Dan Voudrie serves as the athletic department's NAIA Compliance Coordinator in addition to his duties as head men's basketball coach.
Voudrie enters his eighth season at the helm of the Purdue Calumet men’s basketball program in 2015-16, after being named the fifth head coach in school history in the fall of 2008.
The Peregrines completed another solid year in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference in 2014-15, finishing with a 15-15 overall mark and a 10-9 mark, good for third place in the South Division and a berth into the CCAC Tournament as a No. 3 seed. Purdue Calumet pulled off major upsets over St. Xavier and No. 15 St. Francis, two teams that eventually shared the CCAC regular season title.
Voudrie led the Peregrines to their best season to date under his leadership in 2013-14, as the squad finished with a 19-11 overall record and an 11-9 mark in conference play. The 19 wins were the most since the 2001-02 season and the Peregrines’ winning percentage (.633) was the best mark since the 1985-86 campaign.
In 2012-13, Voudrie led the Peregrines to a 18-14 mark, finishing sixth in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. The program’s 18 wins were the most for Purdue Calumet since the 2003-04 campaign. The Black and Gold wrapped up the season with a 12-5 mark in the final two months, setting the stage for high expectations in 2013-14.
The Purdue Calumet mentor has accrued a 83-125 overall record during his time at the helm of the program, while seeing a number of his players earn CCAC accolades in his first five seasons. The Black and Gold have had 15 all-conference recipients, 10 league player-of-the-week honorees and one CCAC Freshman-of-the-Year honor during that time.
Voudrie has also kept the team actively involved with local youth camps and community outreach, as his student-athletes have participated in the Purdue Calumet Basketball Camp, Share the Rock Basketball Camp, R-Dub Club and Purdue Calumet’s Day of Caring and Spring Break Thru programs. His team’s efforts off the court helped them garner the 2010-11 CCAC Champions of Character Team Award, becoming the first Purdue Calumet team to receive the honor.
The 20-year veteran of the college basketball coaching ranks came to Purdue Calumet from Olivet Nazarene, where he worked under the tutelage of CCAC Hall of Famer Ralph Hodge. Voudrie served as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for Hodge in his second stint with the Tigers, helping recruit and coach 26 all-conference and three All-American performers in that time.
Prior to his time as an assistant at Olivet Nazarene, he held similar positions at Mount Vernon Nazarene University and Indiana Wesleyan University. During his time at IWU, Voudrie was recognized by the Indiana Basketball News as the top recruiter among NAIA assistant coaches in both 2000 and 2001 while helping the Wildcats win 47 games in his three seasons at the school, a 36-game improvement over the previous three-year period.
Voudrie has a long-standing reputation for developing players, having recruited and coached 16 All-Americans over the course of his career while helping four players continue their playing career with professional contracts overseas.
In Hodge and Mount Vernon Nazarene’s Scott Flemming, Voudrie has been mentored by a Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Hall of Famer and NAIA Coach of the Year.
Along with his extensive coaching background, Voudrie also served as professor in the Indiana Wesleyan and Olivet Nazarene mathematics department. He earned his master’s degree in teaching from ONU, after completing his undergraduate work from Bradley University in 1994 with a degree in mathematics.
He began his career in college basketball as a manager at Bradley University, after a stint as a walk-on for the Braves. Voudrie spent four seasons as the team’s manager, before accepting a graduate assistant position at Olivet Nazarene.
His influence at Purdue Calumet stretches beyond the basketball court, as he serves on a number of advancement committees on campus while also actively assisting in a number of regional charitable efforts.
Voudrie resides in Griffith, Ind. with his wife, Amber, and their children Jaelyn, Lauren and Titus.
