Mark Byington

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Mark Byington
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Georgia Southern
Record	11–12
Playing career
1994–1998	UNC Wilmington
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–12 2012 2012–13 2013–	College of Charleston Virginia (asst.) College of Charleston (asst.) College of Charleston (Interim HC) Virginia Tech (asst.) Georgia Southern
Head coaching record
Overall	18-16

Mark Byington (born 1970s) is the current head coach of Georgia Southern University Eagles men’s basketball program and former assistant coach and college basketball player.^[1]

College playing career

Byington was a three-year starter for the UNC Wilmington basketball team. He was also 2nd-team All-Colonial Athletic Association and All-CAA Defensive Team honors his senior year. In his four years, he was a two-time CAA All-Academic selection, and scored more than 1,000 points during his career.^[2]

Assistant coaching career

Byington spent nine seasons as an assistant coach at the College of Charleston, including seven as Bobby Cremins’ top assistant. The College of Charleston compiled a record of 194-100 and a 108-51 record in the Southern Conference during the years when Byington was an assistant coach. The College of Charleston Cougars recorded six 20-win seasons, logged three Southern Conference South Division regular-season titles, advanced to the league’s tournament championship game three times and made two appearances in the NIT.

Coaching Record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
College of Charleston (Southern Conference) (2012–2012)
2011–12	College of Charleston	7–4*	6–3*	4th (South)
Georgia Southern:		7–4	6–3
Georgia Southern (Southern Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Georgia Southern	11–12	4–4
Georgia Southern:		11–12	4–4
Total:		18–16
National champion Conference regular season champion Conference tournament champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Conference division champion

*Byington served as interim head coach after Bobby Cremins took a medical leave of absence.

References

↑ "Georgia Southern hires new coach". ESPN. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
↑ "Georgia Southern Names Mark Byington Men’s Basketball Coach". Georgia Southern Eagles. Retrieved 2013-06-06.

Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1926–1929)
Unknown (1929–1930)
Crook Smith (1930–1942)
No team (1942–1946)
George Cukro (1946–1947)
J. B. Scearce (1947–1967)
Frank Radovich (1967–1970)
J. E. Rowe (1970–1974)
Larry Chapman (1974–1977)
J. B. Scearce (1977–1979)
John Nelson (1979–1981)
Frank Kerns (1981–1994)
Doug Durham (1994–1995)
Gregg Polinsky (1995–1999)
Jeff Price (1999–2009)
Charlton Young (2009–2013)
Mark Byington (2013– )

v t e Current men's basketball head coaches of the Southern Conference

North Division	Jason Capel (Appalachian State) Will Wade (Chattanooga) Matt Matheny (Elon) Bennie Seltzer (Samford) Wes Miller (UNC Greensboro) Larry Hunter (Western Carolina)

South Division	Chuck Driesell (The Citadel) Bob McKillop (Davidson) Niko Medved (Furman) Mark Byington (Georgia Southern) Mike Young (Wofford)

Persondata
Name	Byington, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	1970s
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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