2023-2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

2023-2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
35 Jerome Beya So C 6-9 225 - Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Sunrise Christian Academy
3 Brandon Brown So G 6-3 185 - Bristol (TN) United States Teays Valley Christian School
40 Nick Choate So F 6-6 185 - Livingston (TN) United States Livingston Academy
34 David Craig So C 7-2 235 - Johannesburg South Africa The McCallie School
4 Josiah Davis So G 6-3 195 Feb 4, 2003 Kitchener Canada Teays Valley Christian School
23 David Early Sr PG 6-4 235 Sep 6, 2001 Logan (WV) United States Logan High School
0 Daniel Egbuniwe So F 6-7 210 - Memphis (TN) United States First Assembly Christian School
13 Jayvis Harvey Sr SG 6-5 210 - Durham (NC) United States Southern Durham High School
5 Rodney Johnson, Jr. Jr F 6-5 220 - Bryan (TX) United States Bryan High School
2 Kyle Layton Fr G 6-0 175 - Mountain Brook (AL) United States Mountain Brook High School
12 Erik Oliver Sr GF 6-1 195 - Cheyenne (WY) United States Cheyenne East High School
15 Rylee Samons Fr F 6-7 195 - Pikeville (KY) United States Pikeville High School
10 Grant Slatten Jr F 6-5 195 May 27, 2002 Sparta (TN) United States White County High School
11 Grant Strong So F 6-6 185 - Celina (TN) United States Clay County High School
1 Diante Wood Sr SG 6-4 210 Nov 29, 1999 Anniston (AL) United States Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School
20 DeSean Woods Sr G 6-0 165 - Lexington (KY) United States CORE4 High School Prep
33 Bogdan Zimonjic Jr G 6-5 190 Jan 27, 2003 Belgrade Serbia N/A

Recent Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 10-21 (5-13) 8th (OVC) N/A N/A
2022-2023 16-17 (11-7) 2nd (OVC) Runner Up N/A
2021-2022 11-21 (7-10) 7th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 5-22 (5-15) 11th (OVC) N/A N/A
2019-2020 9-22 (6-12) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2018-2019 8-23 (4-14) 12th (OVC) N/A N/A
2017-2018 19-14 (10-8) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2016-2017 12-20 (8-8) 6th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2015-2016 19-12 (11-5) 2nd (OVC) 1st Rnd Vegas 16 1st Rnd
2014-2015 11-18 (4-12) 10th (OVC) N/A N/A
2013-2014 17-16 (9-7) 5th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 12-17 (5-11) 9th (OVC) N/A N/A
2011-2012 19-14 (9-7) 4th (OVC) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2010-2011 19-13 (12-6) 4th (OVC) Runner Up CIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 15-17 (8-10) 6th (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 12-18 (6-12) 8th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 13-19 (10-10) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 19-13 (13-7) 2nd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 19-12 (13-7) 3rd (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 18-11 (12-4) 1st (OVC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 13-15 (7-9) 5th (OVC) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 20-12 (11-5) 3rd (OVC) Runner Up N/A

2023-2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters K. Layton J. Davis D. Wood J. Harvey D. Egbuniwe
Rotation     R. Samons R. Johnson, Jr.  
Lim PT D. Early B. Brown B. Zimonjic   J. Beya
Lim PT   D. Woods E. Oliver   G. Strong
Lim PT     G. Slatten   D. Craig
Lim PT     N. Choate    

2023-2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
David Early 17 32.2 14.3 2.5 1.2 1.2 0.1 1.5
Jayvis Harvey 28 34.8 14.0 3.9 3.0 1.1 0.4 1.9
Josiah Davis 31 30.5 12.9 4.6 2.3 0.7 0.1 2.4
Rodney Johnson, Jr. 26 26.8 10.7 5.1 0.7 0.4 1.0 1.3
Diante Wood 24 26.9 8.5 4.1 2.5 0.6 0.2 1.8
Daniel Egbuniwe 31 27.4 7.6 5.8 1.8 0.9 1.1 1.8
Kyle Layton 31 20.9 4.4 1.5 1.1 0.6 0.0 0.7
Grant Strong 8 19.2 4.0 2.9 1.5 0.0 0.1 1.2
Rylee Samons 23 14.0 3.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3
DeSean Woods 1 7.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
David Craig 13 11.1 2.5 2.5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7
Bogdan Zimonjic 21 8.0 1.9 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4
Jerome Beya 19 6.3 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.5
Erik Oliver 4 7.0 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2
Nick Choate 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
John Pelphrey Head Coach 2019-2020 Associate Head Coach (Alabama, 2016 to 2019)
Alex Fain Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Recruiting Coordinator (Alabama, 2017 to 2019)
Blake Gray Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Director of Basketball Operations (Tennessee Tech, 2019 to 2021)
Andrew Steele Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Alabama State, 2020 to 2021)
Matt Hewett Director of Athletic Performance 2022-2023 N/A
Mark Wilson Athletic Director 2004-2005 N/A
Mike Lehman Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Stefan King Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 Graduate Assistant (Mobile, 2019 to 2022)
Dylan Vazzano Assistant Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Thomas Corhern Assistant Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Joe Erdeljac Head Athletic Trainer 2008-2009 N/A