John Aiken

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks (Head coach: John Shulman)
Current conference: Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)
Teams coached: Belhaven Blazers, McNeese Cowboys
Belhaven record^: 30-33 (.476)
McNeese State record: 22-45 (.328)
Overall record^: 52-78 (.400)

John Aiken
Born April 30, 1982
Hometown: Portland, Maine
Alma Mater: University of Southern Maine (BS, 2008) / Belhaven University (MA, 2013)
Started his coaching career with stints at Cheverus HS (ME) and Greater Portland Christian School (ME) before moving up to the college ranks
- First collegiate coaching job was assisting Jason Mulligan at D-III New England (ME)
Spent four seasons as the top assistant at NAIA Belhaven under Tom Kelsey, during which time the Blazers went to two NAIA Tournaments
- Took over as the head coach in 2012, finishing 30-33 over his two-year tenure and going to the NAIA Tournament in 2013
In 2014, he joined Heath Schroyer‘s staff at Tennessee-Martin and worked there for two years as an assistant coach
Spent two years on Richie Riley‘s staff at Nicholls, a stint that included the Colonels’ 2018 Southland regular season title
Stayed in the Southland and reunited with Schroyer in 2018, becoming his associate head coach at McNeese State
In March 2021, Schroyer stepped down to focus solely on being AD at McNeese and promoted Aiken to the position of head coach
- Aiken went 22-45 over two seasons at the helm and was fired in March 2023
Returned to Tennessee-Martin in 2024, becoming an assistant under new head coach John Shulman

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels