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University of South Carolina Aiken Men's Basketball
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University of South Carolina Aiken

University of South Carolina Aiken Men's Basketball

NCAA Division 2 Aiken, SC Public

Academic Snapshot

Acceptance Rate

80%

Avg SAT

1,063

Avg ACT

20

Enrollment

2,805

Team Information

Sport

Basketball

Gender

Men's

Division

NCAA Division 2

Location

Aiken, SC

Coaching Staff (3)

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Mark Vanderslice

Head Coach

Vanderslice's team knocked off the PBC East and West Division leaders. He coached all-conference performer Arbry Butler. Jevon Patton's 12 assists against Young Harris were the fifth most in school history while Butler's nine blocks made the top-10 list in school history. Vanderslice came to USC Aiken after spending the last five years as the head coach at Louisburg Junior College in Louisburg, NC. He guided his team to a 152-20 record, including a 94-11 mark during conference play. Vanderslice led his program to a top-eight finish in the final national polls each season. During the 2012-13 season his team posted a 35-2 record, the most wins in school history and finished No. 1 in the final national polls. During the 2010-11 campaign, he guided the program to a 21-0 mark during the conference portion of the schedule while coaching NJCAA first-team All-American Jeremy Atkinson. Vanderslice coached 15 all-conference student-athletes and was the District 15 Coach of the Year three times. His team won five straight regular-season conference championships and notched three straight tournament championships. Prior to his arrival at Louisburg Junior College, Vanderslice was an assistant coach at Furman from 2008-10. He was in charge of recruiting and scouted all opponents. Vanderslice was responsible for scouting reports and film breakdown for players. He also conducted individual workouts for his players. Vanderslice was at Toledo from 2004-08. He was the Head of Basketball Operations from 2004-06 prior to serving as an assistant coach from 2006-08. He was responsible for recruiting and scouting opponents. He signed multiple three-star athletes during his time. Vanderslice helped guide the program to two West Division titles and the 2007 MAC title with a 14-2 mark. He also ran Toledos Team Basketball Camps. Vanderslice advised, tutored and monitored players with individual classes, helping the team have the No. 3 APR among Division I schools. He was at Heidelberg from 2002-04 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Vanderslice helped land the No. 1 recruiting class in the OAC during his second season. He conducted individual workouts for his players and assisted with practice while also assisting with in-game decisions and adjustments. From 2000-02, Vanderslice was the Head of Basketball Operations at UNC Asheville. He was in charge of all student assistants and their jobs. Vanderslice prepared practice arrangements at home sites and managed all facets of exchanging DVDs and videos of opponents game film. He produced team highlight tapes for recruits and assessed player profiles of potential recruits. Vanderslice earned his bachelor of science in business administration in 2002 from UNC Asheville where he was a member of the mens basketball program. He earned his MBA from Heidelberg in 2004.   

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T.J. Knight

Associate Head Coach

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Nkosi Gaddy

Assistant Coach

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