Jimmy Tillette

Jimmy Tillette
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Biographical details
Born (1950-04-08) April 8, 1950
New Orleans, Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1975–1982 Jesuit HS (asst.)
1982–1989 De La Salle HS
1989–1990 Mississippi State (asst.)
1990–1991 Tulane (asst.)
1991–1997 Samford (asst.)
1997–2012 Samford
2013-Present Isidore Newman High School
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
A-Sun Tournament Championship (1999, 2000)
A-Sun Regular Season Championship (1999)
Awards
A-Sun Coach of the Year (1999)

Jimmy Tillette (born April 8, 1950) is an American college basketball coach and the former head coach of the men's basketball team at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tillette was the head coach of the Bulldogs team from 1997-2012, and is the school's winningest coach.[1] He assumed his former position when John Brady left Samford to become the head basketball coach at LSU. In fifteen seasons as the coach of the Bulldogs, Tillette compiled record of 229–219, leading the Bulldogs to their only two appearances in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1999 and 2000 while they were a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The 1999–2000 season was highlighted by upset wins over traditional basketball powers St. John's and Alabama.

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