The 2012-2013 season is Head Coach Clair Oleen's 34th season on the sidelines in Hahn Gymnasium, two years as the late George Stephens' assistant coach (earning KCAC titles in 1980 and 1981) and 12 years as the women's basketball head coach (winning 208 games, one KCAC title, 10 NAIA play-off appearances and numerous national rankings).

Oleen now enters his 20th season as head coach of the men's basketball program.

During his time as men's coach, the Swedes have won 255 games, won three KCAC Tournament Championships, earned several national rankings and qualified for three NAIA National Tournaments. The 2003 team played in the NAIA National Championship game, finishing as national runners-up. That year Oleen was honored as the NAIA Division II Coach of the Year, while the team was honored by then Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius, with a state proclamation on April 10, 2003.

Oleen earned his 450th head coaching win at Bethany in the 2011-2012 as his teams have amassed 463 total wins.

Oleen insists that the reason for all the Bethany wins over the years is the fact that he has been blessed with good players, good people, and good assistant coaches.

As a basketball player, Oleen was a two-year starter and a captain at Barton County Community College before he joined the Swedes at Bethany.  In a Swede uniform he earned All-KCAC, All-District 10 of NAIA, and All-Lutheran honors nationally. He was a Bethany co-captain for the 1976-77 KCAC co-champion team, while he also received the Most Valuable Swede award.  Following his college playing days, Oleen received numerous AAU basketball awards, including induction into the Kansas Independent Basketball Tournament Hall of Fame.

He received his bachelor's degree in 1977 from Bethany College and his master's in physical education from Kansas State University.

Oleen and his wife, Jerrine, have two adult children, Nathan and Andrea.

Denver Cobb is from Daytona Beach, Fla., and attended Father Lopez High School.

Cobb comes to Bethany from the University of South Florida, where he served as a graduate assistant. During the 2011-2012 season he worked under the Big East Coach of the Year Stan Heath.

USF finished the season 22-14 and in fourth place in the Big East. Cobb helped the team finish the season with the best record in school history and tied for most wins in school history. They also set the Big East defensive record for lowest points scored against (56.6 ppg). It was their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1992.

During the 2010-2011 season, Cobb served as assistant men's basketball coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. While there, he helped lead the team to a 29-5 record and a conference tournament championship. Cobb coached a second-team All-American and two-time Defensive Player of the Year. As a player at ERAU, he was the team captain from 2007-2009, and he made National Tournament appearances in 2005, 2006 and 2008. He made the Sun Conference All-Conference team in 2008 and 2009 and led the Sun Conference in free throw percentage and three point percentage. Cobb accumulated over 100 community service hours through the Champions of Character program. Cobb played for the NAIA Hall of Fame Inductee Steve Ridder and had an overall five year collegiate record of 134-34.

In the summer of 2010 Cobb was the head coach of the Port Orange Warriors, a U16 AAU team. His team were the Easter Classic at Disney 16U Division II runner-ups, the Super Showcase Coast to Coast Regional 16U Division II champions and the Battle at the Beach tenth grade champions.

During the 2009-2010 school year, Cobb was the varsity boys basketball assistant coach and the freshman head basketball coach at Father Lopez Catholic High School in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Cobb has coached the ERAU individual and team youth basketball camps since 2004. He has been involved with the Junior Eagle program, been a Special Olympics volunteer, and helped with the Steve Ridder and Campbell University basketball camps. Cobb has received the Dave Counts Memorial Scholarship and the Robert Alan Goldberg, Jr. Memorial Scholarship.

Cobb completed his master's degree from the University of South Florida in physical education. He has undergraduate minors in education, humanities, and psychology.

Schneider begins his third season on the Swedes coaching staff. A native of Great Bend, the Schneider family is a well-known basketball family around Kansas as his brother, Doug is currently head coach at Smoky Valley High School and his brother, Scott is a graduate assistant at Wheeling Jesuit University.

Jason currently serves as an admissions representative within the Bethany College Admissions Office putting his recruiting efforts to work for the entire campus.

Meyer is from Herington, Kan., and is in his fourth season as a student assistant for Bethany College. He played four years of basketball at Herington High School. He is a sports management major and plans to pursue the career of coaching college basketball.

Jake will be coaching the Junior Varsity Swedes for the third straight season. Last season he coached the JV Swedes to an undefeated conference record, first time in school history. He looks to build on the success into this coming season.

Meyer is the son of Ben and Kristi Meyer and has a younger sister, Cara.