Jack Castleberry

Jack Castleberry
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamFairleigh Dickinson
ConferenceNEC
Record18–24 (.429)
Biographical details
Born (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 (age 40)
Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
Playing career
2003–2007VMI
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007–2008UT Martin (assistant)
2008–2012VMI (assistant)
2012–2014Siena (women's assistant)
2016–2022The Citadel (assistant)
2022–2023Fairleigh Dickinson (assistant)
2023–presentFairleigh Dickinson
Head coaching record
Overall18–24 (.429)

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]

Playing career

Castleberry initially walked on at VMI under coach Duggar Baucom before earning a scholarship and becoming a two-year starter and captain.[2][3]

Coaching career

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]

Head coaching record

NCAA D1

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Fairleigh Dickinson Knights (NEC) (2023–present)
2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson 15–17 9–7 T–4th
2024–25 Fairleigh Dickinson 4–10 0–0
Fairleigh Dickinson: 19–27 (.413) 9–7 (.563)
Total: 19–27 (.413)

      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. ^ "Jack Castleberry - Head Coach - Staff Directory". FDU Knights Athletics.
  2. ^ a b O’Connor, John. "The weird way Jack Castleberry went from VMI walk-on to FDU head coach". Richmond Times-Dispatch.
  3. ^ "Jack Castleberry College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "Jack Castleberry - Assistant Coach - Men's Basketball Coaches". Virginia Military Institute.
  5. ^ "Jack Castleberry - Basketball Coach". The Citadel Athletics.
  6. ^ "Coach Jack Castleberry gets his shot at FDU. What's next for America's Cinderella?". North Jersey Media Group.
  7. ^ "Castleberry Elevated to Men's Basketball Head Coach". FDU Knights Athletics.