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Jack Castleberry
American basketball player and coach
Jack Castleberry (born 1984) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Conference | NEC |
| Record | 15–17 (.469) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 (age 39) Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2007 | VMI |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2007–2008 | UT Martin (assistant) |
| 2008–2012 | VMI (assistant) |
| 2012–2014 | Siena (women's assistant) |
| 2016–2022 | The Citadel (assistant) |
| 2022–2023 | Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–17 (.469) |
Castleberry initially walked on at VMI under coach Duggar Baucom before earning a scholarship and becoming a two-year starter and captain.[2][3]
After graduation, Castleberry became an assistant coach at UT Martin for a single season before returning to his alma mater to serve as an assistant coach from 2008 to 2012.[4] Castleberry would join the women's basketball coaching staff at Siena for two seasons, where he'd meet Tobin Anderson, then an assistant with the men's program.[2]
After leaving basketball for two seasons to become a financial planner, Castleberry reunited with Baucom at The Citadel in 2016, where he stayed on staff as an assistant until 2022.[5] He'd join up with Anderson on his first coaching staff at Fairleigh Dickinson, and was part of the Knights 16–seed over 1–seed upset of Purdue at the 2023 NCAA Tournament.[6]
After Anderson left to take the head coaching position at Iona, Castleberry was promoted to head coach on March 21, 2023.[7]
NCAA D1
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (NEC) (2023–present) | |||||||||
| 2023–24 | Fairleigh Dickinson | 15–17 | 9–7 | T–4th | |||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson: | 15–17 (.469) | 9–7 (.563) | |||||||
| Total: | 15–17 (.469) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "Jack Castleberry - Head Coach - Staff Directory". FDU Knights Athletics.
- O’Connor, John. "The weird way Jack Castleberry went from VMI walk-on to FDU head coach". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
- "Jack Castleberry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- "Jack Castleberry - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Virginia Military Institute.
- "Jack Castleberry - Basketball Coach". The Citadel Athletics.
- "Coach Jack Castleberry gets his shot at FDU. What's next for America's Cinderella?". North Jersey Media Group.
- "Castleberry Elevated to Men's Basketball Head Coach". FDU Knights Athletics.