Dustin Kerns

Dustin Kerns
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamAppalachian State
ConferenceSun Belt
Record97–65 (.599)
Biographical details
Born (1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 (age 44)[1]
Kingsport, Tennessee, U.S.
Alma materClemson ('02)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004Tennessee (GA)
2004–2007Wofford (asst.)
2007–2013Santa Clara (asst.)
2013–2017Wofford (Assoc. HC)
2017–2019Presbyterian
2019–presentAppalachian State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2002–2003Tennessee Tech (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall128–102 (.557)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)
0–1 (NIT)
0–1 (TBC)
2–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt tournament (2021)
Sun Belt regular season (2024)
Awards
Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2024)

Dustin Kerns (born February 1, 1980)[1] is an American college basketball coach, and current head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team.[2]

Coaching career

Kerns served as a student assistant at Clemson for its men's basketball team, and after graduation landed his first coaching job at Tennessee Tech. Following a one-year stop as a graduate assistant at Tennessee, Kerns joined Mike Young's staff at Wofford from 2004 to 2007, then moved on to Santa Clara as an assistant from 2007 to 2013. He returned to Wofford as the associate head coach in 2013, where he was on staff for the Terriers' 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournament appearances.[3]

On May 23, 2017, Kerns was named the head coach at Presbyterian.[4] Kerns took over a Presbyterian program that had endured 12 straight losing seasons and a 5 win campaign the previous season. The program quickly turned around as in his 2nd season at Presbyterian, he led the Blue Hose to a 20 win season, first ever post-season berth, and quarterfinal appearance in the CIT Tournament. Kerns was named a Finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year and the Hugh Durham Mid-Major National Coach of the Year. After two seasons and a 31–37 record, including a nine–win turnaround in season two with the Blue Hose, Kerns was named the head coach at Appalachian State on March 28, 2019.[2]

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Presbyterian Blue Hose (Big South) (2017–2019)
2017–18 Presbyterian 11–21 4–14 9th
2018–19 Presbyterian 20–16 9–7 T–5th CIT Quarterfinals
Presbyterian: 31–37 (.456) 13–21 (.382)
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt) (2019–present)
2019–20 Appalachian State 18–15 11–9 6th
2020–21 Appalachian State 17–12 7–8 4th (East) NCAA Division I First Four
2021–22 Appalachian State 19–15 12–6 2nd TBC First Round
2022–23 Appalachian State 16–16 9–9 T–7th
2023–24 Appalachian State 27–7 16–2 1st NIT First Round
2024–25 Appalachian State 5–3 0–0
Appalachian State: 98–67 (.594) 55–35 (.611)
Total: 129–103 (.556)

      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. ^ a b "Dustin Kerns". coachesdatabase.com. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "App State Hires Dustin Kerns as Men's Basketball Head Coach". Appalachian State University Athletics.
  3. ^ "Wofford College Athletics - 2013-14 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff". athletics.wofford.edu.
  4. ^ "Dustin Kerns Bio". GoBlueHose.com.
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