Ball State University Athletics
Men's Basketball
John Clancy
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- john.clancy@bsu.edu
John Clancy joined the Ball State men's basketball team as an assistant coach in May 2025 and remained on head coach Chris Capko's staff after he was hired in March 2026.
"John is one of the most energetic and hardest-working people in the business," Capko said. "We have gotten to know each other very well over the past 5-10 years. He was a successful junior college coach at Triton and another guy who has a great feel for the MAC and the Midwest. I know John will bring the right energy and effort every day to help compete for championships, and I am so happy that we get this opportunity to work together."
Clancy comes to Muncie after most recently serving two seasons as an assistant at Western Illinois and, before that, two seasons as the head coach at Triton College in River Grove, Ill. Triton made it to the NJCAA national semifinals in its division in 2021-22 under Clancy’s leadership, and he was named the Region IV Coach of the Year and IBCA Junior College Coach of the Year.
Clancy has extensive ties to the state of Illinois, including four seasons at Southern Illinois University (2015-19) where he worked as the director of operations, and more specifically the Chicagoland area, where he started his coaching career at the high school level.
A guard on Concordia University-Chicago in his playing days, Clancy was named team captain as a freshman and was voted to the Northern Illinois-Iowa All-Conference team.
John Clancy Coaching Timeline
2025-Present – Ball State (assistant coach)
2023-25 – Western Illinois (assistant coach)
2021-23 – Triton College (head coach)
2020-21 – John A. Logan College (assistant coach)
2019-20 – Triton College (assistant coach)
2015-19 – Southern Illinois (director of operations)
2012-15 – Niles North High School (assistant coach)
2009-12 – Wheeling High School, St. Viator High School, Elk Grove High School
"John is one of the most energetic and hardest-working people in the business," Capko said. "We have gotten to know each other very well over the past 5-10 years. He was a successful junior college coach at Triton and another guy who has a great feel for the MAC and the Midwest. I know John will bring the right energy and effort every day to help compete for championships, and I am so happy that we get this opportunity to work together."
Clancy comes to Muncie after most recently serving two seasons as an assistant at Western Illinois and, before that, two seasons as the head coach at Triton College in River Grove, Ill. Triton made it to the NJCAA national semifinals in its division in 2021-22 under Clancy’s leadership, and he was named the Region IV Coach of the Year and IBCA Junior College Coach of the Year.
Clancy has extensive ties to the state of Illinois, including four seasons at Southern Illinois University (2015-19) where he worked as the director of operations, and more specifically the Chicagoland area, where he started his coaching career at the high school level.
A guard on Concordia University-Chicago in his playing days, Clancy was named team captain as a freshman and was voted to the Northern Illinois-Iowa All-Conference team.
John Clancy Coaching Timeline
2025-Present – Ball State (assistant coach)
2023-25 – Western Illinois (assistant coach)
2021-23 – Triton College (head coach)
2020-21 – John A. Logan College (assistant coach)
2019-20 – Triton College (assistant coach)
2015-19 – Southern Illinois (director of operations)
2012-15 – Niles North High School (assistant coach)
2009-12 – Wheeling High School, St. Viator High School, Elk Grove High School
Men's Basketball // Coach Capko Mic'd Up in Worthen Arena for the 1st time
Wednesday, April 01
Men's Basketball // Post press conference w/Coach Capko, President Mearns, Jeff Mitchell & David Eha
Thursday, March 26
Men's Basketball // Coach Capko 1st Day on Campus
Tuesday, March 24
Men's Basketball // Coach Capko has arrived! Walk and Talk upon arrival
Monday, March 23
