Jeremy Luther (born October 9, 1973) is an American

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team. He played

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for the

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, and Covenant Scots. He has previously coached for the

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, at Windsor Academy, for the

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and Armstrong Atlantic Pirates.

Early life

Luther grew up in

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. He attended North Florida Christian School in Tallahassee, where he played basketball, football and ran track. He was a

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in basketball and a

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in football. Luther then began playing

for the

in the 1992–93 season; he transferred to the

and played from 1993 to 1995, and then transferred to the Covenant Scots where he played from 1995 to 1997. At Covenant, Luther scored 1,300 points across two seasons and was selected

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(NAIA) Division II

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as a

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, when he averaged 26.0 points-per-game. After his collegiate career, he played one season of semi-professional basketball for a team in South Dakota and then spent a year playing in overseas tournaments in Australia and New Zealand with the group

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. He later returned to the U.S. and attended

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, receiving a

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in 1999.

Coaching career

Luther served as an assistant coach for the

from 1998 to 2000 while attending the school. He then spent the 2000–01 season as the head coach at Windsor Academy. He was a

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with the

in 2001–02, and then received a promotion to assistant coach for the 2002–03 season. He remained in the position through the 2006–07 season, assisting in Mercer's

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(ASUN) title in 2002–03, when they had 23 wins, which was the highest in program history up to that point. Luther became the head coach of the

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in 2007, and served two seasons in the position, totaling an overall record of 33–24 which included a school-Division II-best 21 wins in 2008–09. He left for the head coaching job of the Armstrong Atlantic Pirates in 2009–10. He totaled a record of 51–56 in four seasons before joining the

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Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs as assistant coach in 2013. In 2017, he was promoted to associate head coach. He was promoted to head coach on March 27, 2024.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

References

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