Dustin Kerns

Last updated
Dustin Kerns
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Appalachian State
Conference Sun Belt
Record97–65 (.599)
Biographical details
Born Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma mater Clemson ('02)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004 Tennessee (GA)
2004–2007 Wofford (asst.)
2007–2013 Santa Clara (asst.)
2013–2017Wofford (Assoc. HC)
2017–2019 Presbyterian
2019–present Appalachian State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2002–2003 Tennessee Tech (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall128–102 (.557)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)
0–1 (NIT)
0–1 (TBC)
2–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt tournament (2021)
Sun Belt regular season (2024)
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2024)

Dustin Kerns is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team. [1]

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Coaching career

Kerns served as a student assistant at Clemson for its men's basketball team, and after graduation landed his first coaching job at Tennessee Tech. Following a one-year stop as a graduate assistant at Tennessee, Kerns joined Mike Young's staff at Wofford from 2004 to 2007, then moved on to Santa Clara as an assistant from 2007 to 2013. He returned to Wofford as the associate head coach in 2013, where he was on staff for the Terriers' 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournament appearances. [2]

On May 23, 2017, Kerns was named the head coach at Presbyterian. [3] Kerns took over a Presbyterian program that had endured 12 straight losing seasons and a 5 win campaign the previous season. The program quickly turned around as in his 2nd season at Presbyterian, he led the Blue Hose to a 20 win season, first ever post-season berth, and quarterfinal appearance in the CIT Tournament. Kerns was named a Finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year and the Hugh Durham Mid-Major National Coach of the Year. After two seasons and a 31–37 record, including a nine–win turnaround in season two with the Blue Hose, Kerns was named the head coach at Appalachian State on March 28, 2019. [1]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Presbyterian Blue Hose (Big South)(2017–2019)
2017–18 Presbyterian 11–214–149th
2018–19 Presbyterian 20–169–7T–5th CIT Quarterfinals
Presbyterian:31–37 (.456)13–21 (.382)
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt)(2019–present)
2019–20 Appalachian State 18–1511–96th
2020–21 Appalachian State 17–127–84th (East) NCAA Division I First Four
2021–22 Appalachian State 19–1512–62nd TBC First Round
2022–23 Appalachian State 16–169–9T–7th
2023–24 Appalachian State 27–716–21st NIT First Round
Appalachian State:97–65 (.599)55–34 (.618)
Total:128–102 (.557)

      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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