Desmond Oliver

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: South Florida Bulls (Head coach: Amir Abdur-Rahim)
Current conference: American Athletic Conference (AAC, The American)
Teams coached: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
East Tennessee State record: 27-37 (.422)
Overall record: 27-37 (.422)

Desmond L. Oliver
Born December 4, 1969
Hometown: Buffalo, New York
Alma Mater: Dominican College (BA, 1992) / SUNY Buffalo State College (MA, 1994)
Was a star player at DeSales HS (NY) and started out at Genesee CC (NY) before finishing his career at Dominican College (NY)
Started his coaching career as an assistant varsity coach and head JV coach at Turner-Carroll HS in Buffalo, NY
Joined Jack Armstrong‘s staff at Niagara in 1994, kicking off a 27-year run as a Division I assistant coach
Spent time working under Tony Barone at Texas A&M, Scott Thompson at Cornell, Jim Baron at both St. Bonaventure and Rhode Island, Dennis Felton at Georgia, Tom Parrotta at Canisius, Alan Major at Charlotte and Rick Barnes at Tennessee
- During his assistant career, Oliver was part of 4x NCAA Tournaments (including the Vols’ 2019 Sweet Sixteen) and 5x NITs
In April 2021, Oliver was announced as the new head coach at East Tennessee State
- Oliver was let go after just two seasons, finishing with a 27-37 overall record
The following month, he joined the staff at South Florida as an assistant under new head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim