Preston Spradlin

Preston Spradlin
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Morehead State
Conference	OVC
Record	69–77 (.473)
Biographical details
Born	Pikeville, Kentucky
Playing career
2005–2009	Alice Lloyd College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014–2016	Morehead State (asst.)
2016–present	Morehead State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2009–2014	Kentucky (dir. of ops.)
Head coaching record
Overall	69–77 (.473)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	OVC Tournament (2021)
Awards
	OVC Coach of the Year (2021);

Preston Spradlin is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team.^[1]^[2]

Coaching career[]

After a playing career at NAIA Alice Lloyd College, Spradlin joined John Calipari's staff at Kentucky as a graduate assistant from 2009 to 2011, and assistant director of basketball operations from 2011 to 2014. He also aided Calipari with the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012.

Spradlin joined Sean Woods's staff at Morehead State in 2014 as an assistant coach, and was elevated to interim head coach when Woods resigned amid player allegations that he had assaulted them.^[3] After going 12-9 in the interim role, and guiding the Eagles to a 10-6 conference record in Ohio Valley Conference play in the East Division, Spradlin was given the job on a permanent basis.

Head coaching record[]

NCAA DI[]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Morehead State (OVC) (2016–present)
2016–17	Morehead State	12–9^‡	10–6	2nd (East)
2017–18	Morehead State	8–21	4–14	12th
2018–19	Morehead State	13–20	8–10	5th
2019–20	Morehead State	13–19	7–11	8th
2020–21	Morehead State	23–8	17–3	2nd	NCAA First Round
Morehead State:		69–77 (.473)	46–44 (.511)	‡ Woods resigned 12/15/16; Spradlin coached rest of season.
Total:		69–77 (.473)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References[]

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[1] "Preston Spradlin formally introduced as men's basketball head coach".

[2] "The Official Site of Morehead State University Athletics".

[3] "Sean Woods resigns as Morehead State men's basketball coach". December 15, 2016.

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