Bio

The 2025-26 season is Derrick Pringle, Jr.’s third on head coach Imhotet Amen-Ra’s staff.

In addition to preparing and breaking down team and opposing video for player, skill development and creating scouting plans for Cal Maritime’s opponents, Pringle, Jr. assists Amen-Ra with the creation of the program’s schedule and execution of its operations-related responsibilities.

Pringle, Jr., is no stranger to the California Pacific Conference after serving as Simpson University’s assistant athletic director and head women’s basketball coach from 2007-2021.

Throughout his tenure in Redding, Simpson enjoyed a top-three finish in eight seasons, celebrated four players who earned Cal Pac and West Region Freshman of the Year honors, a Cal Pac Defensive Player of the Year and three individuals who earned All-America distinction.

Responsible for the most wins in program history — 17 during the 2016-17 campaign — and the best record in women’s basketball history, an accomplishment that also took place that same season, Pringle, Jr. recruited 30 student-athletes for the program’s JV and varsity teams.

In addition to his coaching duties, he assisted in the hiring and evaluation process for Simpson Athletics’ coaches and staff members as a department administrator. Responsible for the coordination of all athletic facilities for practices and official contests, he was responsible for properly staffing all home athletic events.

He left Simpson in 2021, as its most successful women’s basketball coach in school history, to become the head coach at Bethel College.

From June of 2021 throughout August of 2023, he served as Bethel’s head coach and Health and Physical Education professor. In addition to designing and teaching his HPE courses — Sports in America and Introduction to Basketball — he handled the major elements of the women’s basketball program: creating practice, game and skill development plans, managing the team’s budget and all facets of Bethel’s recruiting, fundraising and donor engagement activities.

Pringle, Jr.’s head coaching career started at Puget Sound Christian College when he held that position, and served as the institution’s admissions counselor, from 2005-07.

His career in college athletics started in 2002 as Evergreen State College’s basketball scout.

In addition to an undergraduate degree in business, earned at Puget Sound Christian College in 2007, Pringle, Jr. earned his master’s in educational leadership at Simpson in 2021.

Updated on 6/25/25