Mark Byington
Mark Byington (born April 22, 1976)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Vanderbilt Commodores
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
College of Charleston record: 7-4 (.636)
Georgia Southern record: 131-97 (.575)
James Madison record: 82-36 (.695)
Vanderbilt record: 0-0 (.000)
Overall record: 220-137 (.616)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2024)
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2017)
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 0
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2021)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 1 (2024)
Awards:
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (2021)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2024-present | Vanderbilt |
| 2020-2024 | James Madison |
| 2013-2020 | Georgia Southern |
| 2012-2013 | Virginia Tech (asst) |
| 2012 | College of Charleston (interim HC) |
| 2005-2012 | College of Charleston (asst) |
| 2004-2005 | Virginia (DBO) |
| 2002-2004 | College of Charleston (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Virginia (grad. manager) |
Mark Byington Facts
- Mark Byington
- Born April 22, 1976
- Hometown: Salem, Virginia
- Alma Mater: University of North Carolina at Wilmington (BA, 1998) / University of Virginia (MA, 2003)
- Three-year starter at UNCW under coach Jerry Wainwright; named All-CAA as a senior and a two-time All-Academic selection
- Served as a graduate manager for two years at Virginia, working under head coach Pete Gillen
- Spent two years at the College of Charleston under Tom Herrion, then returned to UVA for one season as Gillen‘s DBO
- Went back to Charleston in 2005, spending the next seven seasons as an assistant there – the first year under Herrion and then the remaining six under Bobby Cremins
- Acted as interim head coach for eleven games in 2012 with Cremins on medical leave; led the Cougars to a 7-4 record
- Spent the 2012-13 season on James Johnson‘s staff at Virginia Tech
- Hired in April 2013 to be the new head coach at Georgia Southern, his first full-time head coaching gig at any level
- Won 20+ games four times in seven years at GSU (131-97 total) and led the Eagles to the CBI in 2017
- Returned to his home state in March 2020 when he was hired to be the head coach at James Madison
- Claimed a share of the CAA regular season title in his first year, going 8-2 in conference play and earning CAA COY honors
- Led the Dukes to a Sun Belt Tournament title in 2024 to return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2013
- Left JMU in March 2024 to become the new head coach at Vanderbilt in the SEC
Mark Byington Coaching Tree
- Rob Burke (Chowan, UNC Wilmington)
- Cabral Huff (Edward Waters, Voorhees)
- Andrew Wilson (VMI)