Jim Yarbrough (basketball)

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Jim Yarbrough
Current position
Record230–177 (.565)
Biographical details
Born (1964-02-08) February 8, 1964 (age 61)
Alma mater Florida State University (1987)
The Citadel (2000)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1993 The Bolles (FL) (assistant)
1993–1994 West Florida (assistant)
1994–2000 Charleston (associate)
2000–2005 Valdosta State
2005–2014 Southeastern Louisiana
2014–2021 Bishop Moore Catholic HS
2022–present Clearwater Central Catholic HS
Head coaching record
Overall230–177 (.565) (college)

Jim Yarbrough (born February 8, 1964) is an American college basketball head coach with a 230-177 record over 14 seasons at Valdosta State University and Southeastern Louisiana University. He was named Southeastern Louisiana's 11th head basketball coach on June 23, 2005, and was dismissed on March 17, 2014, after compiling a 133-135 record in nine seasons that made Yarbrough the second-winningest men's basketball coach in SLU history, with the second-highest winning percentage in school history. His tenure included wins over Mississippi State, Penn State and Oregon State. Prior to his SLU career, Yarbrough led Valdosta State to multiple seasons in the NCAA Division II postseason tournament, including two seasons in which he was named both NCAA Division II South Region Coach of the Year and Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year. His 2003-04 Valdosta State team finished 25-4 and ranked No. 3 in the nation at the close of the season. Before beginning his college head coaching career at Valdosta State, he served six years as an assistant coach and associate head coach under John Kresse in the storied College of Charleston basketball program that compiled a 153-28 record and six conference championships during Yarbrough's years as a top assistant. At SLU, Yarbrough coached the Lions to five winning seasons and a school-record five winning campaigns in the Southland Conference, along with 11 players named to all-SLC teams. [1]

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)