Scott Padgett (Manhattan Jaspers)

Scott Padgett

Current position: Assistant to the head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Mississippi State Bulldogs (Head coach: Chris Jans)
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Teams coached: Samford Bulldogs
Samford record: 84-115 (.422)
Overall record: 84-115 (.422)

2022-present	Mississippi State (asst. to the HC)
2021-2022	Manhattan (asst)
2020-2021	New Mexico (asst)
2014-2020	Samford
2012-2014	Samford (asst)
2010-2012	Manhattan (asst)
2009-2010	Kentucky (asst)

Scott Anthony Padgett
Born April 19, 1976
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
Alma Mater: University of Kentucky (BA, 1999)
Played for the Kentucky Wildcats, initially for head coach Rick Pitino and then for his final two seasons for Tubby Smith
- Was a member of Kentucky’s 1998 NCAA National Championship team
- Drafted with the 28th overall pick in the 1999 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz, with whom he played for four seasons
- Also played with the Rockets, Nets, Grizzlies and CB Granada (Spain) before retiring in 2007
Started coaching career in 2009, spending one year as an assistant under John Calipari at alma mater Kentucky
Spent two years on the staff at Manhattan, one each under Barry Rohrssen and former UK teammate Steve Masiello
From 2012-14, Padgett assisted Bennie Seltzer at Samford and then in June 2014 was promoted to be the Bulldogs’ head coach
- Led the team to the 2017 CIT in his third year at the helm
- Went 84-115 overall and just 10-23 in 2019-20, leading to his firing in March 2020
In July 2020, Padgett was hired to be an assistant coach under Paul Weir at New Mexico; spent one year with the Lobos
Returned to Manhattan in 2021, joining Steve Masiello‘s staff as an assistant coach for the Jaspers
In August 2022, Padgett joined the Mississippi State as assistant to new head coach Chris Jans
Along with his wife, Cynthia, has two sons and one daughter