Schroyer comes to Wyoming from Fresno State, where he's been associate head coach for two years.

Before that, Schroyer was head coach at Portland State for three years. He was hired there by athletics director Tom Burman, who now holds the same job at Wyoming.

Schroyer will earn a base salary of $150,000 a year. With incentives, he can earn up to $500,000, although the contract still has yet to be signed.

In three seasons with the Vikings, Schroyer went 35-47 overall, 19-23 in the Big Sky Conference. He took over a struggling program and finished last in the Big Sky in each of his first two seasons, going 5-22 in 2002-03 and 11-16 in 2003-04.

But Portland State won the Big Sky regular-season title in 2005, going 11-3 in league play. The Vikings played host to the conference tournament but were upset by Weber State in the semifinals, finishing the season 19-9. Schroyer didn't earn a postseason bid in his three seasons.

After that season, Schroyer left Portland State to join head coach Steve Cleveland at Fresno State; the two had coached together at Fresno City College and BYU.

"I had a great situation," Schroyer said. "This is the one opportunity I would have left it to come back to."

Schroyer replaces Steve McClain, who was fired earlier this month after going 157-115 in nine seasons. McClain led Wyoming to four postseason bids in his first five seasons, and in 2002 coached the Cowboys to their first NCAA tournament win since 1990.

Schroyer was an assistant to McClain for one season at Wyoming, coaching defense on the 2001-02 team that went 22-9, won its first regular-season conference championship in 20 years, and upset No. 6 Gonzaga 73-66 in the NCAA tournament.

"It's great to be back," Schroyer said. "I told Tom (Burman) when I got here it feels like coming home."

But McClain's last four seasons were mediocre — Wyoming went a combined 57-63 in those seasons, with two losing records and no postseason bids. Burman cited on-the-court losses and slumping ticket sales when he fired McClain.