Golden Eagle Basketball
Coaches

Clark Sheehy
Head Coach

Clark Sheehy enters his third year as head coach of the JBU men's basketball program with an overall record of 33-31. In his second year at the helm of the Golden Eagle squad, Sheehy turned around a program that finished 10-21 during his first year, to one that became a top contender in the Sooner Athletic Conference with a 23-10 overall record, which is one of the best records in school history. 

Prior to coming to JBU,  Sheehy spent two seasons as head men's basketball coach at Fresno Pacific in Fresno, Calif. from 2005-2007.  During his first year, Sheehy took a program that had only one winning season in the previous eight years to a 15-13 record.  In his second year, FPU advanced to posteason play for the first time since 2004.  In his two years at FPU, Sheehy accumulated a 28-29 record.

Before his stint at Fresno Pacific, Sheehy was an assistant coach at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.  He coached at the NCAA Division I school for five years (2000-2005).  The teams won 69 games in Sheehy's five seasons at Texas State.   Sheehy has coached 10 players that have gone on to play professional basketball.

Before coaching at Texas State, he spent one season at NCAA Division II member Texas A&M Commerce, as a graduate assistant for the men's basketball program, while completing a master of education degree.  Sheehy began his coaching career as an assistant coach for the women's basketball team for John Brown in 1998.

Sheehy, who was a four-year letterman at JBU (1995-98), graduated in 1999 and is the son of former head coach John Sheehy.  He averaged 12 points per game over his career and is currently ranked 20^th on the JBU career scoring list with 1089 points, and fifth on the three pointers made list with 225.  He also earned all conference honors his junior and senior seasons. 

The 33-year old Sheehy, who is native of Siloam Springs, and his wife Elisa, have a son named Cameron.

Aaron Niven
Assistant Coach

Aaron Niven is entering his third year as assistant men's basketball coach at JBU.  Prior to coming to John Brown, Niven had been the men's assistant basketball coach at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia for seven years.  Before his period at SAU, Niven spent two years (1998-2000) working as an assistant at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, then Westark College, under current Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler.  While at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, Niven helped recruit seven players that went on to receive NCAA Division I scholarships.  He also helped lead the Lion's to a Bi-State conference championship in 1999-2000. 

A native of Rogers, Niven played two seasons at Arkansas Tech and was a part of a NAIA Final Four team during the 1994-1995 season.  He then transferred to the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville where he earned his bachelors degree in 1998, and went on to earn a master of education degree in 2000.  He is a third generation head coach following in the footsteps of his father Bill Niven, head coach at Green Forest High School (Ark.).

The 35-year old Niven and his wife, Shannon, have a daughter named Madalyn and baby boy named Will. They reside in Siloam Springs.