Jack Castleberry (born 1984) is an

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basketball

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who is the current head coach of the

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team.

Playing career

Castleberry initially walked on at VMI under coach

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before earning a scholarship and becoming a two-year starter and captain.

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. Castleberry would join the women's basketball coaching staff at

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for two seasons, where he'd meet

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, then an assistant with the men's program. After leaving basketball for two seasons to become a financial planner, Castleberry reunited with Baucom at

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in 2016, where he stayed on staff as an assistant until 2022. 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

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at the 2023 NCAA Tournament. After Anderson left to take the head coaching position at

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, Castleberry was promoted to head coach on March 21, 2023.

Head coaching record

NCAA D1

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Castleberry, Jack Living people 1983 births American men's basketball coaches Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball coaches Siena Saints women's basketball coaches UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball coaches VMI Keydets basketball coaches The Citadel Bulldogs basketball coaches VMI Keydets basketball players People from Virginia Beach, Virginia The Citadel alumni