Wes Flanigan

Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Ole Miss Rebels (Head coach: Chris Beard)
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Teams coached: Little Rock Trojans
Little Rock record: 22-42 (.344)
Overall record: 22-42 (.344)

Wes Flanigan
Born April 19, 1974
Hometown: Little Rock, Arkansas
Alma Mater: Auburn University (BA, 1997)
Played four seasons at Auburn for head coach Cliff Ellis; was All-SEC Freshmen in 1994 and All-SEC as a junior in 1996
- Had surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his arm then returned to playing; given the USBWA Most Courageous Award in 1997
Started his coaching career at NW Mississippi CC in Senatobia, MS, working there four years before returning home to Little Rock
His first stint at Arkansas-Little Rock was as one of Steve Shields‘ assistants; part of two Sun Belt East Division champion teams
Spent two years each under Mike Davis at UAB and Doc Sadler at Nebraska, then three seasons under Rick Ray and Mississippi State
Returned to Little Rock in 2015 to be on Chris Beard‘s staff; part of the Trojans team that won 30 games and upset Purdue in the NCAA Tournament
- Elevated to head coach in 2016 following Beard’s departure, but went just 22-42 in two seasons at the helm
- After dropping from 15-17 in his first season to 7-25 in his second, Flanigan was fired as head coach
Hired by Bruce Pearl in 2018 to be an assistant at alma mater Auburn; worked with the Tigers for five years and was part of the 2018-19 team that reached the NCAA Final Four for the first time in program history
Reunited with Beard in 2023, becoming one of his assistant coaches at Ole Miss