Jay McAuley (born August 7, 1983) is a former American basketball player and coach. He was the head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

McAuley played basketball at

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where he appeared in 46 games. He was part of the Bulldogs 2008 SEC men's basketball tournament championship squad and its 2008 NCAA tournament team.

Coaching career

After working as a student manager at his alma mater once his playing career wrapped up, McAuley joined Mike Young's staff at Wofford for his first assistant coaching position. From there, he'd move on to an assistant coaching spot at Gardner-Webb for a three-year stretch before landing at Furman as assistant coach from 2013 to 2017. McAuley would rejoin Wofford's staff in 2017, and was part of the staff that won both the

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regular season and tournament championship earning a seven-seed in the 2019 NCAA tournament where the Terriers advanced to the round of 32. On April 14, 2019, McAuley was promoted to head coach of the Terriers following the departure of Young who accepted the head coaching position at

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. On December 30, 2022, McAuley resigned his coaching position following a month-long leave of absence.

Head coaching record

References

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