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Otzelberger, T.J.

Iowa St. Viewing: All-Time Coaches Rank #84 of 420 Coach Score: 62.23
Career & Tournament Summary
Career record
223–116
NCAA record
7–7
NCAA win%
0.500
Appearances
7
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
All coaches →
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.