Jeff Reynolds - Men's Basketball Coach - Tulane University Athletics

Jeff Reynolds

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Men's Basketball Assistant Coach

Entering his fourth year at Tulane, Jeff Reynolds has been involved in all aspects of coaching and managing a basketball team in his career, which includes four years as a head coach and 16 as an assistant. Most recently, Reynolds served as the head coach at Wingate University in Wingate, N.C.

[quote]This is a very unique opportunity for me to work with Shawn at such a fine academic institution,[quote] Reynolds said. [quote]It[apos]s an exciting time to be a part of Tulane basketball.[quote]

Reynolds coached Wingate for three seasons, building the program into a Division II powerhouse. In 1999-2000, his team led the nation in scoring defense and posted an impressive 26-4 record, closing the year with a final national ranking of No. 7. The Bulldogs also won their second consecutive South Atlantic Conference title and established the longest home-court winning streak at the Division II level (26 games). In 1998-99, Reynolds guided Wingate to its first NCAA Tournament bid, as well as its first national ranking; the Bulldogs closed that season with a 23-6 mark and Reynolds earned South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year honors.

As the top assistant coach at his alma mater, UNC-Greensboro, from 1995-97, Reynolds helped the program to the 1996 Big South Championship and a bid to the 1996 NCAA Tournament. Prior to that, he served for four years as the top assistant at UNC-Wilmington, helping the Seahawks to Colonial Athletic Association Most Improved Team honors in 1992.

Reynolds began his coaching career at James Madison University in 1981, serving as a part-time assistant for a team which won 24 games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1982. He went on to Division II power Randolph-Macon College, which reeled off three straight NCAA Tournament appearances and earned a No. 4 national ranking in the final poll of 1984.

He logged one year as the head coach of North Carolina Wesleyan College in 1985-86, leading his program to a 21-7 mark and the Dixie Conference Championship, before moving on to Winthrop College for four years. At Winthrop, he was directly involved in the team[apos]s transition from Division II to Division I, and, in 1988, the school captured the Big South Conference Championship.