Joining the Linfield staff in the spring of 2025, Elijah Gurash embarks on his first collegiate head coaching assignment as he takes the reins of the Linfield men’s basketball program for the start the 2025-26 season.
Gurash arrived at Linfield after serving one year as the lead assistant coach at Buena Vista University, a Division III institution in Storm Lake, Iowa.
No stranger to the Pacific Northwest, Gurash served as a top assistant at Whitworth University for six seasons. During his time in Spokane, the Pirates went a combined 116-41, captured three Northwest Conference championships, three NWC Tournament titles and reached the NCAA Division III Tournament four times.
Prior to joining the Whitworth staff, Gurash spent a combined 15 years coaching at the high school level in North Carolina, West Virginia and Washington state, first as an assistant boys basketball coach for seven seasons and later as a head varsity coach for eight seasons.
An all-state basketball player, Gurash began his collegiate playing career at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He concluded his playing career at Northwest Christian University (now Bushnell University) in Eugene.
Gurash earned a bachelor’s degree from Bushnell in 2001 and went on to complete a master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 2007. He has also published his own book, entitled, “Jesus is a Baller: Reflections on the Fundamentals of Basketball.”
Elijah, and his wife, Katy, are raising three children: Xander, Oliver and Isla Grace.
