Men’s Basketball
Coyote men return home victorious, top CSU Bakersfield
USD men’s basketball played their first home game in 19 days Saturday, and came away with a 68-56 victory over California State-Bakersfield. The four-game road trip, including three games in the Bimini Jam, did not turn out the way first-year head coach Todd Lee and company hoped. After losing three of four games by six […]
Armstrong shows hot hand in first collegiate start
A trio of Coyotes scored over 20 points in a 90-74 win over Northern Arizona (1-1) at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center Monday night. Two of those Coyotes posted career-highs in points. Junior guard Triston Simpson scored 24 points, making six of eight shots while recording five rebounds and five assists. Junior guard Tyler Peterson […]
Simpson scores 23 in home opening victory
The Coyote men’s basketball season is officially underway after an 83-58 victory over York College Wednesday night at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center. Junior guard Triston Simpson led the Coyote offense with a career-high 23 points on 7-12 shooting and a perfect 7-7 at the free throw line. Senior forward Trey Burch-Manning compiled 22 points, […]
Coach Lee and Co. learning the details
Todd Lee is no stranger to taking over a program. Named the head coach of the men’s basketball team in April, USD welcomed back Lee, a member of the Class of 1986, for his fourth full-staff transition in 20 years of coaching. That said, Todd Lee is no stranger to rebuilding. A year before Lee […]
Matt Mooney to leave USD
Matt Mooney, a junior men’s basketball player, announced Sunday on Twitter that he will not be returning to USD next year. Following the departure of former head coach Craig Smith on March 25, Mooney had made an announcement April 5 on Twitter saying his contract from USD had been released. “I am not for sure […]
Craig Smith talks reasons for leaving, hopes for USD basketball
Craig Smith, former USD head men’s basketball coach, accepted the head men’s coach position at Utah State in March, leaving behind four years at USD. Smith, who was named Summit League Coach of the Year in 2016-17, led the team to the Summit League regular season title and tallied a 79-55 record at USD. The […]
USD welcomes new men’s basketball coach Todd Lee
USD officially welcomed the 18th men’s basketball head coach Todd Lee in the Sanford Coyote Sports Center on Friday afternoon after announcing his hiring on Monday. President James Abbott said there were many applicants for the job, but he’s confident the university made the right choice. “As it turned out, we were able to choose the […]
USD names Todd Lee new men’s head basketball coach
Todd Lee, a USD alumnus, was announced as the new men’s head basketball coach Wednesday, according to GoYotes. Lee graduated from USD in 1986 with a business administration degree, and received his master’s in education at Azusa Pacific in 2003. David Herbster, USD’s athletic director, said in the GoYotes press release that Lee “checks all […]
Hurst places fifth at State Farm College Slam Dunk Championship
Senior Carlton Hurst placed fifth out of eighth at the State Farm College Slam Dunk Championship at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX last Thursday. This was the second consecutive year USD was represented at the event, following last year’s third-place win by Tyler Flack. Hurst’s reverse dunk received 33 points from the judges, and […]
Craig Smith to leave USD for Utah State
Head coach Craig Smith has accepted the head coaching position at Utah State, according to the Argus Leader. Smith started at USD in 2014. In his four seasons with the Coyotes, Smith has won their first Summit League regular season title in 2016-17, Summit League Coach of the Year and earned the Coyotes their first […]