Vo chosen as ENMU men's basketball coach

Former Eastern New Mexico University men’s basketball assistant Daven Vo was chosen as the program’s next head coach in an announcement by the school on Thursday.

A native of Oklahoma City, the 39-year-old Vo served for three years under outgoing ENMU coach Brent Owen as an assistant coach from 2020-23. Owen accepted the head coaching job at NCAA Division II Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, N.C.

After the program was shut down due to COVID-19 in 2020-21 in Owen’s and Vo’s first campaign, they helped the Greyhounds post a 17-12 record in 2022-23, a 10-win improvement from the previous season. The team advanced to the Lone Star Conference tournament.

Last season, Vo was the associate head coach at Colorado-Colorado Springs, where the Mountain Lions went 12-16 and finished 10th at 8-14 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

“My family and I are excited to be back in the wonderful Portales community,” Vo said in a release from ENMU. “It’s an honor and a privilege to be named head basketball coach at Eastern New Mexico University.”

Prior to coming to ENMU, Vo was an assistant at Butler (Kan.) Community College for three seasons. He also spent 11 years in Arizona, at Grand Canyon University and at South Mountain CC.

In 2010, at the age of 26, he became the head coach at SMCC, posting more than 100 wins in his time there and advancing to the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association tournament.

Vo and wife Laura have three children – Kora, Lennix and Henry.

“This would not have been possible without the everlasting support and sacrifice of my wife and kids,” he said. “Greyhound Arena is the hidden gem in the Land of Enchantment, and with the relentless support of Greyhound Nation we are going to make it better than ever.”

Vo holds a degree in information systems from St. Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Okla.