MM 4.21: Maryland’s Tevon Saddler hired as head men’s basketball coach at Nicholls State

Maryland males’s basketball noticed its third staffer of the offseason take a head teaching job, as director of participant personnel Tevon Saddler was formally employed as Nicholls State’s head coach Thursday.

Assistant coaches Tony Skinn and Grant Billmeier left for George Mason and NJIT, respectively, earlier within the month of April.

Saddler, a 2018 graduate of Nicholls State, was an assistant coach at McNeese State for 3 seasons earlier than coming to Maryland forward of the 2022-23 season. Earlier than that, he was the director of basketball operations at his alma mater for 2 years and a graduate assistant at South Alabama.

As a switch from UNC Greensboro — the place he twice earned all-conference honors and was named SoCon Freshman of the 12 months — Saddler helped lead Nicholls State to the 2018 Southland Convention regular-season title and was named to the all-conference second staff.

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