Jeff Tungate enters his second season as associate head coach for the Oakland University men's basketball team, and his third season with the Golden Grizzlies overall. He primarily works with the forwards and centers for OU.

In his first season on the bench, Tungate helped develop freshmen Keith Benson, who finished one block shy of the single-season school record, and Will Hudson. The Golden Grizzlies ranked at or near the top of rebounding, offensive rebounds, blocked shots and scoring offense.

Prior to returning to Oakland, Tungate spent two seasons as an associate head coach at IPFW under head coach Dane Fife in 2005-07. There he helped lead the Mastodons to their best season in program history with 12 wins and set a home attendance record in a tough two-point loss to Notre Dame.

Before going to IPFW, Tungate worked with OU for one season as an assistant coach in 2004-05. He was part of the magical season for the Golden Grizzlies, as Oakland won The Summit League Tournament title as the No. 6 seed and advanced to its first ever NCAA Tournament since becoming Division I in 1998-99. The Grizzlies then won the opening round game over Alabama A&M, 79-69, and fell to top-seeded and eventual national champion North Carolina, 96-68.

Before Oakland, Tungate was the head coach of Lincoln Memorial University, an NCAA Division II member in Harrogate, Tenn., from 1999-2004. There he tutored two Gulf South Conference Players of the  Year, and had a player make first team all-conference honors in four of his five seasons at the helm. In 2002-03, he led the Railsplitters to a 19-10 overall record and advanced to the conference semifinals of the tournament. It was the furthest any LMU team had gone and the 19 wins matched a school record since becoming Div. II. That team finished ninth in the nation in field goal percent defense and 28th in points allowed per game.