Georgia Southern head men’s basketball coach Mark Byington announced today that he has hired Jon Cremins as an assistant coach.
Cremins and Byington were on the coaching staff under Jon’s uncle, Bobby, at College of Charleston from 2010-12, and Jon coached at USC Upstate last season.
“Jon is a great fit for our staff and for Georgia Southern, and he brings vast familiarity recruiting in the Southeast,” said Byington. “Jon has developed rapidly with his experiences coaching both as an assistant coach and a head coach.”
Cremins also comes to Statesboro with head coaching experience as he spent two seasons as the head coach at Spartanburg Methodist College and led the Pioneers to a combined 55-11 record and consecutive appearances in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. He was named the Region X Coach of the Year and District X Coach of the Year for the second straight season after guiding Spartanburg Methodist to a top-25 national ranking and 29-4 overall record. The Pioneers finished the season leading the nation in field goal percentage, 3-point field goal percentage and 3-pointers made, while ranking in the top-10 in rebounding margin, points per game, turnovers per game and free-throw percentage.
Cremins led SMC to 26 wins during his first season in 2015-16 en route to being named the Region X Conference Coach of the Year. The Pioneers went 26-7 that season and ranked in the top-10 nationally in 3-point field goal percentage, rebounding margin and points per game allowed.
Prior to working at SMC, Cremins spent one season at Kennesaw State where he helped the Owls reach the Atlantic Sun Championship for the second time and saw their average season win total increase by 40 percent.
In Cremins’ two seasons as an assistant at College of Charleston, the Cougars upset top-25 Tennessee, won the Southern Conference regular-season championship and Andrew Goudelock became the program’s first NBA Draft pick and All-American since 1997.
Cremins also coached two seasons for head coach Dickey Nutt at Southeast Missouri State, where the Redhawks ranked in the top-10 nationally in field goal percentage, scoring offense and assists in his second campaign.
Cremins began his coaching career at Valdosta State from 2007-09 as a graduate assistant. During his two seasons, the school posted a 42-18 record and won the Gulf South Conference East Division Championship.
A native of Roswell, Ga., Cremins graduated from Valdosta State in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He remained at Valdosta State to earn his master’s degree in public administration in 2009.
Georgia Southern reached 20 wins for the second time in four years in 2017-18 and joined Louisiana and UTA as the only three Sun Belt schools to reach double-digit conference wins in each of the last four seasons. The Eagles return three starters and five lettermen to the 2018-19 team.
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