 0.71	+8.2	-0.1	-0.79	#3	-0.35	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R32	San Antonio, TX

►2023-24	Iowa St.	29	8	0.784 0.78	+9.5	+4.3	-0.27	#2	+4.70	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG S16	Phoenix, AZ

►2022-23	Iowa St.	19	14	0.576 0.58	+3.7	-0.1	-1.02	#6	+0.82	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Houston, TX

►2021-22	Iowa St.	22	13	0.629 0.63	+3.5	+3.3	+1.44	#11	+0.37	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG S16	New Orleans, LA

►2020-21	UNLV	12	15	0.444 0.44	-5.5	-2.0	—	—	+1.07	No NCAA	Indianapolis, IN

►2019-20	UNLV	17	15	0.531 0.53	-2.6	—	—	—	—	COVID	Atlanta, GA

►2018-19	South Dakota St.	24	9	0.727 0.73	+0.2	—	—	—	—	No NCAA	Minneapolis, MN

►2017-18	South Dakota St.	28	7	0.800 0.80	+4.0	—	-0.48	#12	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	San Antonio, TX

►2016-17	South Dakota St.	18	17	0.514 0.51	-5.8	—	-0.01	#16	—	R64 R32 S16 E8 FF CG R64	Phoenix, AZ

Abbreviations: R64=Round of 64, R32=Round of 32, S16=Sweet 16, E8=Elite 8, FF=Final Four, CG=Championship Game (runner-up or champion). 🏆 indicates a national title. Gold highlight = Final Four appearance or better.