Sodemann, a 2015 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, is entering his first season on Jeff Horner's staff after a 2017-18 NCAA Tournament run at Ohio Dominican University.
Sodemann helped lead the Panthers (20-11, 12-8 G-MAC) to their fourth-ever 20-win campaign, a conference tournament title and an NCAA Tournament appearance, the last two of which hadn't been done since they joined the Division II ranks prior to the 2011-12 season. ODU entered the Big Dance having won eight games in a row and 12 of its last 13, which included a 68-66 buzzer-beating victory at No. 11 Findlay in the G-MAC Tournament semifinals.
Prior to his time in Columbus, Ohio, Sodemann began his coaching career with a two-year stint as a graduate assistant at Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis of the NAIA. Under head coach, Matt Brock, the Spartans went a combined 36-27 including 19-12 in 2015-16, their first season with that many wins in 10 years.
As a player, the St. Louis native spent two seasons at Truman (2010-12), the second of which was a redshirt year, before transferring to Division III Illinois Wesleyan (2012-15) in Bloomington, Ill. As a member of the Titans, Sodemann scored 792 points (9.5 per game) and in the program's career record book, he ranks fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.440) and 10th in triples made (140).
