Takayo Siddle
Takayo Siddle (born May 25, 1986)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: UNC Wilmington Seahawks
Current conference: Coastal Athletic Association (CAA)
UNC Wilmington record: 79-39 (.669)
Overall record: 79-39 (.669)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Championships: 1 (2022)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2022)
- CAA Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- CAA Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- CAA Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2020-present | UNC Wilmington |
| 2017-2020 | NC State (asst) |
| 2014-2017 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 2010-2014 | Gardner-Webb (asst) |
Takayo Siddle Facts
- Takayo Siddle
- Born May 25, 1986
- Hometown: Eden, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: Gardner-Webb University (BS, 2009)
- Played at Morehead HS (NC) then spent post-grad year playing for Kevin Keatts at Hargrave Military Academy (VA)
- Spent four seasons playing for head coach Rick Scruggs at Gardner-Webb, graduating in 2009
- Started his coaching career at Hargrave, serving as an assistant under Keatts for the 2009-10 season
- Returned to his alma mater GWU in 2010, spending the next three seasons as one of Chris Holtmann‘s assistants
- Hired by Keatts to be an assistant at UNC Wilmington in 2014, working with the Seahawks for three seasons
- During that time, UNCW won three-straight CAA titles and went to two NCAA Tournaments and one NIT
- Followed Keatts to NC State in 2017, spending three more years with him in Raleigh
- Part of another NCAA Tournament and NIT (postseason not held in 2020)
- Hired in March 2020 to be the head coach back at UNC Wilmington
- In his second yer, Siddle led the Seahawks to a CAA regular season title and was named CAA COY; UNCW went on to win the 2022 CBI
- In April 2022, UNCW signed Siddle to a contract extension through the 2026-27 season
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