List of Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball head coaches

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The following is a list of Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball head coaches. There have been eight head coaches of the Owls in their 38-season history. [1]

Kennesaw State's current head coach is Antoine Pettway. He was hired as the Owls' head coach in April 2023, [2] replacing Amir Abdur-Rahim, who left to become the head coach at South Florida. [3]

No.TenureCoachYearsRecordPct.
11985–1996 Phil Zenoni 11166–156.516
21996–2000 Greg Yarlett 463–48.568
32000–2011 Tony Ingle 11178–165.519
42011–2014 [lower-alpha 1] Lewis Preston 39–67.118
52014–2015 [lower-alpha 2] Jimmy Lallathin 213–35.271
62015–2019 Al Skinner 441–84.328
72019–2023 Amir Abdur-Rahim 445–74.378
82023–present Antoine Pettway 00–0–
Totals8 coaches38 seasons515–626.451
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season
Source [1]
  1. ↑ Preston took a leave of absence on January 2, 2014. Jimmy Lallathin served as interim head coach for the remainder of the 2013–14 season. [4]
  2. ↑ After serving as interim head coach for the end of the 2013–14 season, Lallathin was named permanent head coach in March 2014. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Kennesaw State Athletics. p. 4. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Rodak, Mike (April 7, 2023). "Antoine Pettway becomes third Alabama basketball assistant to leave for head-coaching job". AL.com . Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  3. ↑ Borzello, Jeff (March 29, 2023). "South Florida hires Amir Abdur-Rahim as basketball coach". ESPN.com . Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Raphielle (January 2, 2014). "Kennesaw State head coach Lewis Preston takes leave of absence". NBCSports.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kennesaw State promotes interim coach to head job". USA Today . Associated Press. March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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