Flynn Clayman

Flynn Clayman (born September 27, 1988)

Current position: Associate head men’s basketball coach
Current team: High Point Panthers (Head coach: Alan Huss)
Current conference: Big South Conference
Teams coached: Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Southern Utah record: 2-1 (.667)
Overall record: 2-1 (.667)

Career Accomplishments:

  • NCAA National Championships:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  0
  • CBI Championships:  0
  • CBI Appearances:  1  (2023)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2023-present High Point (assoc. HC)
2023 Southern Utah (interim HC)
2022-2023 Southern Utah (assoc. HC)
2019-2022 Southern Utah (asst)
2017-2019 Southern Utah (special asst)

Flynn Clayman Facts

  • Flynn Clayman
  • Born September 27, 1988
  • Hometown: Los Angeles, California
  • Alma Mater: Troy University (BS, 2011) / Southern Utah University (MIS, 2021)
  • The LA-native played at Venice HS (CA) for Rasheed Hazzard, who won two NBA titles as an assistant with the Lakers
  • Started out at Colorado State, playing two seasons for head coach Tim Miles (2007-09), then played one season (2010-11) for Don Maestri at Troy before finishing his career (2011-12) at NAIA Cumberlands (KY)
    • Played professionally overseas from 2012-16, with stints in the Republic of Georgia, Brazil, and Israel
    • Got some coaching experience in the summer of 2015 as an assistant for BTI Basketball Club, an AAU team out of Los Angeles
  • Became an assistant coach at SHORE School in Sydney, Australia in 2016, and also spent 1.5 years as the head coach for AUSA Hoops
    • With AUSA, helped over 20 Australian student athletes go overseas to play Division I basketball in the United States
  • Hired in 2017 to be a special assistant at Southern Utah by new Thunderbirds’ head coach Todd Simon; elevated to assistant coach in 2019 and then to associate head coach in 2022
    • Part of three postseason appearances (2019 CIT, 2022 TBC and 2023 CBI) and the 2020-21 team that shared the Big Sky title
    • Served as interim head coach for SUU’s three CBI games in 2023, winning the first two before losing in the semifinals
  • Joined the staff of new head coach Alan Huss at High Point as his associate head coach in April 2023

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