Tevon Saddler

Last updated
Tevon Saddler
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Team Nicholls
Conference Southland
Record20–14 (.588)
Biographical details
Born (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29)
Aberdeen, Maryland, U.S.
Playing career
2013–2015 UNC Greensboro
2017–2018 Nicholls State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2018–2019 South Alabama (GA)
2021–2022 McNeese (assistant)
2023–present Nicholls
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2019–2021 Nicholls State (director of basketball operations)
2022–2023 Maryland (director of player personnel)
Head coaching record
Overall20–14 (.588)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
As player:
  • Third-team All-SoCon (2015)
  • SoCon Freshman of the Year (2014)

Tevon Saddler (born February 23, 1995) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Nicholls Colonels men's basketball team. [1]

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Playing career

Saddler started his college basketball career at UNC Greensboro where he was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year as well as to the All-Freshman team. [2] [3] A year later, he was a third-team all-conference selection. [4] Saddler transferred to Nicholls to play his final season of eligibility and was named a second-team all-Southland Conference selection while also leading the team in rebounding. [5]

In his career, he played in 92 games starting in 88, averaging 13.8 points, 5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. [6]

Coaching career

Saddler began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at South Alabama under his former college coach Richie Riley before returning to Nicholls State as the director of basketball operations from 2019 to 2021 under Austin Claunch. [1] He had a one-season stint as an assistant coach at McNeese before joining the coaching staff at Maryland as the director of player personnel. [7] [8] [9]

On April 20, 2023, Saddler was named the head coach at Nicholls after Claunch departed to become an assistant coach at Alabama. [10] [11] [12] [13]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Nicholls Colonels (Southland)(2023–present)
2023–24 Nicholls 20–1413–53rd
Nicholls:20–14 (.588)13–5 (.722)
Total:20–14 (.588)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tevon Saddler named Freshman of the Year in basketball". Baltimore Sun. March 6, 2014. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
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  4. ↑ "UNCG's Tevon Saddler Named Third Team All-SoCon". WFMY News 2. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
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  6. ↑ "Tevon Saddler". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tevon Saddler - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". McNeese State University Athletics. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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