Preston Spradlin is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at

James Madison University James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public university, public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States. Founded in 1908, the institution was renamed in 1938 in honor of the fourth president of the ...

. He previously served as the head coach at

Morehead State University Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky, United States. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, a two-yea ...

Coaching career

After a playing career at NAIA

Alice Lloyd College Alice Lloyd College is a private work college in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, US. It was co-founded by the journalist Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd (a native of Cambridge, Massachusetts) and June Buchanan (a native of New York) in 1923, at first unde ...

, Spradlin joined

John Calipari John Vincent Calipari (; born February 10, 1959) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach at the Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball, University of Arkansas. He has been named Naismith College Coach of the Year three times (1996, 2 ...

's staff at

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as a graduate assistant from 2009 to 2011, and assistant director of basketball operations from 2011 to 2014. He also aided Calipari with the

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in 2011 and 2012. Spradlin joined

Sean Woods Sean Woods (born March 29, 1970) is an American former basketball player and former head coach for the Southern Jaguars basketball team. Playing career Woods attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis before playing college basketball at ...

's staff at Morehead State in 2014 as an assistant coach, and was elevated to interim head coach when Woods resigned amid player allegations that he had assaulted them. After going 12–9 in the interim role, and guiding the Eagles to a 10–6 conference record in

Ohio Valley Conference The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in partnership with ...

play in the East Division, Spradlin was given the job on a permanent basis.

Personal life

Spradlin is a

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. He is married to the former Misty Tackett. They have one son and one daughter.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

‡ Woods resigned 12/15/16; Spradlin coached rest of season.

References

Living people American men's basketball coaches Basketball coaches from Kentucky Morehead State Eagles men's basketball coaches Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball coaches People from Pikeville, Kentucky Alice Lloyd College people 1986 births {{US-basketball-coach-stub