Vanderbilt basketball is hiring James Madison’s Mark Byington as its subsequent head coach, a supply with direct information instructed The Tennessean on Monday. Â The supply requested anonymity as a result of no official announcement has been made.
Byington, 47, has a 220–137 document as coach.Â
James Madison was within the highlight this season after ending with a 32-4 document that included two upset wins over Large Ten groups: one over Michigan State in November and one as a 12-over-5 March Insanity upset over Wisconsin.
In 2022-23, James Madison additionally completed with 22 wins and have been ranked within the prime 100 of KenPom however didn’t take part in any postseason event.
The Commodores parted methods with former coach Jerry Stackhouse after a 9-23 season and a 4-14 SEC document. Stackhouse didn’t qualify for the NCAA event in 5 seasons at Vanderbilt.
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Byington’s rent goes again to the mildew of the Commodores’ prior two hires earlier than Stackhouse. Kevin Stallings and Bryce Drew have been each profitable mid-major head coaches earlier than getting the Vanderbilt job. Like Stallings and in contrast to Drew, Byington additionally had expertise as a high-major assistant with stints at Virginia and Virginia Tech.
He additionally spent seven seasons because the coach at Georgia Southern and a part of 2012 because the interim head coach at School of Charleston. Not counting the interim stint, his groups have completed with profitable data in 9 of his 11 seasons as a head coach however gained just one regular-season convention title and made just one NCAA event.
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Aria Gerson covers Vanderbilt athletics for The Tennessean. Contact her at agerson@gannett.com or on Twitter @aria_gerson.