Mick Reuter has been coaching at Oakton since 2008 as the Head Men's Basketball Coach. Coach Reuter says he enjoys coaching at Oakton Community College because "it gives me the opportunity to assist a diverse population of student athletes in achieving their athletic, academic and personal goals."
Mick played basketball at Ohio High School in Ohio, IL and then at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1996.
Coach Reuter began his coaching career at St. Gregory High School in Chicago as the boy's and girl's head volleyball coach and assistant boy's basketball coach from 1997-1999. He began coaching at Oakton in September of 1998 until May of 2003 as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach. He resumed his role with the Owls in August of 2005 as assistant coach until the fall of 2008. During that time, Mick was a part of the 2006 and 2007 Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championships, as well as the 2007 Regional championship.
Coach Reuter took over as Head Men's Basketball Coach in 2008 and continues to lead in this position today. Since taking over, he has won an Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference championship in 2014 and was named ISCC Men's Basketball Coach of the Year that same year. In 2017, Coach Reuter had one of his athletes, Tafari Beckford, named 2017 Second Team All-American and ISCC Player of the Year.
Mick earned his Bachelor's of Arts degree from Knox College in 1996 and earned his Juris Doctor at John Marshall Law School in 1999.
Coach Reuter's coaching philosophy is centered around character above all else. Reuter says "Everything is earned. We believe in the development of the individual student athlete, physically, mentally and emotionally. Student athlete growth leads to success."
Mick lives in Wheeling with his dog Jack and also works full-time in the Oakton Athletics Department as the Athletic & Fitness Center Operations Coordinator.
