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Wayne Brent

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Wayne Brent
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamJackson State
Playing career
1987–1989Louisiana-Monroe
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989–1991Louisiana-Monroe (grad. asst.)
1991–1992Tallulah HS (asst.)
1992–1998Provine HS
1998–2002Ole Miss (asst.)
2004–2007Piney Woods HS
2007–2013Callaway HS
2013–presentJackson State

Wayne Brent is the current college basketball head coach of the Jackson State Tigers and a former high school basketball coach and college assistant coach. Has a baller son named Cameron Brent.

High school coach

Brent won four state championships in six seasons with Callaway High School in Jackson. He also coached at Provine High School and won a state championship there.He has coached many players who have gone to the NBA and overseas.

College assistant coach

Brent was an assistant coach at Mississippi for four seasons and helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA tournament three times out of his four seasons.[1][2]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Jackson State Tigers (Southwest Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14 Jackson State 11–20 7–11 7th
2014–15 Jackson State 11–21 9–9 T–5th
2015–16 Jackson State 20–16 12–6 3rd CIT Second Round
Jackson State: 42–57 28–26
Total: 42-57

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ "Jackson State hires Wayne Brent". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
  2. ^ "Jackson State hires Wayne Brent to replace Tevester Anderson". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2013-06-06.