Lamar University Men's Basketball

Tyler Kelly joined the Lamar University coaching staff in April 2026. Kelly brings with him more than 10 years of coaching experience from various levels of the game.   Kelly arrived in Beaumont from Kalamazoo, Mich., where he spent the previous year as an assistant at Western Michigan. During his time with WMU, Kelly worked directly with the team’s defensive schemes. He joined the Broncos’ staff after three seasons at Niagara.   During his time in Lewiston, N.Y., he was a member of a coaching staff that helped lead the Purple Eagles to its first winning season since 2017-18 and advanced to the MAAC tournament semifinals. The Purple Eagles posted the league’s third-best field goal percentage that season and led the conference in terms of fewest turnovers committed per game. In his final season with Niagara, they led the league in field goal percentage and were second in three-point field goal percentage.   Kelly also helped build one of the deepest teams in the country while at NU. The Purple Eagles boasted the MAAC’s best reserve unit – which ranked 23rd nationally – averaging nearly 30 points per game.    Before making the jump to Niagara, Kelly spent the 2021-22 season as an assistant at Lincoln Memorial. His lone season at LMU proved to be one of the best in program history as the Railsplitters posted a 26-5 (.839) overall record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional. He also helped produce four all-conference players during his time.    Kelly has also made coaching stops at Le Moyne and Wisconsin-Green Bay as well his alma mater, Florida Southern. While at Le Moyne, Kelly assisted the Dolphins to the 2019 NE-10 regular season title and produced multiple all-conference selections.   A former standout at Florida Southern College, Kelly was a four-year letterman who guided FSC to four 20-win seasons, four conference tournament titles, three conference regular-season titles, two NCAA Division II South Regional championships, two NCAA Elite Eight appearances and one Final Four appearance and the 2015 NCAA Division II National Champion. He graduated in May 2015 as an All-Sunshine State Conference player and a USBWA National Player of the Week.   Kelly, and his wife Gianna, have a son named Luca.  

Myo Baxter-Bell joined the Lamar University coaching staff April 13, 2026. He comes to Beaumont from Longwood where he spent the previous two seasons.   During his time in Farmville, Va., Baxter-Bell was also assigned the added role of player development. He made a similar jump to the NCAA Division I level to that of head coach Jordan Fee moving to Longwood after one season at Gannon University.   During his time with the Golden Knights, he helped coach a PSAC regular-season and tournament champion squad that would advance to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. Baxter-Bell made the move to GU after spending two seasons on staff at Liberty – his alma mater – where he got his start in coaching.   Baxter-Bell transitioned to the sidelines after a season of playing professional basketball in Argentina (San Isidro Club Athletico). He moved into the professional ranks after a standout four-year player career at Liberty where he guided the Flames to two NCAA tournament appearances – including a second-round appearance in 2019, back-to-back ASUN regular-season and tournament titles and was named 2019 Jerry Colangelo Classic MVP and to the 2017 Big South All-Freshman team. A 2019 graduate of Liberty, Baxter-Bell returned to Lynchburg, Va., four years later to receive his Master's degree.        

Tyler Slick joined the Lamar University coaching staff in April 2026. Slick became the fourth addition to head coach Jordan Fee’s first staff.   Slick brings with him 10 years of coaching experience at all levels of the game from the junior college ranks up to NCAA Division I level. Over the course of the past seven seasons, Slick has served on staffs that have helped produce nearly an 81-percent winning percentage. He has also worked on skill development with NBA, WNBA and overseas professional players.   Slick makes his way to the Golden Triangle from Purdue Fort Wayne where he spent the 2025-26 season. He made the jump back to NCAA Division I basketball after spending four seasons on staff at Division II Lincoln Memorial. During his time with the Railsplitters, LMU recorded a 105-24 (.814) record – which included a near perfect 57-1 (.983) mark at home. The Railsplitters won four South Atlantic Conference regular season titles and qualified for the NCAA Division II national tournament all four seasons including an Elite Eight appearance in 2023.   Slick’s first stop at the NCAA Division I level came in August 2020, where he served as a graduate assistant at Memphis. During his lone season with the Tigers, Memphis posted a 20-win season and won their second NIT title in program history.   Prior to his stint in Memphis, Slick served as assistant coach at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D. During his two seasons with NDSCS, the Wildcats won 81 percent of their games (51-12), recorded consecutive 25-win seasons and reached the 2019 NJCAA Division I Region XIII championship game.   Slick’s time in North Dakota came following a season at NCAA Division II Mankato State where he helped lead the Mavericks to a 24-10 (.709) record. Mankato State advanced to the 2018 Division II Men’s Basketball Central Region Championship game – Division II’s Sweet 16.   Slick got his start in collegiate coaching serving as an assistant at NCAA Division III Bethany Lutheran where he served as an assistant for two seasons.   Slick received his bachelor’s degree in 2015 from Mankato State. He has also earned two masters degrees – Masters of Education from Minnesota in 2018 and Masters in Sports Management from Memphis in 2021. Slick, and his wife Dana, are expecting their first child later this summer.